Magico S5 mk2

joeinid said:
On their own, I'd confess I'm not a huge Magico fan. With the right gear, I know I could love them. I had a demo of the S1 and S5 with Viva amps and Constellation preamp. I have to say it was pretty amazing. So hearing CJ gear on the new kids could be pretty special.
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The described synergy might not be too much of a suprise, as Alon is voicing Magicos with Constellation gear ;).


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joeinid said:
On their own, I'd confess I'm not a huge Magico fan. With the right gear, I know I could love them. I had a demo of the S1 and S5 with Viva amps and Constellation preamp. I have to say it was pretty amazing. So hearing CJ gear on the new kids could be pretty special.

If I had only one system with vinyl and nothing else, it would be Raidho at number one. I heard my friend Bruce's Raidho D3 and the system was 'make me cry' good. OMG, so smooth and sweet with wall to wall and top to bottom huge soundstage with front to back depth to die for. It's like I could pick out voices and instruments. Amazing. Add digital to the Raidho and I get a slight bite that I am not crazy about. Granted this was before Lampizator DSD with that special tube combo, so I'd have to revisit that setup.
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Joe,

I think Lampi DSD with the right tubes would smooth out any treble bite on either the Raidho ribbon or Magico diamond-beryllium tweeters. By moving to the K-01X and replacing my WW Platinum 7 USB cable with the Totaldac, I've successfully eliminated any treble edginess from my system in all but the most offensive recordings. And there's not a tube to be seen in my room.

Best,
Ken
 
Alpinist said:
Joe,

I think Lampi DSD with the right tubes would smooth out any treble bite on either the Raidho ribbon or Magico diamond-beryllium tweeters. By moving to the K-01X and replacing my WW Platinum 7 USB cable with the Totaldac, I've successfully eliminated any treble edginess from my system in all but the most offensive recordings. And there's not a tube to be seen in my room.

Best,
Ken
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Like that point of view, there are many ways to achieve the same aim.

Sitting now in my vacation home, enjoying X-mas vacation and hearing really nice stuff on a cheapie system, compared to what I do have at home in the family room.

Loved my Ayon tube amp, but over time I got frustrated with having a different sound every time I wanted to listen to music. So, no more tubes for me. That said, I would not replace my Mesa tube guitar amp for any money in the world. Took me fifteen years to find the right sound.

So, on a cheaper level, what Ken describes, the Cardas Clear USB did the same trick for me.

Did I say no more tubes for me? For some time now I feel tempted to buy the ARC SP20 - just to try it out. Around X-mas it hit me again. This hobby is terrible :).


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The Cardas Clear is an outstanding USB cable with a relaxed and very musical presentation. It's one of my favorites. Nice choice!

Ken
 
Alpinist said:
The Cardas Clear is an outstanding USB cable with a relaxed and very musical presentation. It's one of my favorites. Nice choice!

Ken
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It's nice you can make statements like that on this forum without some moron demanding measurements from you to prove that statement, and then implying you are delusional for hearing what you hear. :)
 
I hope to have mine the end of May. Getting my S1 mk2's tomorrow I think. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]


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Mike said:
I hope to have mine the end of May. Getting my S1 mk2's tomorrow I think. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]


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Can't wait to hear your impressions!! Exciting stuff mike


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Elberoth said:
I thought the first S5 mk 2 pairs were supposed to be delivered in January 2016 ?
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Think it was just Q1 2016. But I haven't heard a peep from anyone and there's only a few weeks left in the first quarter.


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bthomas9 said:
Think it was just Q1 2016. But I haven't heard a peep from anyone and there's only a few weeks left in the first quarter.


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I haven't read about anyone seeing/hearing it at shows or at dealers'. Anyone ?



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They are here :tup:

Just received my pair of Magico S5 mk2 (serial numbers 00007 & 00008) here in Australia. I guess that makes them the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] pair to roll off the production line. I assume the first pair (serial number 00001 & 00002) are the white ones that Magico are showing and which are in their listening room now.

Locally I was the first to order them - straight after Mono & Stereo leaked the news of the mark 2 versions. I think it was mid Nov when I placed my order. There have been a few delays at Magico, as my delivery date kept slipping/changing - but it now appears S5Mk2 production has started.

My dealer was good to me, he’s made sure I received my pair first before he has his own demo pair, hence I have them before him.
They are still in their container boxes, as I need help to unpack them and move them into my apartment. There are a few steps to get them into my Apartment - have asked my brother to come round this weekend to help me unpack and move them in.

You should expect dealers to start receiving theirs and hopefully soon you’ll all able to see and hear them yourselves. I believe there is a very high demand, so it may take some time for everyone to receive theirs.

I won’t be able to give impression/comparison against the original S5 as I only heard that speaker first & last time 4 years ago and for 15mins only. My comparison will against my previous Magico S3 speaker, which I owned for a couple of years.
 

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Welcome to the forum Jambo. Congratulations on a great pair of speakers.
 
Congrats Jambo! Welcome to AS. My pair is on order, but not expected until late May. I'm really looking forward to your impressions. I have a hunch that they will be speaker of the year for many with a phenomenal price to performance ratio. May I ask, what are you going to pair them with? What's the rest of your system?


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Welcome and congratulations Jambo! :congrats:

I just read this morning that the S5 MKIIs will be showcased at AXPONA in a few weeks.
 
Jambo said:
They are here :tup:

Just received my pair of Magico S5 mk2 (serial numbers 00007 & 00008) here in Australia. I guess that makes them the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] pair to roll off the production line. I assume the first pair (serial number 00001 & 00002) are the white ones that Magico are showing and which are in their listening room now.

Locally I was the first to order them - straight after Mono & Stereo leaked the news of the mark 2 versions. I think it was mid Nov when I placed my order. There have been a few delays at Magico, as my delivery date kept slipping/changing - but it now appears S5Mk2 production has started.

My dealer was good to me, he’s made sure I received my pair first before he has his own demo pair, hence I have them before him.
They are still in their container boxes, as I need help to unpack them and move them into my apartment. There are a few steps to get them into my Apartment - have asked my brother to come round this weekend to help me unpack and move them in.

You should expect dealers to start receiving theirs and hopefully soon you’ll all able to see and hear them yourselves. I believe there is a very high demand, so it may take some time for everyone to receive theirs.

I won’t be able to give impression/comparison against the original S5 as I only heard that speaker first & last time 4 years ago and for 15mins only. My comparison will against my previous Magico S3 speaker, which I owned for a couple of years.
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Kindly keep us posted on the S3 vs. S5 mk II comparison. Keen to hear your impressions.



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Good to see S5 MkII finally being delivered. Most interested to hear impression on the S5 MkII, more so if compared to S3 or S5.
 
It seems they have changed the way the speakers are crated/shipped. The come (at last !) on casters, so you can roll them out of the crates, just like Wilsons.

I'm surprised they travel in vertical position (unlike Wilson, Rockports, Avalons etc) as that puts a much greater strain on drive units during shipping and may even result in drive units' damage.
 
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