Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc.


Any Magico Owners or Dealers or Folks or anyone that may have some basic advice, ideas or feedback from hearing or seeing in a friends, dealers system or owned older version of Magico or something like or anything really that can help me? How are yours or theirs set up? The smallest moves makes huge changes and I am coming from speakers that are so very different so any and all feedback would so welcomed.

I CAN EMAIL YOU PICS of Room / Set up / Etc  fsmthjack at YAH00

THANK YOU

BACKGROUND INFO:

ROOM:                         24 x 14 with cathedral ceilings 
MUSIC:                        Good mix - no hard metal / large orchestra and the like
LOUDNESS:                normal levels - just loud enough to sound best
SPEAKERS                  Magico S5 Speakers
AMP:                            Pass Labs X350.5 Amp
SOURCE:                     Bricasti M1SE DAC
TRANSPORT:               mircoRendu 1.4 w/Full suite of Uptone Audio products
CABLES                       HiDiamond Full Loom 
CONDITIONER            HiDiamond HDX2
SUBWOOFERS           (2) Sumiko S.9 Subs (hoping not needed with new Magico's) 

Thanks guys - I am kind of lost here and any help or feedback to get me heading in the right directions would be so appreciated.







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Hey Eric_squires. Thanks for the info.

Yes I agree totally in your comment to not make your system to cool. Have to guard against that for sure but it’s funny because I’ve loved and I mean loved Tubes my whole Audiophile life but know they don’t seem to fit in like they used to. I pulled the trigger on a Mark Levinson No.326s Preamp. What a great Preamp. It has taken me a little while to get used to but I love it. Also, just made a deal and am making an amp change also. Going to a Hegel H30. Not as warm as the Pass but Hegel is not bright or cool and nice and relaxed but vivid and dynamic and transparent while still providing decent warmth. I’m looking for a bit more resolution, transparency and more dynamics but without it becoming cooler so hoping the Hegel fits the bill. I’m ok with giving up some of the great Pass warmth for better resolution and transparency. Hope it works out like that. 
Poor Erik. He's lucky enough to have had parents who chose the cool spelling of the name, only to have so many here call him by the lesser spelling. Yours truly---Eric.
Looking forward in reading about the ML / Hegel combo- fsmithjack.
Happy Listening!

Hey fsmithjack,

Interesting thread.

Did you get things worked out and sounding good to you ?