The phrase "a magnificent set" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a collection of items, such as a set of tools, dishes, or even a set of performances that are impressive or of high quality.
Example: "The museum displayed a magnificent set of ancient artifacts that captivated all the visitors."
Alternatives: "an impressive collection" or "a splendid assortment".
IN 1790, the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory received a commission to create a magnificent set of china -- 80 place settings and accompanying serving pieces -- apparently as a royal gift from the king of Denmark to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Sly and Robbie finally played a magnificent set with consummate musicianship, spectacular lighting and clouds of dry ice.
Now comes a magnificent set that does him justice, because it consists mostly of well-produced live recordings.
But Tool played a magnificent set, with songs that built from monumentally slow, earth-shaking intros to fast, intricate progressive-rock.
I shoved my canoe in among the faded fishing caïques with their high prows and looked beyond the beach to where a magnificent set of city walls rises from olive groves around the ancient harbour city of Heraclea.
At Hurra on Friday night, this Toronto-based four-piece played a magnificent set – melodic, brazenly catchy pop songs that have been garbled and twisted and punked up to the gills.
Both novellas are good of their kind – the Murakami kind – and Pinball, 1973, in which the protagonist sets out on a quest to find his favourite pinball machine, contains a magnificent set-piece scene, at night, in a deserted warehouse in the middle of nowhere, filled with pinball machines, which is worth the price alone.
After all, where else can you get good seats in a magnificent setting to experience Wagner for £10?
It's worth staying overnight, too – €65 for a double room isn't a bad price for such a magnificent setting.
Most people walk past its discrete door without realising what lies behind – one of the country's best libraries in a magnificent setting.
It has a magnificent setting in olive groves, with direct access down to two quiet beaches (from £500 per person in June).
