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Magico A1 Standmount speakers £12,998

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The A1’s brutalist black appearance implies a no-nonsense approach to engineering – one that strongly suggests performance is more of a priority than any cosmetic considerations.

This is not a conventional design; the enclosure is made of 9.5mm-thick 6061-grade aluminium panels, further reinforced by strategic aluminium bracing. The result is a dense, solid 22kg speaker.

The Magico A1 are a two-way design. Their 28mm beryllium-dome tweeter shares much with the high-frequency unit used in the company’s more

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