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Goodwin's for the Q7/Spectral (and Q3, Q1, S5, Avior and Verity Amadis with Simaudio) and Blink for Raidho.
GJ, I agree with your remarks on the Q1 vs. the Q3. Barring some strange twist, I'll be ordering the Q1. You should listen to the C4.1s though. Everything you liked about the Temptation with its D'appolito array but better treble thanks to the ribbon tweeter and much better bass. Blink has 4.0s, so I can only imagine how much better the upgraded model is, because what I heard was excellent. I didn't listen to the Q7 for long. It was in a different room with different gear, and that wasn't my purpose in visiting. But I spent time over two days at Goodwin's closely listening to the other speakers. Joe, I think Spectral would give you more of what you didn't like with the Burmester/TAD combo. Spectral is like Boulder, Sim, and certain others -- ultra clean and revealing with enormous control. I'm not sure you can do better than darTZeel with that tweeter. Maybe Constellation. Or all VAC? Why not take a couple of hours and drive up to Goodwin's with your CR1s, try them with Constellation? I think the Performance amp is $24, and the preamp is currently $19 but supposedly going up to $24. Sell those Burmesters and you're not far off the pair. And maybe there's a dealer closer to you. Last edited by VT Skier; 12-08-2012 at 08:44 AM. |
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again.....thanks for reminding us that you haven't had the pleassure of listening to a properly set up system. To think that in this day and age with the quality of subs and the integration afforded them that they cannot be properly married to ones system is ridiculous.
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Cyril, I would love to write a long review of all of these speakers, but I don't want to deal with the irrational and derogatory responses Magico seems to immediately generate on this forum (and others). Really, if one can't say something nice, or at least instructive, why comment at all?
"Wilson's great, Magico sucks." "Magico's great, Wilson sucks." Maybe it's because of the relative anonymity one feels when posting? Or some visceral need to defend one's personal choices/preferences? Whatever the reason, it's sad because most people here (and most reviewers for that matter) will never be able to spend as much time with these speakers as I did, listening in the same room with the same music and same electronics for the subtle (and not so subtle) differences. Anyway, I recommend reading Alan Sircom's recent review of the S5s, which is very well written. |
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