Haileys are indeed very bright and current hungry. I have some luck pulling them all the way out and placing them at 72” from the front wall to get room-coupling bass out of them to neutralize the brightness. The conventional wisdom of trying to get more bass by placing close to front wall did not work. Minimal toe in and placing them wide gets me a warmer less lean balance. I was able to play organ pieces and the infamous tricycle with no midrange flapping problem.
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Totally respect above post. My experience has been different as I have less than 18 inches from wall to speaker and get a nice rich textured bass. My room is 25x15x9 and no trouble filling it out. My dealer spent some time w setup but didn’t take long. Nothing I would consider lean w current setup. Decent toein as well although I know yg recommends not too much. Agree they need current. I run a SS amp 300watts/channel at 8 ohms. Perhaps this is a key for relatively inefficient ygs as well as components that pair well? I have never heard them w tubes... |
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Wow Magico A3 better than Carmel? And better then the Vivid Giya G4: https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/899-magico-a3-loudspeakers?fbclid=IwAR3Z4VUdAogP1YID6mjJ51bGjAClGCBMP7bxP90tYhiNDgez6_wwEeDOjSI#most-read-equipment-reviews |
Too bad no measurements in the soundstage review. As I remember it was the A3 that was put up against some Revel speakers and didn't fare as well both in measured performance or blind listening tests. Also interesting is the fact such an incredibly hotly anticipated Magico product like the A3 never got a stereophile review. I asked at stereophile why was so and got hints that something behind-the-scenes was making it a no-go. |
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