I also auditioned Q3 and Q5 extensively. Although I found Q5 to be really exceptional speaker, I had a feeling that it is little bit overpriced for overall performance.
S5 is different story. It is IMHO one of the speakers on the market with the best price/performance ratio. It offers almost all goodies from Q5 with even better bass and dynamics. It is not sounding that open in the top end as Q5 and for me that is a good thing since it will suit wider range of electronics and cables.
Finally, about S5 power hunger... I audition it with 160w class A amp and it sounded awesome. With 750w class AB amp it also sounded excellent, but different. In my opinion amp power quality is that what matters, not quantity.
When my S5 arrives I will wrote extensive report about my findings regarding its sound with different amps.
Last edited by KKF1; 12-26-2012 at 07:16 AM.
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