Magico Q3 vs wilson sophia 3

Both speakers are quite transparent, however they differ wildly in character.

Wilson's are more exciting, go deeper and have more punch.

Magico's are less exciting, have perhaps a bit tighter bass with less punch, but are a bit more accurate.

It also depends on room size and what you are trying to get out of each speaker.

Wilson's play really loud without strain given enough high current amplification.

If you are looking for absolute transparency I would add the Vivid loudspeakers from South Africa also to your list.

Vivid's are really fast, and incredibly transparent, with totally unique drivers and technology.

Magico nor Wilson are really raising the bar in terms of technology, I don't buy into the carbon Nanotec thing with Magico as being any great driver breakthrough, they are nice looking nice performing drivers.

Magico does use very expensive crossover parts and their cabinets are extremely well built. Wilson's does use fantastic and extremely inert composites and does use some very good modified drivers.

I don't buy into the Wilson driver mythos, their drivers are very good, commercially available drivers with some mods.

You must find a way to listen to the speakers you are considering that is the only way to go.

You will find that there are plenty of Wilson and Magico fans and it all comes down to taste.

Audiofreakgeek Thanks for your reply.
My listening room is approx 48sq, my amplifier is an audio Vitus
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If I read your post right your room is 48sq meters (or 144' sq.)?

If that is correct your room will be about 12'X12' and I don't think you need speakers that big. I would save some money and look at the Magico V2 and add a few other brands to demo.

I have not heard the Magicos but have demoed the Sophia 3 a number of times. The Sophia is a good speaker but left me wanting a number of things at the end of the day. In their price range there are speakers with better driver integration, resolution and equal dynamics. I demoed a lot of speakers in the price range of the Sophia 3 and demoed a few in the same room and the Sophia was never my top choice.

The one thing that really stood out as being exceptionally good on the Sophia 3 was the soundstage. It was always very wide and stable. It had just enough focus while maintaining a wide soundstage. Other speakers that have wide sound-stages often lose a little focus as a result.

Wilson's bass always gets high praise but I have found it very room dependent. The speakers do not go that low in a large room and really need some room gain to get under 35hz. The driver dies off around 40hz and the port picks up the lower bass but it is down in SPL. Depending on your room you may or may not get flat bass down low but that is a given for almost all speakers.

That being said all (well most...) the speakers in this price range are pretty good. Demo as many as you can and pick a winner.

48 square meters is 517 square feet.

Q3 should be compared to Wilson Sasha, not Sophia 3. Though Sashas seem pointless now that Sophia uses the same mid/tweet. a lot more money for a few more cycles of bass....