+100 what kennymac wrote
beyond that… I also agree with phusis
$35000 to $40,000. speakers what would you buy and why?
I am contemplating purchasing my End game speakers. The ones that catch my eye are the Magico M3, Magico M project, Stenheim Alumine 5se, Rockport Cygnus and the Songs Faber Amati Homage G5. My system consists of An Aurender N20 feeding a MSB Technology Premier Dac with Premier powerbaye. Preamp duties are handles by An Audio Research Reference Anniversary and amplification is a pair of Lamm M 2.2 mono blocks. I currently have Magnepan 3.7i's. I love their transparency and inner detail but they do not play in the low registers. I do not want separate subs.... My room is mediums sized. I listen to mostly soft pop, classical and some light rock. I am trying to walk the thin line of tranparency vs musicality. I would enjoy some suggestions and some sound reasoning behind members choices in speakers. I do not want this to morph into a bashing thread. Please stay on topic.
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Since you liked the Maggies, except for the bass, I would urge you to consider refurbished Apogees or similar newer speakers. You could save a lot of $$ buying these: Refurbished Divas would be a comparative bargain, and probably good enough for most audiophiles. Apogees like high-current amps. I'm not familiar with yours, so keep that in mind. The refurbished Apogees are more efficient than the originals. The newer companies may be making a great Apogee-like speaker, but who knows how long those companies will be around. I'd go with the used Apogees, but I haven't heard the newer brands. Having used planar speakers for decades, I don't think I could be happy with conventional speakers' soundstaging. But I guess it depends on one's sonic priorities. |
If the OP is asking what personally would choose, I’d go for the Magico M3 as my tastes are Magico or YG.
They all sound great, I could live with any. But the Sonus Faber is more musical than Magico, so it’s best for @chuck to demo speakers to find their subjectively personal favorite.
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As I understand it, and others may have already commented about this, but subwoofers, in my opinion, are a necessity for any outstanding audiophile system. Some speakers and systems need them more and some less, and many systems sound excellent without them, but proper integration of subwoofers is a boon to any system. |
I had Maggie 1.7’s and had a difficult time finding speakers that gave me the imaging and soundstage that I was used to. Then I heard the YG Acoustics Vantage speakers at a show and was floored with the imaging, soundstage and bass. Their boxes are completely sealed yielding extremely tight, responsive bass. I ended up buying the Hailey3’s used and haven’t looked back. You could also look at the Carmel3s depending on your room size but I would spring for the Vantage. |
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