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Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass

Opinions please. All are Used and are the same very good price but The Y&G are $4000 less which is nice.

KEF Blade 2

TAD Evolution One

Y&G Kipod II Signature w/Pwr Bass module

Magico S5


Would love your thoughts any thoughts on any please! Being all used and in good shape these are all within $500 of each other used price but Y&G and those had highest list but know to be good used deals because they are pretty serious speakers.

I think as far as used speakers in the great value - now less than 1/2 price but still new enough to provide great performance these are some different but pretty serious speakers. Please any and all feedback totally welcomed and is super helpful 

Source: Bricasti M1SE DAC 

Preamp: Parasound JC2 Pre

Amp: Pass Labs X350.5 Amp

IC: Darwin TRUTH Balanced

SC: HiDiamond D8 w/Furutech

PC: HiDiammond P3 (7)

AC: HiDiamond HDX2 

Transport: microRendu 1.4 and full suite of UpTone Audio Premium Power Supplies (2)x LPS-1 and (1) JS-2 LPS - (2) Regens - ISO and Amber and custom Canare DC cables for all / Tellarium Q Black Diamond USB cable and Curious Regen Link

Room is 12 x 23 w/Cathedral Ceilings - 15 Foot a peak 

Music: Assorted Music no metal or loud hard rock anymore really - not much Large Scale classical either but everything else.

Likes: Transparency- Delicate-linear-Dynamic-Fast - high resolution-microscope but not sterile not etched or lifeless - I know there is a fine Line here but I'm looking to walk it and come out on the right side - but real see through into the music - transparent to the source because I love my DAC - there more everything else sound more like my DAC the closer I'm getting to where I want to go as close as possible - image and sound stage lover - tight bass - hate flab - like speed and transparency as my selection choices might speak to

Coming from: Rethm Saadhana V3 speakers which I love and are incredible but want to try something else. 

Love any feedback about matching or equipment matching or one or multiple of these - what you heard at shows or whatever. Love more Info on these.









fsmithjack

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dlcockrum
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Congrats, fsmithjack, on your new speakers. You obviously have "paid your dues" through ownership experiences with many of the finest pieces of gear over many years. Hoping that you have found yet another personal pinnacle of excellence with the Magicos. Enjoy!

Dave
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dlcockrum
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Hi fsmithjack,

I underestimating the price of the ATC SCM-100s - more like $15k best I can tell. Definitely a fine speaker worthy of audition by anyone looking in that price range. Easy on amps too.

Audiotroy Dave pretty much nailed it. You have moved to a speaker that is very high up on the resolution scale and it will change your listening world in almost every way as you have already experienced.

BTW - I have been experimenting with Dueland 16 gauge speaker cables and 20 gauge ICs. Very inexpensive. Very smooth/glare & grain free yet open and airy in the upper mids/treble, textured and rich in the mids, and the bass sound character is the best I have heard from any cable with my Thiels. The Dueland wire ($10/m) and RCA connectors are available from Parts Connexion in Canada and Chris will even assemble/terminate the ICs for you for a nominal charge. Speaker wire is said to sound best "bare-ended" (no terminals), although I have not tried this. A few hundred bucks for the whole deal. I am simply in disbelief at the performance of this inexpensive wire. Could be worth your while to try these before spending big $$. If you want terminated and finished speaker cables using multiple strands of the Dueland wire, Tweek Geek has a very nice pair for relatively small expenditure advertised here on Audiogon. I have these on trial right now and they are killer.

Dave

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