bar81

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What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With?
Tubes and that bright top end.  Shouldn't be a surprise. 
What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With?
I had the Scala v1 for many years powered by the Ayre MX-R and more recently the upgraded Twenty. The main point that you should be aware of is that the Scala has a bright/rougher tweeter so you need to have a setup that doesn’t accentuate the hig... 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
@joey_v Fair enough.  But then again I'm sure the OP knew what he was getting into by asking a question with such a limited scope. 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
Synergy definitely doesn’t mean what you think it means. In any case, based upon what actual personal ownership experience are you making such generic ignorant statements?I’m still not quite sure what people who have never actually owned $50k plus... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
While I haven't heard your cables, based on your description of the sound change with those cables, I can't imagine the 326S will be darker/more colored than those cables (which cables are probably going to prevent you from getting the "air" you'r... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
I had the 326S.  It is a very good preamp that I enjoyed while I had it and at its price it will likely be hard to beat.  The things to be aware of is that it's a little bit darker/colored (which will likely go well with your treble brightness iss... 
Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?
I found that it's much easier to build a satisfying $25k system or even a $100k system.  Those systems necessarily have the lower resolution that covers up a lot of faults in the recordings and the systems.  I wasn't really ready for the jump to t... 
Advantages of beryllium?
Wow, that Alexx waterfall plot is a disaster. It’s too bad you didn’t link to the actual measurements page where in the last (useless) paragraph where JA (if he needs to completely ignores the measurements and) blows sunshine up the manufacturer’s... 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
@brf. When the moderators aren't doing what should be done then someone has to.PS you're still wrong ;) 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
@brf. You are very wrong. If audiotroy would stay out of threads instead of pushing his products in so many threads then there would be no need for gpgr4blu to intervene. You should be thanking gpgr4blu for taking the time to stop the disgusting t... 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
audioclown in particular is the worst.  I barely come to the speaker forums anymore solely due to him.  he's such a shameless shill. 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
Well what's worse than that is dealers cry to the mods when there are posts they don't like and the mods indulge these babies by deleting posts.  Not sure why they're allowed to crap up threads but not subject to repurcussions for the same.  Maybe... 
Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc.
What you are doing is putting bandaids on a problem instead of fixing it.  If cables make that much of a difference in your system in the other direction, you are simply trying to offset issues with both products.  Before wasting money on bandaids... 
Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc.
Glad to see you're making positive forward progress.  As I said earlier, beryllium tweeters are touchy.  I've now had three different pairs of speakers with those tweeters and when not implemented perfect, they're a little too exciting for their o... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
You need a quality power conditioner like the Shunyata Denali and room treatments.From Soundstage's review:But those tracks, and others, showed me that I had to be a little careful with the S5’s extreme highs. Like the mids, they were exceedingly ...