Magico Mini II vs. Magico V2 comparison

I understand James63, believe me! I am not a novice and have owned many $100K systems in various homes over the years...most of them box based. For orchestral, planars sound far more natural. Jazz also sounds more continuous and existing in the same space. In addition, my planars have more natural tone across the board..smoother strings, large soundstage, exceptional treble (best in the business), amazing reproduction of overtones and a quikness that adds far more coherency than most any conventional speaker system. Just play a piano piece and anyone who has been around live piano music frequently (that's me) can hear the difference...my 3.6R's give you the whole piano clearly, coherently and with accurate pitch defintion. Even squeezing a Baby Grand through a largish box design can be difficult. But, I will allow you to return to your regularly scheduled insanity with no further interruptions :O) No hard feelings, I remember my first couple pairs of Wilsons and then Dyn's, even my Dunlavy SC-V's etc.. When you want to believe in something bad enough you will...at least for awhile. My biggest pet peeve is that very little work is being done to really advance the state of the art in audio playback...month after month of cover stories featuring another groundbreaking box speaker (not). FYI, the best box speaker I've heard is Avalon with Spectral gear.

No doubt this has gotten a bit carried away.JM Labs and Magico are only a small sample of "fine sounding" speakers.

French,Smench....Puhleeeze!

I can understand the human element here,but having been in the hobby for 40 years,I've heard it all!!

ALOT of varying great stuff!!If someone pidgeon holes specific designs into "one" category,sadly they have been in this for too short a period...BTW, I am making a generalized statement,without pointing a finger to anyone in particular.

Btw,a GREAT alternative amp for a Magico is the Cary 211 Anniversary Edition....THAT is what a powerful tube amp should look/sound like.No dumb moving parts/fans,and a great circuit!

Best

>>11-03-09: Sirspeedy
I've heard it all!!<<

No way.

Not a chance.

Nope.

Hmm,well in this case you are correct Audiofeil,but why be so literal?.....Of course,there could be a hidden agenda...Hmm!

Back to the MINI,and my simple opinion...to get back to topic(partly).

These are truly GREAT speakers!!I'm assuming a buyer is going to put them in a "proper" room.One that is of a size that allows for good "room loading".Mid size and maybe a touch larger,and the "sub" question should not be a factor at all,IMO.

I've heard these speakers do deep/linear bass in a mid size-ish room and with superb impact/dynamics.

When you consider the aesthetic element,and build quality,they rae an amazing design.

I've come to appreciate these new age two way designs.There are a few around(not only the Mini).

When driven well,they simply are NOT there,and are amazingly coherent.This all started(for me)when I first heard the Kharma 3.2's(I think that is the numerical name...but it was the fabulous two way)driven by the Lamm 2.1 amps.

Big designs,though they have their place,just began to look like fossils after exposure to a great two way,like the MINI!!

I did hear the V-2 for a short while,but I guess it's plain Jane look affected my sensibilities.I thought them to be very nice,but also felt the MINI was more coherent....and....

the MINI "does" deep enough and powerful enough bass to not worry me at all.

Still,I am always looking for the "next" Mini type design,at a more affordable price...ya never know-:)

Btw,I'm willing to bet the Clayton M-200's would be an amazing amp on "any" Magico!

In SS amps,it seems that every six months there is some new,rediculously expensive amp that gets a rave review,and suddenly "that" becomes the "it" product for a while.

The Clayton stuff is very well priced,and it's designer is a flat out genius in "circuit" design.

Just my opinions.Nothing more.

Why is it that some audiophiles rush to display their ignorance to the entire world so willingly. Dave_b, do you go on Ferrari forums and try to talk the crowd to drive your 1989 Nissan? DO you really think that " squeezing a piano thru box drivers" has anything to do with speaker size? What a moron. But yet, you have an opinion. Go listen to your $400 CD player and be happy. No one here, on this post, is interested in your "homey" set up. You are making a fool of yourself. But that is most likely inevitable. Sorry for the outburst, just a bit annoyed by losers that wants to make a stand for mediocrity. Somehow it always go back to money. If they can't afford it, it must be junk. How pity. Anyone with input on the V2