Tidal Speakers owners

Calloway and Linkster, Thank you for your responses. And Linkster, I sent you an e-mail regarding your kind offer.

I have made arrangements to see Doug down in Philly to audition the Piano Diaceras. He does not have any Ceras for audition.

I have been looking for speakers that can play both rock and symphonic music. The Tidals may fit the bill.

I was thinking of the new Magico Q3's. I have auditioned the V2's which were wonderful on classical music but with rock they sounded, as John Potis so perfected described JM Lab speakers in the Tidal Piano speaker review, fractured. Which, in my opinion, pretty much reflects how rock music is recorded with seperate recording rooms for musicians and overly mixing. With speakers there is a fine line between detail and too much detail. I am guessing that Tidal has hit that right spot.

Also, I see that Bvdiman, who has owned or tried just about every iteration of Magico speakers has gone to Tidal. This says much to me.

My only fear is that I may end up going the the Piano Diaceras. Using the rational that if I was willing to spend $34K for the Q3's why not spend a few thousand more and get the Diacera's.

Bostonbean, I think with the BAT Rex preamp, you can have the best of both classical music and (gulp!) rock. Put a Sovtek or EH gold pin 6H30 in the switched position within the power module. The 6C45 provides great detail, depth, and extension. The 6H30 takes away some depth and detail in favor of midrange texture and harmonies.

This is one of the biggest reasons I am sticking with BAT Rex. Rolling tubes on the fly with a switch allows one to get the best of both worlds.

Quanmer, thank you.. Am presently residing in Indonesia, if you ever come around this way, you are welcome to visit my modest system. Could also tour you to some of friends' not so modest ones with--Sunray, top line Kharma, Wilson, Acapella, FMA Inspiration system 1 etc. That will probably keep you very busy. :)

Bostonbean, I've got a hunch if classical is your thing then you'll most likely be very happy with the Piano Diacera. Discounted, I think they could even cost less than the Q3. Magico gives very minimal discount, and ime, have poor resale value. I now tend to prefer brands with longer lifespan--Tidal, FMA, Soulution, Avalon, TAD to name a few, at least they keep their owners less fidgety. Anyway, try auditioning both and do update your impressions. Good luck.

"...and (gulp!) rock."

Yes Rtn1, I am a long way from being a young man but I do like rock. Actually what is call Adult Rock which is probably a euphemism for old peoples rock. Wilco, Dave Matthews Band, Mark Knopfler, etc.

Yes, I went to the 6H30 in the switched position in my BAT REX a long time ago. I am a source guy believing that you can make what some would call ordinary speakers sound fantastic with very good electronics on the front end. But speakers do matter. I currently have Gallo 3.5's which I believe are fantastic speakers that do everything very well. Their only shortcoming imo is their height which when listening to symphonic music puts me in row AA when I want to be sitting in row M. I can alleviate that shortcoming somewhat by really cranking them up but that is not what I want to do all the time.

I like the Gallo's so much in comparison to other speakers I have listened to costing 2 or 3 times as much (no snickering) that I have decided that I need to go way up the speaker ladder to get the significant improvements for which I am looking. I hope the Tidal Piano's are those speakers.

Bvdiman, I will certainly post my impressions after listening to the Piano's.

Bvdiman, haha, Sunray is very difficult to find in Taiwan, my friend who owns the Marten Coltrane, after he listened my Tidal, he is considering to buy Sunray. He heard one guy has them, but the owner is on business trip, so he can't get an audition appointment now.

Maybe we should organize an audiophile tour to visit Indonesia. I am sure there are many not so "modest" systems over there :) Among those systems you and your friends owned, how do you rate your system especially Tidal vs others?

Could you compare Magico speakers in general, one AudiogoNer asked me via email, but I have only limited experience to answer this question.