Speaker Thoughts - YG Acoustics Hailey 2.2 vs Magico S5 MK II

very interesting story, fsmithjack - thanks for sharing. 

i know exactly what you mean by polite. i chose YG over Magico as i find them more alive and microdynamic, but certainly can still hear some of what you speak about. 

@ keithr
So you think that a Be tweeter is more ’polite’ and less resolving than a Silk dome??
Not the impression I get when I compare the two.

I said the exact opposite of that??? 

@fsmithjack 

I know, but keithr agreed with you, so I can't say I follow his reasoning

That Focal tweeter is bright and raw. It throws haymakers. I love it. Although, I did not love it with my Soulution 530 or my Pass Labs 160.8’s. It just needs a bit of a chill pill. 
That chill pill came in the form of a Ypsilon Phaethon with it’s hybrid tube-transistor linestage that rocks a pair of 6H30 operating in single-ended Class A for both the input stage and the driver stage. Its output is “bridged, single-ended” also biased in Class A. It’s a different way to do it. So they make the amp a push pull amp to drive tougher speakers but it’s very different. Rather then just making a push pull amp the make separate single ended amps and run them in opposites bridged to come up with their own version of push pull. A single ended amp with real balls.  Needless to say it is a very elegant, purist approach. It’s not just super super transparent with its powerful mosfets it’s also buttery tube singled ended smooth. Both these attributes dial the beryllium tweeter right into its wheel house. That bright, raw inverted metal dome tweeter is now silky smooth and combo with its extension and decays are just killer. Audio really is about partnering the gear just right. I think the Magico’s would partner well with most. They were great with the Soulution and the Pass Labs. They were great with the Ypsilon too but the Focal and Ypsilon that there has a ceiling that seems to still be climbing.