Magico S5 mk2

KeithR said:
What speakers are incoherent to you?
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I didn't say a particular speaker is time incoherent. I don't in fact know how to even define it. What I said was S3's sound more time coherent to me than many speakers that I heard or owned. That's a big difference than saying Wilson and Magico are not time coherent.
 
kzhtoo said:
I didn't say a particular speaker is time incoherent. I don't in fact know how to even define it. What I said was S3's sound more time coherent to me than many speakers that I heard or owned. That's a big difference than saying Wilson and Magico are not time coherent.
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When I think of a speaker being "coherent" sounding, it sounds as a whole, or as one unified piece, to me, and it is not possible to identify individual drivers when listening to the system. It just sounds natural and it often disappears from the room or soundstage. This is different from a tweeter sounding "hot" which to me is more of a tonal balance issue.

The Magico S3 is one of the few Magicos that I have not had the pleasure of hearing.
 
PeterA said:
When I think of a speaker being "coherent" sounding, it sounds as a whole, or as one unified piece, to me, and it is not possible to identify individual drivers when listening to the system. It just sounds natural and it often disappears from the room or soundstage. This is different from a tweeter sounding "hot" which to me is more of a tonal balance issue.
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Correct, and I hope I didn't imply otherwise.

having owned a full range driver based system for a long time, I really start to hear things in certain systems - particularly bothersome when I can hear an instrument coming out of a particular driver.

people who I know who are really sensitive to it tend to prefer gentle sloped, lower order crossovers as well.
 
Hi Mike .I am in the process of changing my speakers . As someone who has owned Magico S5and 5 MKII , could you tell me what are the differences between the two Thank you
 
nonesup said:
Hi Mike .I am in the process of changing my speakers . As someone who has owned Magico S5and 5 MKII , could you tell me what are the differences between the two Thank you
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The midrange and tweeter are vastly improved in the mk2 version. All drivers are also much better integrated. Nothing stands out. It all blends beautifully. If you have a good Magico dealer in Spain, I encourage you to go and hear the S5 mk2 speaker for yourself.
 
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El importador para España, se encuentra ahora en la sala principal, el Proyecto M.
Dijo que en septiembre estarán dispuestos a escuchar, el S5 MKII.
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Sorry I wrote in Spanish.

The importer for Spain, is now in its main hall, the M Project.
He says that in September, the S5 MKII will be available for your hearing
 
Here is an interesting presentation by Peter Mackay from Magico on the S1 Mk2 & S5 Mk2 from the Taiwan High End Show :)..

 
Looks like the February edition of Stereophile will be a bulldog edition, featuring a review of the S5 Mk2's by JA.

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And we haven't forgotten the hardware: John Atkinson waxes lyrical over the Magico S5 Mk.II speaker; Ken Micallef does likewise over the unique NEAT Iota Alpha; Mikey Fremer drives his Wilsons with humongous Boulder monoblocks; Art Dudley and Herb Reichert listen to idiosyncratic digital components from EAR and Schiit; and Herb Reichert auditions Rega's new Planar 3 LP player.

Looks like he liked them :)
 
Like the fact that I do have a digital subscription, just dropped into my inbox.


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Mike said:
Right on!

Now the hard part....

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Color WAS the hardest choice. Picking the s5 mk2 was the easy choice [emoji16]. Also, working with Mike was the easy choice [emoji8]! Good luck Bud!!


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Just read Atkinson's review, I think he liked them [emoji1].


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