MAGICO 5 User manual

MAGICO Model 5 User’s Guide

MAGICO Model 5 User’s Guide
AMESSAGE FROM ALON WOLF
THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE MAGICO MODEL
5LOUDSPEAKERS.
THE MODEL 5 INCORPORATES ALL WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST 15 YEARS ABOUT LOUDSPEAKER
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING. LIKE ALL MAGICO LOUDSPEAKERS,THE MODEL 5 IS A PRECISION
INSTRUMENT FOR MUSIC REPRODUCTION. PROPERLY SET-UP AND MAINTAINED, IT WILL PROVIDE YOU
WITH A GREAT MUSICAL EXPERIENCE FOR MANY YEARS.
BEFORE UNPACKING AND PLAYING YOUR SPEAKERS, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MANUAL FULLY. IT WILL
PROVIDE YOU WITH DIRECTIONS FOR PROPERLY UN-BOXING,SETTING UP,POSITIONING,CONNECTING,AND
CARING FOR YOUR SPEAKERS. FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL INSURE A SMOOTH INSTALLATION
AND OPTIMUM SPEAKER PERFORMANCE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AUTHORIZED MAGICO DEALER. MAGICO MAINTAINS A
NETWORK OF DEDICATED DISTRIBUTORS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU,SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY
PROBLEMS YOUR DEALER CANNOT RESOLVE. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ALL MAGICO PRODUCTS,
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE,WWW.MAGICO.NET.
I WISH YOU MANY HOURS OF LISTENING PLEASURE.
KINDEST REGARDS,
ALON WOLF,
CEO
MAGICO, LLC

MAGICO Model 5 User’s Guide
UNPACKING YOUR SPEAKERS
TOOLS REQUIRED: FLAT HEAD SCREWDRIVER, 2 PEOPLE.
NOTE: OPEN SPEAKER LABELED ‘A’ FIRST AS IT CONTAINS UNPACKING MATERIALS FOR BOTH SPEAKERS (FOAM AND
RAMP). THE RAMP AND FOAM ARE TAPED TO THE INSIDE OF THE CRATE DOOR AND LABELED “RAMP.”
POSITION THE CRATE IN
FRONT OF THE FINAL
SPEAKER LOCATION.
REMOVE THE METAL
CLIPS FROM THE CRATE
USING A FLAT HEAD
SCREWDRIVER.
REMOVE THE DOOR.
WITH TWO PEOPLE
REMOVE THE CRATE
FROM THE BASE SECTION.
POSITION THE RAMP
BEHIND THE SPEAKER ON
LIP ON THE EDGE OF THE
BASE SECTION OF THE
CRATE. PUSH FRONT OF
SPEAKER, FROM A LOW
POSITION UNTIL THE
WHEELS NEARLY REACH
RELEASE THE BRAKES
FROM THE REAR WHEELS
AND ALIGN THEM
POINTING UNDERNEATH
THE SPEAKER AND
PERPENDICULAR TO THE
TOP OF THE RAMP.

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USING TWO PEOPLE HOLDING BOTH SIDES OF
THE REAR OF THE SPEAKER WHEEL IT
SLOWLY DOWN THE RAMP, CAREFUL TO
STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF THE RAMP.
REAPPLY THE REAR BRAKES TO ‘ON’.
PUSH THE SPEAKER BACK AND
INSERT LARGE PIECE OF FOAM
BETWEEN FRONT WHEELS AND
LOWER GENTLY ONTO FOAM.
WHILE SOMEONE ELSE STEADIES
THE SPEAKER, LOOSEN CIRCULAR
NUT ON TOP OF FRONT WHEELS BY
HAND, UNSCREW TO REMOVE
WHEELS. ONCE WHEELS ARE OFF,
LEAN SPEAKER BACK.
REPLACE LARGE
PIECE OF FOAM WITH
SMALL PIECE AND
LOWER GENTLY
ONTO FOAM .

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TIP SPEAKER FORWARD, REMOVE LARGE PIEC
E
OF
FOAM, REPLACE WITH RUBBER AND LOWER GENTLY.
TIP SPEAKER FORWARD, INSERT LARGE
PIECE OF FOAM BETWEEN
REAR WHEELS. LOWER SPEAKER. REMOVE WHEELS BY HAND.
LOWER FRONT TO
GROUND.
TIP FORWARD,
REMOVE RUBBER.
POSITION SPEAKER.
TIP SPEAKER BACK,
REMOVE FOAM.

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SPEAKER PLACEMENT AND POSITIONING
THE MAGICO MODEL 5 LOUDSPEAKERS ARE A PRECISION INSTRUMENT FOR MUSIC REPRODUCTION. AS SUCH,
PROPER CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WHEN SETTING UP THESE SPEAKERS WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACHIEVE THE
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE FROM THEM, REGARDLESS OF THE PARTICULAR ROOM. FOLLOWING THESE SET-UP
GUIDELINES WILL MAKE SURE THE SPEAKERS ARE PROPERLY POSITIONED TO DELIVER THE OPTIMUM LISTENING
EXPERIENCE. ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS A TAPE MEASURE, A PEN, A CALCULATOR, A BALL OF STRING, A COUPLE OF
DEMO CDS, AND SOME PATIENCE.
PLACEMENT—MODEL 5s IN RELATION TO BACK AND SIDE WALLS
BEFORE YOU BEGIN: LOOK FOR OBVIOUS IMPEDIMENTS INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT COULD GET IN THE
WAY OF THE SOUND—E.G., OTHER SPEAKERS, AMPLIFIERS, EQUIPMENT RACKS, ANYTHING ON THE WALL THAT COULD
CAUSE A REFLECTION, A SEVERE MISMATCH IN ANY INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT QUALITY, AND UNNECESSARY OR
POORLY RUN SPEAKER/INTERCONNECT CABLES.
BASS—DISTANCE FROM REAR WALL
THE INITIAL PLACEMENT SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 METER FROM THE BACK OF THE LOUDSPEAKER TO
THE BACK WALL. SINCE WE HAVE SHORT AUDITORY MEMORY, THE SELECTED DEMO MUSIC CUT SHOULD BE BRIEF—30
SECONDS – 1 MINUTE MAX. IT SHOULD BE A WELL RECORDED JAZZ CUT WITH GOOD BASS GUITAR OR PERCUSSION.
WHAT WE ARE LISTENING FOR AT THIS TIME IS THE DEFINITION OF THE BASS AND THE RIGHT SENSE OF
PROPORTION.
NEXT MOVE THE SPEAKER 15 – 20 CM FORWARD AND REPEAT THE LISTENING PROCESS. REPEAT THIS
PROCESS, MOVING THE LOUDSPEAKER FORWARD IN 15 -20 CM INCREMENTS. WHEN YOU REACH THE POINT THAT
MOVING IT FORWARD SOUNDS WORSE THAN THE PREVIOUS LISTENING POINT, MOVE THE LOUDSPEAKER BACK TO
THIS POSITION AND MARK THIS DISTANCE FROM THE REAR WALL.
MIDRANGE—PLACEMENT IN RELATION TO SIDE WALLS
FOR LATERAL PLACEMENT, BEGIN BY DIVIDING THE ROOM WIDTH BY 14. INITIAL PLACEMENT OF THE
LOUDSPEAKERS WILL BE AT 3 AND 11. THE DISTANCE FROM THE LOUDSPEAKER TO THE EARS HAS TO BE PRECISELY
EQUAL. THIS MEASUREMENT IS CRITICAL. THE MUSIC FOR THIS PROCESS SHOULD BE A FEMALE VOICE AND PIANO.
WE ARE LISTENING FOR THE IMAGE OF HER VOICE TO BE FOCUSED. THE RULE FOR THE TOE-IN IS TO PICK A POINT
APPROXIMATELY ½ METER BEHIND THE LISTENER’S HEAD. TOE THE LOUDSPEAKERS IN TO INTERSECT AT THAT
POINT. IF THE SOUND IS TOO BRIGHT, TOE THE SPEAKERS OUT A LITTLE MORE. IF THE SOUND IS TOO DULL, TOE THE
SPEAKERS IN A LITTLE MORE.
REPEAT THE ABOVE PROCESS WITH THE LOUDSPEAKERS AT THE 4 AND 10 POSITION. THEN REPEAT, ONCE
AGAIN WITH THE SPEAKERS AT THE 5 AND 9 POSITION.

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SUMMARY
ONCE THE INITIAL PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, RETURN TO THE BASS SET-UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
LOUDSPEAKERS ARE THE PROPER DISTANCE FROM THE BACK WALL. WHEN THE PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED,
MARK THE SPEAKER LOCATION WITH TAPE SO THAT THE SPEAKERS CAN BE RETURNED THERE FOR FURTHER
LISTENING.
POSITIONING—MODEL 5s IN RELATION TO THE LISTENER
•THE SPEAKERS AND THE LISTENER SHOULD FORM AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE.
•THE LISTENER SHOULD BE EXACTLY EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN THE TWO LOUDSPEAKERS. THE BEST
WAY TO DETERMINE THIS IS WITH A PIECE OF STRING. PICK A FIXED SPOT AT THE LISTENING POSITION.
RUN THE STRING FROM THIS SPOT TO THE TIP OF THE TWEETER OF THE LEFT SPEAKER. REPEAT THE
PROCESS FOR THE RIGHT SPEAKER. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS DISTANCE PRECISELY THE
SAME.
•TOE-IN. WE RECOMMEND PICKING A SPOT 1 – 2 FEET BEHIND THE LISTENER AS A FIXED ON-AXIS
REFERENCE POINT
•DUE TO THE UNIQUE DESIGN OF THE MODEL 5, SPIKES ARE NOT INCLUDED, NOR ARE THEY
RECOMMENDED.
CONNECTIONS
ALL CONNECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE WITH ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (AMPLIFIERS,PREAMPLIFIERS) TURNED
OFF. THERE ARE TWO TERMINALS AT THE BACK OF THE SPEAKER. THE TERMINALS ARE INSULATED TO ACCEPT A
VARIETY OF CABLE TERMINATIONS FOR MOST APPLICATIONS AND TO PREVENT ANY LIKELIHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
SHOCK,EVEN WHEN THE SPEAKERS ARE USED WITH THE HIGHEST POWERED AMPLIFIERS. DO NOT USE TOOLS TO
TIGHTEN THE BINDING POSTS.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE MODEL 5 HAS TWO SETS OF SPEAKER TERMINALS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE BASE OF
EACH LOUDSPEAKER. THE SET ON THE LEFT IS FOR THE HIGH FREQUENCIES; THE SET ON THE RIGHT IS FOR THE LOW
FREQUENCIES. THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO CONNECT THE LOUDSPEAKERS TO THE AMPLIFIER. PLEASE CAREFULLY
OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES WHEN CONNECTING THE MODEL 5S TO THE AMPLIFIER(S):
•BI-AMPLIFICATION: YOU CAN RUN ONE AMPLIFIER CHANNEL FOR THE WOOFERS AND ONE FOR THE
TWEETERS. IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION, FIRST, DISCONNECT THE ATTACHED JUMPERS FROM BOTH
TERMINALS. NEXT, RUN EXACTLY THE SAME AMPLIFICATION AND EXACTLY THE SAME SPEAKER
CABLE AND LENGTH FOR ALL CONNECTIONS.
•BI-WIRING: YOU CAN RUN ONE AMPLIFIER CHANNEL FOR EACH LOUDSPEAKER AND SEPARATE
SPEAKER WIRES FOR THE WOOFERS AND TWEETERS. IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION, FIRST
DISCONNECT THE ATTACHED JUMPERS FROM BOTH TERMINALS. NEXT, RUN EXACTLY THE SAME
SPEAKER CABLE AND LENGTH FOR EACH CONNECTION. A “SHOTGUN” TERMINATION WITH A SINGLE
AMPLIFIER TERMINATION AND A PAIR OF SPEAKER WIRE TERMINATIONS IS ACCEPTABLE.
•SINGLE AMPLIFICATION: MAKE SURE THE INCLUDED JUMPERS ARE SECURELY FASTENED. CONNECT
THE AMPLIFIER CHANNEL TO EITHER SET OF BINDING POSTS.

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BREAK-IN
ALOUDSPEAKER IS A MECHANICAL DEVICE AND AS SUCH REQUIRES AN EXTENDED INITIAL PERIOD OF NORMAL USE
DURING WHICH A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT IN SOUND QUALITY WILL OCCUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE
THE BREAK-IN PROCESS BY PLAYING SINE WAVES, TONE SWEEPS, BREAK-IN CDS OF ANY SORT, OR OTHER
GENERATED SIGNALS.
MAINTENANCE
MODEL 5 TENSION-COUPLING MECHANISM TIGHTENING PRCEDURE
YOUR MAGICO MODEL5 LOUDSPEAKERS ARE MANUFACTURED USING AN AIRCRAFT-GRADE ALUMINUM FRONT
BAFFLE AND A BALTIC BIRCH CABINET IN AN ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION ENCLOSURE. THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS RE-
ENFORCED THROUGH A CUSTOM-DEVELOPED TORSION ROD TENSION-COUPLING MECHANISM. IN TRANSIT, AND OVER
TIME, THESE MATERIALS EXPAND AND CONTRACT AT DIFFERENT RATES, REQUIRING PERIODIC MAINTENANCE. AFTER
YOU RECEIVE YOUR MODEL 5s, AND PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER, PLEASE FOLLOW THE OUTLINED MAINTENANCE
PROCEDURE TO INSURE THAT YOUR MODEL 5s ALWAYS PERFORM AT THEIR BEST.
FIRST, LOCATE THE HOLES IN THE TIGHTENING PUCKS ON THE BACK OF THE SPEAKER. NEXT, REMOVE THE CRANKING
ROD FROM THE ACCESSORY PACKAGE. THEN, INSERT THE CRANKING ROD INTO THE PUCK AND TIGHTEN IT BY
TURNING IT CLOCKWISE AS SHOWN. BE SURE TO TIGHTEN THE PUCKS FIRMLY. DO THIS FOR EACH OF THE PUCKS.
WHEN YOU FIRST RECEIVE THE LOUDSPEAKERS, IT MAY REQUIRE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF TIGHTENING BEFORE
ARRIVING AT THEIR OPTIMUM LEVEL OF TIGHTNESS. ACHIEVING THIS LEVEL MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS. ONCE
THIS LEVEL IS REACHED, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LOUDSPEAKER WILL IMPROVE NOTICEABLY. FROM THAT POINT
ON, REGULAR MAINTENANCE WILL KEEP THE MODEL 5s SOUNDING GREAT.
Torsion Puck

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Tightening Rod
Tightening
Procedure
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CARE:
FOR WOOD ENCLOSURES,OCCASIONALLY USE A SOFT,DRY CLOTH TO WIPE OFF DUST. FOR ALUMINUM PANELS USE
A LINT-FREE SOFT CLOTH (PROVIDED IN ACCESSORY KIT), DAMPENED ONLY WITH WARM, SLIGHTLY SOAPY WATER
(A SMALL DROP OF DISH SOAP WILL DO). DO NOT USE CLEANERS THAT CONTAIN AMMONIA,STRONG SOLVENTS,
OR ABRASIVE MATERIALS. USE OF THESE CLEANERS CAN DEGRADE,SCRATCH, OR DESTROY THE FINISH.
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SPECIFICATIONS
DESCRIPTION:…………………………………...……………...…....…………………………4-WAY SEALED ENCLOSURE
FREQUENCY RESPONSE:……………………………………………..……………(+/- 2dB)22HZ – 40KHZ (IN ROOM)
EFFICIENCY (2.8V/1M):……………………………..……………………..……...…………….…..……….89dB/WATT
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE:…………………….…………………………………………………………………………. 4 OHMS
POWER HANDLING……………………………………………….………………………….…………….. 50-1000 WATTS
DIMENSIONS (HXDXW):…………………………….………………………………...……………..... 53” X21” X 18”
WEIGHT:……………………………………..………………………………………………………………...…….. 360 LBS
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THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS. HOWEVER, IF
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RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT NOTICE.
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SERIAL NUMBERS
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO RECORD YOUR SPEAKERS’SERIAL NUMBERS BELOW.
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