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Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc.

Any Magico Owners or Dealers or Folks or anyone that may have some basic advice, ideas or feedback from hearing or seeing in a friends, dealers system or owned older version of Magico or something like or anything really that can help me? How are yours or theirs set up? The smallest moves makes huge changes and I am coming from speakers that are so very different so any and all feedback would so welcomed.

I CAN EMAIL YOU PICS of Room / Set up / Etc  fsmthjack at YAH00

THANK YOU

BACKGROUND INFO:

ROOM:                         24 x 14 with cathedral ceilings 
MUSIC:                        Good mix - no hard metal / large orchestra and the like
LOUDNESS:                normal levels - just loud enough to sound best
SPEAKERS                  Magico S5 Speakers
AMP:                            Pass Labs X350.5 Amp
SOURCE:                     Bricasti M1SE DAC
TRANSPORT:               mircoRendu 1.4 w/Full suite of Uptone Audio products
CABLES                       HiDiamond Full Loom 
CONDITIONER            HiDiamond HDX2
SUBWOOFERS           (2) Sumiko S.9 Subs (hoping not needed with new Magico's) 

Thanks guys - I am kind of lost here and any help or feedback to get me heading in the right directions would be so appreciated.







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I'm traveling for business down to Dallas until Wednesday. Running my system entire time - can't run them too loud as to be fair to my wife and kids but running it.
moved them further apart - since the pictures and been working on tow in a lot but straight just doesn't work - miss too much info. 

So have it down to:

BAT VK32SE tube preamp
and I'm trading my speaker cables toward it.

i don't want to buy some cable I've never heard - so thinking Cardas - was thinking the Clear but they are not a really laid back so thinking 
Cardas Clear Reflection which they say add some Golden Reference - a little thicker in hip (lower mid bass) 

i know - I know - don't use cables as tuning machine but getting good synerg matters.

also thinging PAD Corvus Revision - PAD might be a good fit?

Cardas or PAD? What do you think?

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fsmithjack-
Dallas is a fun city. Drop by John Fort Audio and listen to Silent Source cabling. Mr. Fort is very insightful regarding Audio and is a wealth of information. Safe travels.
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Please call bat vk 32 will not fix problem


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Toss those over priced aluminum cans that no mater how much $ you toss at them are not doing the job and buy a horn system.
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Yes my much younger, beautiful new wife of 8 weeks would love me to bring home the huge bright color horn speaker things. She puts up my hobby but I try to not over do it and horns would definitely over do it x 1,000 
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