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Quandry: Used Magico V2 vs. new S1

It is time to update my speakers. I have a lead on a nice used pair of V2's which probably can be gotten for $9 -$9.5K, vs a new pair of S1's that list for $12.6K. I like the Magico sound, have heard the V2 but not the S1, although I will try before making a decision. There will be no opportunity to hear them side by side so separate auditions may not be meaningful unless the S1's greatly disappoint.

Any thoughts, Comrades? You know how traumatic it is to change speakers.

Thanks,

Neal
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schubert
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I've been to a hundreds and hundreds of Symphony Concerts in the last 60 years which were not amplified.
I know what they sound like and my system is designed to come very close.
Instrumental separation and location are the hard part, and for that you need to know how the hall sounds and lose the recordings that miss that.
schubert
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Jymc, it is WELL documented that Conductors in their 80's and even 90's who can't hear 6k on a hearing tester routinely correct musicians playing at twice that frequency.
If something is burned in your brain it can recreate it, hearing has to do with memory as much as physics.
Human brain is just starting to be understood.
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