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Magico Mini II vs. Magico V2 comparison

Hello,

I am looking for new speakers for my system.

After auditioning many famous brands I found the Magico V2 to be simply outstanding in my system. This is the best speaker I have tried in my own listening room. The second speaker I was comparably impressed were old Guarneri Hommages. Other speakers I have tried did not impressed me or simply played bad.

The room is 20’ long and 13’ width. The amplifier is 60W Jadis JA-80.

For my room I prefer monitor speakers than floorstanding. Doeas anybody compared directly side by side Magico V2 and Magico Mini II? I am especially interested in bass preformane. Is Mini II has less bass than V2 it will not suits my taste. The bass of the V2 is just enough for my room.

If somebody compared new Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento with Magico Mini II I will be also grateful for opinion.
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sirspeedy
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Actually "French Sound" is rather easy to recognize....

EITHER

"anything" by Ravel,Debussy.....preferrably conducted by Andre Cluytens,on a nice early pressing EMI LP......

OR

A hefty serving of Fois Gras,followed by Escargot and heavy Duck in Orange sauce....then....

wait until about 3:00 AM and "VOILA"....


FRENCH SOUND!! -:)

Which ever you prefer is strictly a personal choice!
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
If you don't know what a French sound is (ala JM Labs) then you must be new at this game. I didn't say they were bad speakers, just unjustifiable at the price point. By the way, an orchestra is a wall of sound. Close your eyes at a concert and you will understand that instruments project sound in all directions...they don't focus their energy at your head (that is a Hi Fi artifact). So many great speakers are available at a lower price of admission. As I said, it's a bit daft to put so much effort and cost into building a box that you don't want to sound like a box, DUH!!
jtimothya
612 posts
 
"anything" by Ravel,Debussy.....preferrably conducted by Andre Cluytens,on a nice early pressing EMI LP......

ah, Cluytens! Love his Pastoral on EMI - one of the few to rival Boehm.

What tube amps besides VAC Phi 300.1 and ARC Ref 210 will drive well the Magico V2 or V3? hybrid Lamm 1.2?
 
 
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
See, Sirspeedy understands the French:O)
james63
534 posts
 
Dave you argue price. But for many on this site price is no object. Some people have millions of dollars in the bank. Some people race cars, fly planes, or buy houses as hobbies. Thirty grand might be nothing to them but having a GOOD LOOKING and sound speaker might matter.

Also while and orchestra might be a wall of sound (depending on venue), small bands and voice simply are not. Large dipole speakers can make everything have a similar sound stage. Lets not forget that the microphones that record the piece are point source and orchestras only use a few microphones to record at one time. Arguably you need a point source to recreate a point source accurately.

A point source is much easier it integrate into room apposed to a dipole. So while you may be hearing less "box" with magnepan you are hearing more of the larger box (your room), than with a good point source speaker. A good sized room (not too large) with point source near-field listening is almost always the best way to get good sound-stage and imaging because it minimizes room effects. Which bring up back to the advantages of the Magico mini and the SUBJECT OF THE ORIGINAL THREAD.... Magico.
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