Magico Q1 ...

[jazzman]

Originally Posted by Still-One

I have heard them both but only in the rooms at RMAF. I want to like the Q1's but they left far too much to be desired at least in that environment. From what I heard I would take the CR1's over all but a handful of speakers, no matter the size.

Jim

I have listened extensively to both, and while both are very good speaker, I arrived at the opposite conclusion and bought the Q1

[bradleyc]

Originally Posted by jazzman

I have listened extensively to both, and while both are very good speaker, I arrived at the opposite conclusion and bought the Q1

I've listened to both extensively, I want both

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[joeinid]

Originally Posted by bradleyc

I've listened to both extensively, I want both

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I've listened to neither and ended up buying the TADs. Low to moderate listening on the my CR-1's is just outstanding, amazingly better than any other speaker I've heard. The perform extremely well at higher volumes as well but the majority of my listening is late night, early morning and I feel they do not give up anything.

[Thimios]

Originally Posted by jazzman

I have listened extensively to both, and while both are very good speaker, I arrived at the opposite conclusion and bought the Q1

Congrats for the aquisition of the Q1. What is the rest of your system? I ve listened to brand new Q3s but came to the conclusion that they are bright for my tastes. Q1 is believed to be better balanced speaker, with slightly different implementation of the tweeter.

[imprezap2]

I listened to the Q1 at a show in holland, small room, small tube amplifier (cannot remember the brand) but great result, very neutral, instruments and voices realistic. The Yello CD (touch) they played was pressurizing the room nicely.

The also had the Q7, Vivaldi dCs, Pass Labs XP30 and the new multi boxed mono Amplifiers.
Played very impressive, but I had the feeling I was listening to music more on the Q1's
I have to admit I didn't have a good listening spot (too busy) in the large demo room, would have loved to listen to this set by myself.

Olaf

[dcc]

Originally Posted by Thimios

Congrats for the aquisition of the Q1. What is the rest of your system? I ve listened to brand new Q3s but came to the conclusion that they are bright for my tastes. Q1 is believed to be better balanced speaker, with slightly different implementation of the tweeter.

jazzman,

I'd also like to know more about your Q1 system.

Thanks.

[Thimios]

I was wondering how good are Q1s in low level listening. Standmounds of 86dB sensitivity usually need to be played at louder volumes to come to life.

[jazzman]

Originally Posted by dcc

jazzman,

I'd also like to know more about your Q1 system.

Thanks.

Not decided yet between the 2 options I have. I am moving everything in my new dedicated room (finalizing construction this weekend I hope). I need to compare in the new room my 2 configs, and see which amp I keep:
- minimalist: Q1+ Devialet fed directly by my NAS
- option 2: Q1+ Dartzeel 108 + APL NWO-Master CD player (just upgraded the Dartzeel to latest status, need to bring it back from Switzerland to hear how it sounds now)

[jazzman]

Originally Posted by Thimios

I ve listened to brand new Q3s but came to the conclusion that they are bright for my tastes. Q1 is believed to be better balanced speaker, with slightly different implementation of the tweeter.

Wouldn't say that Q3 is bright or Q1 is more balanced. Q3 is bright on a bright source. If I listen to Q3 with a Vitus, Gryphon, Dartzeel, it is gorgeous, if I use a Spectral it is bright to my taste.

[Thimios]

Originally Posted by jazzman

Wouldn't say that Q3 is bright or Q1 is more balanced. Q3 is bright on a bright source. If I listen to Q3 with a Vitus, Gryphon, Dartzeel, it is gorgeous, if I use a Spectral it is bright to my taste.

The Q3s I heard were fed by Ayre MX-R/KX-R combo.