Magico Mini II vs V2 with Pass amps

Hi Peter,

did you try a wp/sasha with your XA100.5? It's a kind of magic. I have both of them at home and the result is very great. You have the impression to be involved in the music. As you, I think that I will change my preamp for a XP20.

Hi Jpspock,

I did not consider the Sasha. My room is too small for all of that bass. I had a pair of Eggleston Rosa's which were also a great combination with my XA100.5 amps but the bass was too much for my small room. The Magico dealer who knows my room well suggested that the Magico V3 was too much speaker for my room also. So I bought the Mini II and love them. I then compared the XA100.5 to the XA160.5 and found the latter sound better. The Mini II is a very demanding load. I now have real respect for the importance of the room/speaker interface.

I did hear the Sasha with the Ayre monoblocks set up by Peter McGrath from Wilson. The room was considerably bigger than mine and it had real bass issues also. Strange considering that the Wilson rep spent a day setting up the speakers at this new dealership. They should have sounded great, but acoustic bass sounded like one note with no detail or articulation. There was also an issue with the upper mid/tweeter transition which sounded strange.

I have a friend, Madfloyd here on Audiogon, who has Sophia II's and the XA100.5 and wants to audition the Sasha in his system. You may want to contact him.

minis nor V2s will provide "lifelike dynamics" imo.

KeithR

HI Keither. So buy another speaker instead of running down 2 GREAT speaker!!

I think Keith is simply saying that dynamics are not these speakers' strong point; I agree with him (and I own the V2s).