Broke my S5s last night.

Or just buy a pair of these and rock on with the comfort of Power Guard.




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catmonv said:
Wow, I am thinking, or just dreaming of getting the x350.5. The high electricity bill just turns me off. So I guess for the electricity bill may be on the $200-250 plus AC if I decide to get the x350.5. Maybe I will stick with my x250 for the moment.
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It’s like when you buy a high-end performance car; you don’t ask what’s the MPG. :cool:
 
BlueFox said:
Terrible with tiered CA electricity rates. These amps are one year old now. I used them around 2-3 weeks last July for billing purposes, and my electricty was $400 for July. That was double the previous July. That also includes the increased AC use. I ordered solar in August, and became a generator in September.
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Do you keep them on 24/7?
 
Audioseduction said:
Do you keep them on 24/7?
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When I first bought them I followed the same pattern as with my previous amps. Turn on when I came home from work, off at bedtime. However, on Thursday nights they were turned on, and not turned off until bedtime Sunday night. That only lasted a few weeks. Now, for weekends, I turn them on Friday morning before leaving for work, and then off whenever I go to bed Saturday morning. Then on again when I get up on Saturday, and off when I go to bed Sunday morning. They seem to reach close to max sound quality after about five hours, so I can live without the 100% sound quality achieved by leaving them on continuously.
 
BlueFox said:
When I first bought them I followed the same pattern as with my previous amps. Turn on when I came home from work, off at bedtime. However, on Thursday nights they were turned on, and not turned off until bedtime Sunday night. That only lasted a few weeks. Now, for weekends, I turn them on Friday morning before leaving for work, and then off whenever I go to bed Saturday morning. Then on again when I get up on Saturday, and off when I go to bed Sunday morning. They seem to reach close to max sound quality after about five hours, so I can live without the 100% sound quality achieved by leaving them on continuously.
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I usually turn them on around 3-4pm and turn them off around 10pm Monday-Thursday. For the weekend I turn them on Friday morning and turn them off Sunday night when I go to bed. My electric bill for them is around $75.
 
Bud,

When you were at Magico, did you happen to notice what brand of speaker cables they use in their listening room?
 
jap said:
Bud,

When you were at Magico, did you happen to notice what brand of speaker cables they use in their listening room?
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No. I considered asking about the gear, cables, etc., but decided to just listen, and leave that part out of my questions. I did make a comment to Alon there are people who say such and such amp is best with Magico, and he basically shrugged it off with a comment about personal preferance, or something along that line.
 
I picked up the repaired speaker, and it's undamaged sibling, on Monday. Every night I have been playing either string quartets from my classical playlist on random shuffle, or Patricia Barber, to exercise all drivers. So far, I cannot tell a difference between left and right. I haven't yet checked to see which speaker was repaired, and am trying to determine if I can tell. Not yet anyway. They look and sound the same.


Anyway, it is Friday night, and the end of another hectic workweek, so that means some beer along with rock and roll. I downloaded Tom Petty's latest, Hypnotic Eye, the other night and am listening now. Sounds great, even at only 48/24, and playing in the mid to high 70s.


One good thing that came out if this is I can now do minor positioning tweaks with the speakers by myself. You just need to balance them on one spike and slightly rotate to wherever you want. Currently, they are in an isosceles triangle with me at the top. This is actually giving a very solid sound stage with excellent L/R separation when appropriate. I think the S5s are sounding better than before I broke them, but that is probably 99.9% mental.


Anyway, as the night goes on, the volume will go up. Certainly not into "break my tweeter and mid-range" territory, but at least into the high 90s (sounds like a weather report). Maybe then I can tell which one was repaired, but I wouldn't bet money on that.
 
Bud - so glad everything worked out. Great service by Magico and a valuable lesson learned.
 
BlueFox said:
I picked up the repaired speaker, and it's undamaged sibling, on Monday. Every night I have been playing either string quartets from my classical playlist on random shuffle, or Patricia Barber, to exercise all drivers. So far, I cannot tell a difference between left and right. I haven't yet checked to see which speaker was repaired, and am trying to determine if I can tell. Not yet anyway. They look and sound the same.


Anyway, it is Friday night, and the end of another hectic workweek, so that means some beer along with rock and roll. I downloaded Tom Petty's latest, Hypnotic Eye, the other night and am listening now. Sounds great, even at only 48/24, and playing in the mid to high 70s.


One good thing that came out if this is I can now do minor positioning tweaks with the speakers by myself. You just need to balance them on one spike and slightly rotate to wherever you want. Currently, they are in an isosceles triangle with me at the top. This is actually giving a very solid sound stage with excellent L/R separation when appropriate. I think the S5s are sounding better than before I broke them, but that is probably 99.9% mental.


Anyway, as the night goes on, the volume will go up. Certainly not into "break my tweeter and mid-range" territory, but at least into the high 90s (sounds like a weather report). Maybe then I can tell which one was repaired, but I wouldn't bet money on that.
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What a coincidence: tonight I downloaded and have been playing Tom Petty's latest and it sounds awesome.

My S5's have changed a fair bit in the last week. I have been playing them 24/7 with some deep techno and I am now getting a lot more bass than when I first got them.
 
I think we can close this thread now. I am very happy with the results. Yes indeed, Magico did a great job fixing the problem. I sure am glad they are local, since that made this process a lot easier.

They must have some good electronics in their crossover to not have incurred any damage. I guess the drivers act as a fuse to prevent crossover damage. :)
 
BlueFox said:
I think we can close this thread now. I am very happy with the results. Yes indeed, Magico did a great job fixing the problem. I sure am glad they are local, since that made this process a lot easier.

They must have some good electronics in their crossover to not have incurred any damage. I guess the drivers act as a fuse to prevent crossover damage. :)
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Inductors, capacitors, and resistors can take high power much better than the voice coils in speakers can.
 
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