jtgofish
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| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... "Magico’s want very high bandwidth, highly resolving, Transparent devices in front of them. They want it clean and linear with some natural warmth or they will pout and stomp their feet and make a scene."Well that is exactly how I would describ... | |
| Getting the best from Usher Mini Dancer II's It seems to me these are compromised by trying to do too much.They go very low but you get a monotone sort of rubbery /boomy bass and the cone is moving so much to go low you also get some sort of cone break up or distortion before it crosses over... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Some rooms just sound bad with ported speakers and in a way most compact two ways are worse than the bigger alternatives because it seems that the makers give them a pronounced mid-bass lift to try to disguise their unavoidable lack of bass extens... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Just one more thing then I will shut -up.The Supratek Cabernet preamp and the Audio Flight Strumento preamp are really in the same approximate price category.Just that you can buy the Supratek at wholesale price direct from the maker and thereby ... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Yes I agree with that description of the Magico S5s in general terms.Indeed that is how my brother's sound although he now uses high end Accuphase preamps and power amps which seem to sound more vibrant and open than the Vitus which he previously ... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Well yes I agree in absolute terms the Magico S5s do not sound especially dark,cold,small and dull.My brother owns a pair so I know them well.That was a bit unfair.They are very good speakers.What I meant was that by comparison with the sound whe... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Well if you like your AF preamp then that is all that is important.I can see why some people would like them because they sound very composed, smooth and refined.We do not all hear or listen the same.I much prefer the more open, 3D.vivid,dynamic a... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Well I think the Strumento #4 power amp is superb but the preamp is simply not in the same league and the power amp deserves something much better.Which is pretty much what Edgar Kramer said [if you read between the lines] when he reviewed them.Of... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Yes the Magicos can sound a bit dark and a bit congested.What they need is a really special sounding preamp.I have heard a Supratek Cabernet 300B preamp inserted into a very expensive system using Magico S5s and Audia Flight Strumento preamps and... | |
| Great Value in Used Phono Preamp’s? The old Realistic 42-2101A is an excellent sounding MM preamp.I prefer it to an EAR 834P and the Dynavector P75.You can pick them up for around $50.They seem to sound best when warmed up for a while. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? Solid jarrah sounds excellent.It is a really dead sounding timber .I have used it laminated over MDF in larger speakers and as 100% solid in smaller speakers.It sounds much better than MDF or plywood to me.It is also great for turntable plinths an... | |
| Audiophile class AB vs Hypex N-core class D technologies . The Nord amplifiers sound very good.They use Hypex with Class A input stage. | |
| B&W DM70's - top end lacking I have owned two pairs of these.One pair sounded a bit dull but the other pair had lovely extended treble so it really depends on their condition. | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range The Yamaha NS5000s are wonderful sounding speakers.Worth importing if you can't get them locally.Plenty of the others mentioned here are great hi fi speakers but do not communicate the essence of the music like the NS5000s. | |
| Which Speaker Manufacturers (Besides ATC or PCM Feature Large Soft Dome Mid? Yamaha NS 5000. |