Tidal Speakers owners

"...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.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to listen to the focal utopia maesrto ........
Great speakers for you ........ what could be in the contrivas
more of the focal maerstro??
Hello.

ciro71, iagree with you . the new focal utopia3 line is just amazing. they made such imprvoments over the prior models, almost totally new sepaekr. if you are considering a new speakers, anyone should listen to the mastero, scalla, stella or the grand, depends on budget and room.comparing to tidal speakers,i prefer the focal, no questions.

Quanmer, sorry can't comment much on friends' rigs (or else i'll be shown doors the next time I visit ;p), except to say that two of my favorite set-ups are *using Tidal speakers, and the other, *full FMA system.

As to your latter question, I will simplify here in order to convey just its essence. At most times during my listening sessions, the Magicos had me transfixed in seat subconsciously analyzing music/recordings (impressive in audiophile sense). Whereas, the Tidal let me sit back, relax and devour them (immersive in music lover ways). Both could be great, depending on moods.