Paradigm Persona series
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Heard the Magico M series at Goodwins and was not impressed for a $180kIt would be hard to be impressed given the fact that Goodwin does not have the $180K M... Regardless, these Persona cant be tamed, their aggressiveness brittle sound comes from the midrange breakup mode that are not tamed properly. It does not matter how you “massage” it. You don’t want to hear to the breakup region and no amount of "setup" will change that. |
I respect all opinions, because Audio and most things in life are about personal preference. What I don't like is the hypocrisy from many that love Paradigm speakers. I see comments similar to this all the time, "
The issue with any of the cleaner and more detailed loudspeakers is going to be setup or detailed speakers required the right components." While at the same time constantly making statements about how over priced and/or bad a particular speaker sounds. Can't we all agree the speakers can sound very different depending on the rest of the components? I heard Magico A3 speakers sound completely different in separate systems. No speaker can be universally loved! |
Ricred1 you have talked with us and you know we call em like we hear em. In our previous posts we have praised speakers we don't sell including Rockports and recently at the Capital Audio Fest heard the $110k Wilsons and was blown away by their sound on the Krell elelctronis. What is interesting is you have so many guys like Sciencecop harping on the speakers measurements and not at all of the reviewers who have praised the sound of the system. As we mentioned we just did a demo Persona 3F on a Naim stack and the sound was amazing in a real room without acoustical treatment, we changed just the electronics from the Classe Cap 2100 with the T+A Dac 8DSD, to a Naim NAC 272 preamp/dac/streamer plus a NAP 250 power amplifier and the sound went from decent to amazing on the Persona. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
Ricredi if you notice some of our posts we praise speakers we don't sell and give a reason why we don't carry other particular models. In the case of the Revel Salons they are nice speakers but we feel the Kef Blades are even better after hearing them at several places over the years. As per Magico in one discussion we said we were intrigued by the A3 but so far only heard them once and did not like that pairing that means it might have been the setup and not the speakers we have yet to pass a true judgement on the A3, the Magico M7 at Goodwins was a decent demo but way too expensive for the sound they were getting. As per Sciencecop saying we never heard really expensive Magico's at Goodwins I guess they are selling air aren't they https://superphonica.com/all-products/speakers/full-size-speakers/magico-q7-mk2/ We have said many times it is the pairing of room acoustics, cabling, electronics sources and accessories, that work to create magic in a room with the Personas or any other set of loudspeakers. We have heard Personas sound terrific or bad depending on what they were being used with and how they were setup. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
