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Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass

Opinions please. All are Used and are the same very good price but The Y&G are $4000 less which is nice.

KEF Blade 2

TAD Evolution One

Y&G Kipod II Signature w/Pwr Bass module

Magico S5


Would love your thoughts any thoughts on any please! Being all used and in good shape these are all within $500 of each other used price but Y&G and those had highest list but know to be good used deals because they are pretty serious speakers.

I think as far as used speakers in the great value - now less than 1/2 price but still new enough to provide great performance these are some different but pretty serious speakers. Please any and all feedback totally welcomed and is super helpful 

Source: Bricasti M1SE DAC 

Preamp: Parasound JC2 Pre

Amp: Pass Labs X350.5 Amp

IC: Darwin TRUTH Balanced

SC: HiDiamond D8 w/Furutech

PC: HiDiammond P3 (7)

AC: HiDiamond HDX2 

Transport: microRendu 1.4 and full suite of UpTone Audio Premium Power Supplies (2)x LPS-1 and (1) JS-2 LPS - (2) Regens - ISO and Amber and custom Canare DC cables for all / Tellarium Q Black Diamond USB cable and Curious Regen Link

Room is 12 x 23 w/Cathedral Ceilings - 15 Foot a peak 

Music: Assorted Music no metal or loud hard rock anymore really - not much Large Scale classical either but everything else.

Likes: Transparency- Delicate-linear-Dynamic-Fast - high resolution-microscope but not sterile not etched or lifeless - I know there is a fine Line here but I'm looking to walk it and come out on the right side - but real see through into the music - transparent to the source because I love my DAC - there more everything else sound more like my DAC the closer I'm getting to where I want to go as close as possible - image and sound stage lover - tight bass - hate flab - like speed and transparency as my selection choices might speak to

Coming from: Rethm Saadhana V3 speakers which I love and are incredible but want to try something else. 

Love any feedback about matching or equipment matching or one or multiple of these - what you heard at shows or whatever. Love more Info on these.









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Have been running my Magico S5's for 5 days straight. During the days while at work been putting some volume into them.

Goodwins tells me they are not broken in. They are I think the First U.S. Magico dealer. Thought buying used I'd be good on that end.

The original owner said he didn't use them much but I assumed that was meant as relative term not a literal one. Goodwins tells me the Magico's need the break-in much more so than other speakers. They said they don't even listen to them until they have minimum 300 hours on them and they actually need quite a bit more until they settle in the 600 - 700 hour mark. I guess the tweeters and those carbon fiber nano tubes take forever to settle-in. Any other Magico owners experience this with their speakers?



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600-700 break in is ridiculously long. A few hours perhaps at a stretch. I think after 700 hours you would become totally acclimatized to their sound - if you call that break in!
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Well yeah that would be great if I got to listen like that. Maybe when I'm retired and my kids are all gone though college and out on their own which won't be for some time.

Out of those 600 - 700 hours maybe 5 - 7 hours would be me actually listening to them so heck yeah if I listened to anything that long I'd know it pretty well.

I wouldn't know myself - these speakers are all new to me. Just what I've been told by Magico dealers and 2 owner. Would love more owner feedback if any out there can share??

One owner said north of 500 and the other told me around 300 but it's the dealers that have broke in a bunch of them and I'm sure have a better feel for how they evolve that I tend to put more weight behind.

Neither batted and eyelash - these are flat out bears to break in and their sound changes a great deal - tight / bright / analytical / thin in the lower mids - that is the textbook unbroken in sound of Magico but that all changes or so I'm told!! 

I probably have a couple hours listening only myself - been traveling for work but that time is not wasted they are burning in 24 a day which is nice and some decent volume during the day time. 
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FWIW I would not buy a speaker that required 600-700 hours to break in. This is terrible engineering and horrible build quality. I don't believe Magico is that bad - I think the dealer just wants you to acclimatize your ears to the new sound versus your previous laid back speakers.
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