A cabinet extruded from single piece of aluminium, with an internal full-length vertical brace, gives the Magico S2 a resonance-free foundation despite being the smallest floorstander in the company's S range. Hifiverse's own Munich 2025 verdict, "an impressive sound stage and superb detail level," is what happens when that compact, rigorously engineered cabinet is paired with Vitus Audio's Danish electronics and a WADAX Studio Player digital source, extracting the S2's full potential.
The system at a glance
Two catalogued components, a compact yet ambitious American floorstander paired with a Spanish digital source built around reference-grade DAC circuitry, with Danish Vitus electronics completing the amplification chain shown at the Munich room. This is a system for a listener specifically curious about what a smaller-format Magico can do when given serious source and amplification support rather than accessible-tier electronics.
Why these components work together
The S2 packs a 5-inch midrange with a 75mm titanium voice coil and a neodymium motor stabilising the magnetic field across a 16mm air gap, twin 7-inch Gen 8 Nano-Tec woofers using the same aluminium-honeycomb, graphene-carbon-fibre cone construction found throughout Magico's range, and a 28mm diamond-coated beryllium tweeter derived directly from the flagship M9, rated at 86.5dB sensitivity into a 4-ohm load with bass output reaching 109dB SPL at 55Hz despite the compact cabinet. That combination of relatively modest sensitivity and a low, sometimes reactive 4-ohm impedance is exactly why Vitus Audio's substantial Class A-biased Danish amplification, engineered for meticulous low-distortion current delivery, suits the S2 well - the loudspeaker needs an amplifier with real reserves to fully express its extended bass output and diamond-tweeter resolution rather than one that merely meets its headline power recommendation of 50 to 300 watts. The WADAX Studio Player, built on the same digital-to-analogue circuitry as the company's flagship Atlantis Reference DAC, gives that amplification chain a source with reference-tier conversion quality in a single, streamlined chassis instead of requiring a separate transport and outboard DAC.
How it sounds
Magico's own engineering claim for the S2, that its cabinet contributes essentially no coloration thanks to extensive laser-vibrometer resonance testing during development, combined with the extended 50kHz treble response the M9-derived tweeter delivers, tracks directly with Hifiverse's own Munich assessment of an impressive soundstage and superb detail - a well-controlled, low-resonance compact cabinet paired with Vitus's substantial current reserves and WADAX's reference-grade digital conversion lets the S2 punch considerably above what its relatively modest size would suggest.
2 components
- Floorstanding loudspeakers
s2
by Magico
Magico S2 offers a 5” midrange driver with a 75 mm voice coil. This unit has a Gen 8 Nano-Tec cone and is built into a third-generation chassis. The midrange driver uses a neodymium-based motor system with two extra-large magnets to create a super-stabilized magnetic field in a 16 mm air gap. Bass is handled by a pair of 7” woofers, featuring 3” Gen 8 Nano-Tec cone voice coils, housed in a third-generation chassis. The speakers produce accurate, distortion-free low frequencies, with a great maximum sound pressure of 109 dB at 55 Hz.
- CD / SACD players and transports
Studio • Player
by WADAX
Built upon the same digital-to-analog circuitry as the top-line Atlantis Reference DAC, Studio • Player offers great performance within a streamlined design and disc playback.