In a large but low-slung space on the 15th floor of the Schaumburg Renaissance, Magico premiered its S7 speakers at AXPONA 2026, the culminating statement in the company's S Series.
Weighing 384 pounds and standing nearly 4'8" tall, each S7 boasts a three-way, five-driver design with a 1.1" diamond-coated pure-beryllium tweeter drawn from Magico's M Series flagship line; a 6" Nano-Tec Gen 8 midrange driver with a 3" titanium voice coil; and three 10" Nano-Tec Gen 8 woofers.
Magico says the woofers' vertical spacing is borrowed from the M Project speaker, engineered to produce more linear midbass—and to mitigate floor-bounce effects. The enclosure is Magico's signature curved, heavily damped aluminum. The company rates sensitivity as 88dB into 4 ohms; frequency response is given as 20Hz–50kHz.
The S7s were driven by Pilium Cronus monoblock amplifiers, rated at 400W into 8 ohms and priced at around $140,000/pair. A Pilium Olympus preamplifier, dCS Vivaldi APEX stack (DAC, CD/SACD Transport, Master Clock, and Upsampler), Studer/Revox professional tape deck, and VYDA Laboratories cables completed the system.
Stereophile Editor Jim Austin will be writing a full review of the S7s. His take will be a lot more considered than mine, which is based on a 25-minute audition in a room where people shuffled in and out—and some insisted on talking—but I will say this: The music had a sense of flow and ease that I've rarely heard.
At the same time, the S7s are the opposite of wallflowers. They had a kind of life force that was evident from the first note, distinguishing themselves with an aural display of dynamic authority and second-to-none transparency. The soundstage was enormous, stretching beyond the room's side walls. I'd call it a wall of sound, but that word implies something hard—and the S7s don't sound like that. They're more like a sonic waterfall that expands in all directions at once.
Shipping is set to begin in the third quarter of 2026. A pair of Magico S7s will cost $135,000/pair in a Softec finish, and $150,000 in high gloss.
Stereophile Editor Jim Austin will be writing a full review of the S7s. His take will be a lot more considered than mine, which is based on a 25-minute audition in a room where people shuffled in and out—and some insisted on talking—but I will say this: The music had a sense of flow and ease that I've rarely heard.
At the same time, the S7s are the opposite of wallflowers. They had a kind of life force that was evident from the first note, distinguishing themselves with an aural display of dynamic authority and second-to-none transparency. The soundstage was enormous, stretching beyond the room's side walls. I'd call it a wall of sound, but that word implies something hard—and the S7s don't sound like that. They're more like a sonic waterfall that expands in all directions at once.
