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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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shadorne
7,333 posts
 
These are your words not mine:

"these Magico's are burning a whole right through my head like a lazier beam."

"I've been setting them up and measuring and tweaking and they are giving me a royal head ache now?

How can this be? I spent a ton of money and time and was so looking forward to these?"

"Even my non audiophile wife said these don't sound as nice as your other speakers - how come? Msybe she sensed it from me but I'm like - really ?? "

"I was hoping they would sound good - different but good but not the case. I had nothing to do with my old speakers or what I'm used to. Any person after 2 minutes will say yeah Houston we have a problem here..."

My comments are based on your statements. If you are now retracting entirely everything you said then perhaps break-in may be the solution for you.
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csmgolf
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http://www.gr-research.com/burnin.htm

For those that don’t believe drivers burn in and that there are no measurements for proof. Clearly, it is not his ears getting used to it.
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fsmithjack OP
605 posts
 
Shardone - I know what I wrote it’s my thread and my words - you don’t believe in breakin - you have made that point crystal clear on my thread over and over and over. We get it.

The thing is Magico’s’s not broken in and with poor matching cables were terrible and they drove me nuts. Not having the XLR pins caused some kind of ground or impedance problem or something that messed with the high frequency and set up was off and all that contributed. Learning process - I’ve said that like 50 times I’m on here to learn and get help from others. 

The big thing was break in and we Magico owners no what we know and we all know your thoughts on matter. Break in doesn’t exist in your ATC world - fair enough it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist in others but I get the feeling after all your reponses you take this as fact and you are right and everyone else is wrong?

Maybe - maybe not but I can tell that there were many things that contributed to my Speakers sounding poorly and most would support your argument but so what. My speakers are breaking in and sounding way better for it. 

Let’s get to the real matter at hand.

Your incredibly overrated and overpriced ATC Speakers.

Those are some of the ugliest and most boring sounding speakers on earth. So overpriced and so overrated. Talk about a stone in a lake drop in value once used. Why is that? Because they are so boring. Oh yes very accurate and very precise and very linear and measure perfect and are the most boring and ugly and expensive Speakers going. 

I’ll tale Magico’s any day over those overgrown professional studio speakers. Hahahaha..

Yes very expensive it’s just that brand does nothing for me. They are bla bla bla brand = ATC. Their amps sure great bang for buck and many of their less expensive speakers are excellent for the money but the flagship ones like you have for that money... Yawn yawn yawn... lol 




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