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February 2, 2016, 10:34 PM #1
Well's Audio Majestic?
Any AS people have any experience with the new Well's Audio Majestic Integrated? Thinking about adding it to my short list of things I want to try.
Here's a link to the page on their site about it.
http://www.wellsaudio.com/products/i...ers-2/majestic
- Woody
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February 2, 2016, 11:57 PM #2
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Woody
There is a guy one AC with Kismet mono's that has the Majestic on the way. He should have an opinion shortly.Main - JVC QL-Y7/Denon DL-301 Mk II, Gold Note PH-10, Jays CDT3 Mk3 , Auralic Aries G2.2, Holo May KTE, Supratek Cabernet, Kinki Studio EX-B7 monoblocks, Verity Audio Otello, (2) Rythmik F12SE, Audio Envy IC, SC & PC's, Triode Wire Lab PC's, Inakustik USB and I2S, (2) Puritan Audio Labs PSM-156 with Groundmaster City, Timbernation rack
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February 3, 2016, 12:45 AM #3
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March 6, 2016, 09:38 PM #4
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Well... I have a Majestic on its way to me. I'll probably have it late next week or the week after. Looking forward to playing with it.
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March 6, 2016, 09:46 PM #5
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Congratulations Woody, looking forward to your opinion!
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March 7, 2016, 02:33 AM #6
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Very nice looking amp !
What speakers do you have ?Paul
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March 15, 2016, 01:54 AM #7
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The one I'm getting is black instead of that grey I think. Or that photo from the wells site just makes the anodizing look grey. I guess we'll see. My demo amp is back with Jeff Wells to get a couple upgrades to bring it to the full latest spec and get checked out. I'm guessing I have it early next week.
I'm going to be running it with my Philharmonic 3's by Dennis Murphy's Philharmonic Audio. Dennis is the designer behind the Salk Songtowers and a couple other Salk models. I love these speakers.
Here's a pic of my room in its current setup. The small table is a stand in until I finish my new rack. Right now I don't have my analogue front end setup. Just digital sources.
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March 15, 2016, 06:56 AM #8
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Looking good Woody. When do you get the amp?
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March 15, 2016, 12:58 PM #9
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March 27, 2016, 01:46 AM #10
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The amp will be here Tuesday. Jeff was in a pretty serious car wreck and totaled his car last week and kinda put him behind a bit. Glad he seems to be okay and I'm excited to finally get the Majestic. Pics to come.
- Woody
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March 29, 2016, 08:48 PM #11
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It's HEEEEERRRREEEE!!
I just hooked it up. Please excuse my temporary stand still. I really need to make time to finish the new rack I'm building. Haven't had time to sit down and listen quite yet... it's been on and playing internet radio for the past few hours. Gonna do some listening here shortly. Here's a pic.
- Woody
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March 29, 2016, 08:57 PM #12
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March 29, 2016, 10:33 PM #13
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Congratulations Woody, absolutely beautiful.
Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
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NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
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March 29, 2016, 10:36 PM #14
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Congrats Woody, interesting to hear your impressions versus the JM/Kismet combo.
Main - JVC QL-Y7/Denon DL-301 Mk II, Gold Note PH-10, Jays CDT3 Mk3 , Auralic Aries G2.2, Holo May KTE, Supratek Cabernet, Kinki Studio EX-B7 monoblocks, Verity Audio Otello, (2) Rythmik F12SE, Audio Envy IC, SC & PC's, Triode Wire Lab PC's, Inakustik USB and I2S, (2) Puritan Audio Labs PSM-156 with Groundmaster City, Timbernation rack
Family Room - Oppo UDP-203, Auralic Aries, Aqua La Voce S3, Kinki Studio EX-M1+, Nola KO, (2) Rythmik F-12G, Wireworld SC & IC's, Neotech PC's, SurgeX SA-1810
Greenville, SC- Jays CDT2 Mk 3, Auralic Aries G1, Holo Spring 3 KTE, Supratek Chardonnay, Odyssey Audio Kismet Reference, Rosso Fiorentino Volterra 2, (2) RSL Speedwoofers, iFi Audio Power Station, Wireworld IC's, Inakustik USB and I2s, Triode Wire Lab SC, Triode Wire Lab PC's, Furutech NCF Clear Line, Timbernation rack.
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March 29, 2016, 11:30 PM #15
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Congrats ! I love your speakers as well.
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March 30, 2016, 12:44 AM #16
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Congrats Woody. Any first impressions?
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March 31, 2016, 12:12 AM #17
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Thoughts so far — 3 hrs of critical listening. Nothing changed in my system other than the Wells in place of the separates. The powercord on the Wells is the one I use on my Preamp. Took out the pre, two ICs, the amps and their power cords. No other changes.
It's a very nice sounding integrated. I'm not sold on it as a replacment for my Juicy and Odysseys... But that's comparing about $7k worth of separates to a $3500 integrated.
I use a 60-ish track playlist on tidal as my Refrence tracks. I'm very familiar with how those tracks, from that source, through my DAC sound.
Initial thoughts.
• Great Tone and instrument separation
• Slightly dark presentation
• Non-fatiguing. I think the front edges of notes are slightly rounded.
• Soundstage is very good. Instruments are well and correctly placed. Good depth. Slightly less width than my separates. It doesn't extend outside of the speakers as far.
• Not as "fast" sounding as my separates. Not a bad thing nessessarily, it will depend on preference. I prefer the faster sound personally.
• Bass isn't as taunt as my separates, pertains to above. Less woofer control than the Odysseys. Doesn't sound as effortless as the monos.
• Doesn't have quite the PRAT of my separates. Although it's very musical I find that things like a steel string acoustic guitar and violin string plucks and upright bass plucks and slaps don't quite have the attack they should.
• Really good imaging.
• Definitly a "tone" amp and would be killer with speakers that can be on the bright side. I think it's a great amp at the price point.
• Build quality is awesome and it looks and feels very expensive to me.
• The remote sucks, would love to see an upgrade from Jeff and crew. Really cheap compared to the amp and a couple buttons don't do anything. It needs work.
• I definitly get the tube comparison. Very nice and easy to listen to. It's impressive.
My system uses all Clear Day silver cabling, and the RAAL tweeters can be sharp with the wrong gear. So those aren't hurting anything as far as it being on the dark side.
I'm planning on leaving it in my system for a couple weeks until I finish up the new audio rack and then swapping back in my separates. I think I'll make a judgment call then and decide what to do. I can't keep all the gear. Too much cash for me to just sit any of it on a shelf.
More thoughts with more time.
- Woody
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August 25, 2016, 04:50 PM #18
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Small unboxing ...
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heard the large ones twice, pretty nice
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