Magico A1 stand-mount loudspeaker

If there’s one thing all audio people think is ‘a done deal’, it’s the sealed-box two-way standmount loudspeaker. We’ve been there and done that, whether it was an LS3/5a, a Linn Kan, or any one of dozens of models; some well-loved, some not so. The sealed-box two-way is a known quantity, and we all know its strengths and weaknesses. Probably. The Magico A1 is a two-way sealed-box stand-mount loudspeaker, bearing more than a close family resemblance to the A3 floorstander we tested in issue 172. And as such, you could be forgiven for just reading that review and truncating any …