Newport 2014. Magico, VAC, Synergistic Research


The Magico Q7 speakers on the VAC Statement 450 amps using Synergistic Research cables.

This room was kind of hidden away. At the end of a hallway filled with booths, one found oneself in a large room with lots of luscious displays of Synergistic Research cables. Off in the corner was a door with a strange handle, that the nice Synergisitc people would open for you, through which you found the room pictured here.

I went there 3 times and each time they were demoing these Synergistic ‘black hole’ tweaks [you can see one on the floor in the next photo. It looks like a tall cake box]. So they would play 30 to 60 seconds of music – stop for 10 – 20 seconds, and then replay it. From what I could tell the VAC drove the speakers nicely, but I really didn’t get to hear much here.


Rear of the Magico Q7 speaker. Notice the Tweak. Looks like an old Walker or Bybee binding post tweak.


The Q7 was up on castors.


The VAC Statement 450 amp.