Spent a couple of hour auditioning a pair of S5 MKII's today a the local dealer. The speakers were being driven by Nagra mono-blocks and their latest HD DAC. All in all a very nice combination. Not being able to hear them in the same room I would definitely give them the edge over "similarly" priced SF Futura's and the price bracketing pair of Wilson Sasha II's and Alexia's. I still prefer the MBL 111F's to any of the above.
We also compared the Nagra DAC to their MSB set-up and at least for today I preferred the Nagra unit.
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