pwhinson
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| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... I know this is an old post but I heard the Magico A3 for the first time last week and I absolutely agree with the OP....very very dark tonally,...on an absolute basis way too much bass, although that bass was tuneful actually and articulate it was... | |
| Magico A3 So I listened to the A3 last week for the first time, and on good electronics (Constellation), well setup in terms of the room (very large room, no apparent problems there). I was frankly extremely surprised to to find them tonally VERY DARK so I’... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 and @tomthiel. Its good to hear that Vandersteens are now voiced more similarly to Thiels. People also used to say Vandersteens had a shelved midrange which helped simulate lots of "depth" and some folks believe that has NOT changed. Wha... | |
| Paradigm Persona series I agree on the high resolution at lower volumes in addition to moderate volume levels and the holographic sound stage but I did find that the latter was a little problematic to achieve. My experience was that only a very small of toe in provides ... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? Perhaps I have the wrong model but I thought the Coda Continuum 8 amplifier is a high biased A/AB amplifier not 150 watts pure class A. With regard to whether the X series or XA series is "better," I assumed the XA would be preferred but when I ta... | |
| Listening Levels for Classical Music / Slightly electronic sound at high levels Thanks inna, that has actually occurred to me but of course just about every recording these days is made digitally. Because of my extraordinary lazy nature I have grown use to listening to nothing but digital files mostly high resolution streamed... | |
| Personas....7F vs 9H I have found myself wondering actually what the 7f sounds like particularly since I invested in rather powerful Pass amplification not long ago. The 7f does go down to 25 hz and I know from experience that all you have to do to do room correction ... | |
| April 2017 review of the Paradigm Persona 9H A home run for Paradigm! I read this review and while its a great review there’s a huge amount of space devoted to oblique statements referencing a need for speaker manufacturers to include tweeter level controls al la Revel to tilt the top end up or down 3 db. And actual... | |
| Amps for Paradigm Persona 3f @dmance I admire your courage in running the 3f and 5f on that very fine tube amp. I would be terrified that I would tempted to push the volume too high at some point and fry those beryllium drivers. The 9H is another kettle of fish and I would pr... | |
| Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5 I briefly tried listening to the PL200ii and Pl300ii and couldn't get past how dark and uninvolving they sounded. I heard them at a dealer who I generally respect with regard to proper setup and system matching to get the best out of each product... | |
| Listening Levels for Classical Music / Slightly electronic sound at high levels Good point lowrider, the source of my digital files in a NAS located one floor down from my listening room, said files being delivered via ethernet into the Bridge II on the back of the PS Audio DAC. I do have small vibration control cushions I d... | |
| Thiel Owners We have a dealer here in Atlanta who sold both Thiels and Vandersteen but did better with Vandersteen sales wise than with Thiel. I ordered my 2.4's in beautiful ebony from said dealer and they were and are fantastic. | |
| Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5 One note on this discussion: Proof is not a verb unless you're baking bread. | |
| Whats the deal? Look at it this way. If something costs a fortune, sounds fantastic, but looks like a piece of junk that will fall apart at any minute would you buy it? I don’t think so. Re the cable issue I never thought I would join what I used to call the craz... | |
| Best speakers in the 50-60k range ? I wouldn’t discount the Magico’s...I would be listening for tonal balance on them but I’m sure farther up the line than the A3 which is dark dark dark (that’s the only one I’ve heard), they’ve got to be more balanced tonally. I did hear in the A3 ... |