“This system is demonstrating an exceptional soundstage, that is deep and wide, spatially adept—positioning, layering, center-fill, relative space, air—with great texture. Tone and timbre are wonderfully natural, which make the entire experience incredibly immersive... This was a system that competed far above its price point. In fact, an earlier visit to a room had speakers that would be, at least, double (probably triple) the cost of the entire MACO-GESHELLI LABS system. And that system could not compete with the MACO-GESHELLI LABS system! Wow!”

“Armando Reyhez, founder and designer, along with Deborah Ann, co-founder and CEO, have created one of the most visually attractive open baffle designs available today. The sonic signature of this type of design is something every audiophile should experience as it exposes the kind of coloration delivered by most box designs. The MACARIA delivers excellent transparency, resolution, and dynamics. Being very tube-friendly, it opens the door to the palpable liquidity, tonal color, and 3-dimensional soundscape that lower-powered tube amplifiers can bring to the music. More than most other speakers I've heard (and they are legion), the MACARIA delivers a ‘You-are-there' sound experience that puts you close to the soundstage."

“The music was replete with texture, it was detailed, the soundstage was deep, there was a wonderful layering of performers. The tone and timbre were natural, and there was gravitas—weight—to the presentation, that too many systems miss. One of my key arbiters of a system’s musical bonafides—”Take Five” (Time Out, Columbia Records)—cued for play and there was a refreshing clarity, openness, and resolution to Joe Morello’s hi-hats that gave them superb in-room palpability. Suffice to say, that the MACO room brought the music and thus can, no doubt, be considered one of the show’s best rooms.

“What I recommend to people very easily, no-brainer, highest value type brand… right off the bat is MACO with their open baffle. The granite that they're doing, and the different finishes, and the parts quality in their crossover… there’s nothing cheap about what they are doing and what they are selling it for relative to what others sell for. Yes, it’s going to be more pricey than say a Spatial or Caladan… but let me tell you, I think it’s well worth it. The pride of ownership of that MACO… you are getting tremendous cost to performance ratio that is a beautiful speaker, aesthetically a piece of art in your home… And they’re still offering it at a price that is way below what it should be and what I see other people doing with the same level of cost internally.”

“I love open baffle speakers if done right; these have many qualities I look for. There is a wide soundstage, excellent imaging, and a natural room-filling experience that reminds me more of real music being played than most other designs. The bass was strong and much better controlled than many of the rooms. It was one of two rooms with full-range driver speakers that impressed me.”