Howdy. The Constellation with the Magicos is heaven. The VAC didn't have the current to bring the Magico to life. The centaur woke up the entire speaker while keeping it like a SET amp. So sweet and delicate (like a whisper) but ballsy dynamics. Hannah Montana best of both worlds. I found having ARC upstream (ref40 and ref2se) added meat to the bones and kept things very textured. The constellation preamp brought more detail esp at lower levels but lost a bit of the magic the arc preamp brought.
Net net Magico s5 and constellation s5 were made to be together.
Oh brother! I can imagine that is a match made in heaven. Those S5's I heard are still haunting my brain (in a good way). Big, deep, wide soundstage with maybe the best bass I've ever heard.
Do you prefer the Constellation or ARC REF 40 preamp?
