I can't quite belive what I'm hearing. The TADs are more transparent yet inot unatural or analytical. The Magicos seam more mellow but vailed in comparison. I never thought Magico sounded vailed or not transparent enough but this is what I'm hearing in this comparison. The TADs are incredibly good sounding!
@louv4437 The price is very much dependent on the country you live in. Here in UK the TADs are £55k and the Magicos £57K. All is to do with import taxes. I imagine TADs are much cheeper than Magicos in Japan.
While YT comparisons are questionable at best, I heard the GE1 at the Audio Show in Vienna and it surprised me: it easily destroys the competition up to 80,000 EUR, maybe even higher. Amazing new speaker from TAD 😍!
I greatly preferred the TAD's. The Magico's seemed darker, I guess 'veiled.' But the big thing, on vocals, the Magico's were unnaturally wide. Sara K's voice sounded like it stretched the entire way between the Magico's, instead of being located between them with the TAD's.
TAD has more of a life sound where Magico is more subdue. I am surprised I was thinking the S3 as my last speaker but the TAD is 20k more! Is it worth it?
I was a big fan of Magico until I listened to the Tads, and soon they will be at my place. everything is better, the midrange in Magico's performance has always been their greatest attribute, and here the Tad is even better, even more real. Bass in Magico's performance very strong but in Tad more precise. Regards.
