A lot of people have been asking me how come I still have my pair of Q1 in my dedicated stereo room, and why the Q7 have not arrived yet. Reason is that I have replaced my Q7 order with an order for a pair of Magico Ultimate 3.
Listening to the first generation of the Ultimate has been a revelatory experience – a real shock. The decision was so obvious - this is the ultimate sound I have been looking for. It doesn’t sound like any horn I have heard (never liked horns in the past). It doesn’t sound like a Magico Qs or any other speaker. The Ultimate is a different animal than the Q7 (it better be the case given the price difference!). It was a real surprise for me, as I had never heard anything I liked more than the Q7 - by far. I will not start an exercise of superlatives, and rather wait until beginning of 2014 to let people come over and listen
The Ultimate 3 is a completely new version of Ultimate speakers in a limited batch. Main difference between version 3 and version 1 and 2:
- A new proprietary 15" subwoofer, powered by a new 4000W amplifier
- A new proprietary 12" midbass, supposed to have vastly superior dispersion behavior
- A new active XO
- A new structural support system
For the rest, it is still a 5 way (4 horns with ALE drivers, one 15" sub) with sensitivity around 110dB
In the meantime, I am still enjoying a lot my Q1 in my room designed by SMT... and start thinking about the amps I will use (need something with a very high signal to noise ratio)
Listening to the first generation of the Ultimate has been a revelatory experience – a real shock. The decision was so obvious - this is the ultimate sound I have been looking for. It doesn’t sound like any horn I have heard (never liked horns in the past). It doesn’t sound like a Magico Qs or any other speaker. The Ultimate is a different animal than the Q7 (it better be the case given the price difference!). It was a real surprise for me, as I had never heard anything I liked more than the Q7 - by far. I will not start an exercise of superlatives, and rather wait until beginning of 2014 to let people come over and listen
The Ultimate 3 is a completely new version of Ultimate speakers in a limited batch. Main difference between version 3 and version 1 and 2:
- A new proprietary 15" subwoofer, powered by a new 4000W amplifier
- A new proprietary 12" midbass, supposed to have vastly superior dispersion behavior
- A new active XO
- A new structural support system
For the rest, it is still a 5 way (4 horns with ALE drivers, one 15" sub) with sensitivity around 110dB
In the meantime, I am still enjoying a lot my Q1 in my room designed by SMT... and start thinking about the amps I will use (need something with a very high signal to noise ratio)
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