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Metal cabinet speakers
Aluminum is an ideal material for loudspeaker enclosure. Very stiff, low energy storage, and therefore easily dampened (most of these cabinets are well damped). If you ever knocked on a Magico or YG, you know that they are as inert as cement.  
Metal cabinet speakers
@mtdiningThe idea of paying writers to tout them obviously not so dim.And they paid extra for all these reviewers who dumped their Wilsons and got Magico instead. Really dim :-| 
Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point?
rubber surrounds will last forever, but they don't sound as good as foam surround, which have limited life span, especially if you live in hi humidity area  
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@smodtacticalDid you write this:http://www.sonicvisions.org/index.php?threads/magico-m2-and-s7-impressions.13/ Very good, and perceptive, report. Looks like you got it, there is no going back 😉 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@nabcsignorance is bliss  
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@smodtacticalmaybe a smoother amp like MC601 monos would soften the sound and bring a great musicality to the 9H ?Sure, whatever works for you ;)  
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@audiotroy Reading is indeed a strong suit of mine, and unlike you, I even understand what it is that I am reading. Oleg Bogdanov claim that using two screens in front of a tweeter will yield "improve frequency response and sound radiation pattern... 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
Propaganda. I was rather taken by the “screens” on the drivers. No wonder they sound so etched. Beryllium midrange will be very hard to tame, looks to me like they tried to do that with the screens that is blocking a big part of the sound. Why wou... 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
Speaker cables, power cables, etc do make a difference. 
Soundlab A3s and thoughts.
I used to run the big Atma Sphere on my SL, but that was many years ago. Not sure if  Atma Sphere is still around. 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
  So now knowledgeable and informed is consider arrogance? Where did I hear that before? Are you a politician??BTW, since we seem to have a communication problem, allow me to be clear, I was talking about you and your champion dealer, not Paradigm... 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@nabcs25 as sometimes some geniuses appear and call into question a team of engineers Although I welcome the compliment, it does not take a genius to grasp how sketchy this concept is (Although, it does look like some do have a problem with facts... 
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
400Hz, is not subwoofer territories, not even in Portugal ;)And yes, it will be unacceptable.  
Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
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Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2
@audiotroy Read Paradigm literature, why are you arguing with me, argue with them.As their dealer, you should know how their speakers work.