melbguy1
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| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? I've heard the Magico S5's with Boulder, Soulution, Audia Flight Strumento, Dartzeel and Vitus Reference and Signature Series. The best sound I heard was with Vitus Signature Series amps & previous model Vitus SCD-010 front end. The sound was ... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Syntax, don't take my comments personally. I've heard the Q5's, yes they eat watts like a couple of Apogee Scintilla's on heat, but fed with a lot of warm, rich, clean power and they can really sing. They are very transparent to source, so rubbish... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? @Gpgr4blu, spoken like a true Wilson fanboi! Lol | |
| Speakers that turn your analytical mind off? Magico S5's when mostly or fully run in, properly set up & well matched with accompanying equipment for good synergy (eg: Vitus, Dartzeel, CJ Gat/Art or Pass XA.8 series). But get all that right and you stop thinking about speakers and simply ... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? 08-26-14: SyntaxMagico Q5 (dead, lifeless, thin, analytic and far away from a reproduction of a real sounding tone)Going by your extensive equipment list, I'm guessing you are a Dealer or Distributor who does not represent Magico. In any case, you... | |
| Is DSD download already an extinct format? 08-25-14: TbgMelbguy, what does the "new white bread" mean? Good or bad?That was just tongue in cheek Tbg ;) You know me, i'm in for a penny, in for a pound! Actually i'm delaying ordering my next cdp until they finish a new DSD USB board. | |
| Is DSD download already an extinct format? Extinct, dead, die, end of the road, adios amigos, sayonara, dasvidaniya, ciao ciao, au revoir Mr Duck! Nah, DSD is the new white bread! | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Good post P59teitel! Agreed you can't really go wrong with either speaker. There is no doubt the Salon 2's are very good, though just to clarify, the mid-bass issue Doug referred to was later solved when he adjusted the S5's speaker positioning. F... | |
| ARC ref 3,5 OR Lamm LL2.1 for my ml2.1 Anyone heard of the "Silence of the Lamms"? | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 08-23-14: FargoThank you, Melbguy1. I did not realize that the YG is essentially a 2 way with a sub. In that case, the right comparison will be to the Magico Q1 with a Qsub.I recently heard the Qsub and was extremely impressed.YW Fargo, the QSub i... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks for the heads up Guido! The K-01X looks like a pretty killer player given it is based on the flagaship Grandioso. This new model with DSD USB input would have to be regarded as one of the top single box players in the high end market. The f... | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Ptss, I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. YG Hailey and Magico S5 are both sculpted designs. S5 less so, but Magico still use a curved aluminium cabinet, and it has curved corners at the front to eliminate diffraction. The design was in... | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Fargo, the S5 is tuned differently than the Hailey 1.2. The S5 was designed to be a bit warmer and more laid back in presentation than the Q3, yet have a lower center of gravity with more bass presence. Overall the S5 is a well balanced and very c... | |
| How loud is loud? 08-18-14: SeikoshaFor me, once it gets in the mid 80's, (at the listening chair) it's loud.I've found that as my system has gotten better, I listen at lower levels. I no longer have the need to turn it up as I get everything I want at a lower volu... | |
| YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 Mjama, I agree with your comments about the S5's which sound wonderful. Just to correct you on one thing however, the S5's are rated to 22Hz factory spec, whilst Martin Colloms measured in-room response to 25Hz in his Hifi Critic review (which is ... |