Jeff's Getting a New Stereo System

[DaveyF]

I think we all understand that R&D is only a very small part of the true cost of high end products. A much bigger factor is the overall market for the product ( usually extremely limited in its scope) and the required profit to cover all of the usual suspects...aka middle men and other distributors. Looking at cartridges ( which i have been doing a lot of recently) it is clear that the overall cost to manufacture the product is but a mere fraction of the overall cost to the end user. A huge proportion goes to the middle man. An example of this, can be found by looking at the many high end cartridges for sale in Japan ( at the Japanese online shops) and comparing that very same cartridge to the price here in the US. ( Or for that matter in Europe).

 

[NorthStar]

Hey Paolo, let me know if you need any crew!!

Wonder Woman and her Amazonian crew.

They are to hire; sailing the world on the seven seas.

 

[marty]

Speaker brands . . .

http://www.soundstageultra.com/inde...6-jeffs-getting-a-new-stereo-system-part-four

I have to admit that the speaker I'd be leaning towards is the S5MkII. I heard these at Myles' place 2 weeks ago and they are just wonderful. There's nothing at all that calls attention to themselves or gets in the way of the music. As I commented recently on ack's thread, I was convinced there was a subwoofer in the system but there was not (admittedly Myles' room is on the smaller side). But that speaker is just one beautiful piece of engineering and uncanny musical value. One of the best parts was that there is no head bobbing and weaving to find the "sweet spot" as there often is with line arrays (horizontal head bobbing) or D'Appolito configurations such as my Alexandrias (vertical head bobbing).

 

[Jazzhead]

I have to admit that the speaker I'd be leaning towards is the S5MkII. I heard these at Myles' place 2 weeks ago and they are just wonderful. There's nothing at all that calls attention to themselves or gets in the way of the music. As I commented recently on ack's thread, I was convinced there was a subwoofer in the system but there was not (admittedly Myles' room is on the smaller side). But that speaker is just one beautiful piece of engineering and uncanny musical value. One of the best parts was that there is no head bobbing and weaving to find the "sweet spot" as there often is with line arrays (horizontal head bobbing) or D'Appolito configurations such as my Alexandrias (vertical head bobbing).

Fully concur , much prefer it to the Q7 . Sounded stellar @Munich 2016 with Constellation gear . Room filling and effortless . Have not heard their M series though .

Is this to replace your X2 ?

 

[marty]

Fully concur , much prefer it to the Q7 . Sounded stellar @Munich 2016 with Constellation gear . Room filling and effortless . Have not heard their M series though .

Is this to replace your X2 ?

My room is large (20 x 32 x 14) and I don't think the S5MkII can pull off the sound stage for power music at full orchestral tilt in such a room. However, my guess is that small scale works would be delightful. The X2 still has legs. I haven't optimized the set-up yet. As they say, it's a work in progress. Damn, I miss DSP.

 

[morricab]

I have to admit that the speaker I'd be leaning towards is the S5MkII. I heard these at Myles' place 2 weeks ago and they are just wonderful. There's nothing at all that calls attention to themselves or gets in the way of the music. As I commented recently on ack's thread, I was convinced there was a subwoofer in the system but there was not (admittedly Myles' room is on the smaller side). But that speaker is just one beautiful piece of engineering and uncanny musical value. One of the best parts was that there is no head bobbing and weaving to find the "sweet spot" as there often is with line arrays (horizontal head bobbing) or D'Appolito configurations such as my Alexandrias (vertical head bobbing).

My recent experience with the S5MkII was almost the polar opposite of what you describe...except that it seemed that a subwoofer was in the system...albeit poorly adjusted and boomy.

 

[Al M.]

My recent experience with the S5MkII was almost the polar opposite of what you describe...except that it seemed that a subwoofer was in the system...albeit poorly adjusted and boomy.

You always seem to pick the worst Magico demos