Magico compared to Tannoy
That is easy, if you read German: "...so close to perfection like no passive speaker in stereoplay before." https://www.magico.net/images/Reviews/A5/Magico%20A5%20stereoplay%202021-06.pdf |
"...so close to perfection like no passive speaker in stereoplay before." well we can all sell off the garbage we have and get these, and be done! 😂😂😂 seriously, it is all about system building, what one listens to, etc etc... both have strengths and weaknesses, like all top end hifi gear... you build to accentuate the former and manage the latter within the boundaries of personal taste and preference |
@mijostyn, the Dead used 48 McIntosh MC-2300 amps in their Wall of Sound, and AFAIK they never blew one. They would, however, routinely blow drivers, invariably the sound crew would replace a woofer or 2 during intermission in the Wall of Sound era, usually due to Phil's lightning bolts. As far as imaging goes, no one has ever explained how a planar speaker the size of a wall is supposed to faithfully reproduce the sound of a cymbal which emanates from basically a point source. The reason line array drivers came into being was to be able to fill the entire large arena with sound. The Dead always sounded their best in a smaller venue like a 2-4,000 seat theater. Even then, the sound was incomparable if you sat close enough to hear the musicians own amps and the drums unamplified. Even after the Wall of Sound, Jerry and Phil continued to use MC-2300s as their own personal amps. |
@gammaman, i'm very jealous of your setup! I saw the Dead 9 times from 1973-78, and amazingly of those, the Dead have released 8 of them. The most recent, Dave's Picks #38, was my very first concert! The release sold out (25,000) in a matter of hours, fortunately I got one. I have a great setup with a Hegel H360 powering Raidho XT-2's which can go nice and loud, and on good recordings, sound like I'm at the show. A Oppo 105D is the HDCD player-- wondering if you have a HDCD player at all-- no one is making them anymore yet the Dead continue to release HDCD encoded recordings, can't understand why, maybe it's contractural. I imagine that the sound is not quite like yours though! The point of my post is that I have more than 100 GD releases (including the entire 73-CD Europe '72 box set) and one that you have to hear is Dave's Picks #29, San Bernadino 2/26/77. The show is fantastic, the first set is incredible--among their very best-- and the sound is one of the best that I've heard. |
