As someone whose mother tongue is Chinese (though fluency is a different question), the brand “Magaosi” is pronounced “Ma-gao-si” in my head. The Western tongue says it differently, with many YouTubers I know calling it “Maga-o-si” instead.

Not at all relevant to this article, but I found it an interesting useless fact.

Magaosi, from my perspective, is brand that seems to be really popular with the budget crowd, but has never really managed to enter the mainstream audiophile consciousness (case in point: me). Models such as the DQ4, BK50 and MGS401 seem to have gathered a little bit of traction in terms of popularity, but I honest-to-god have not heard about these models until I had to research the brand today.

The K5 is actually one of Magaosi’s older releases, though there have already been rumours spreading around that it’s a rebadged Shozy BG. Or maybe the BG is a rebadged K5. Who knows.

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MSRP: $180

Driver configuration: 5BA

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