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    Magico Q5 demo at Goodwin's

    decided to pull my Magico Q5’s apart today for a deep dive . All the crossovers were exactly the same as the promo pics from many years ago.
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    Magico M7 2023

    thank god central bankers have assured us that inflation remains well under 4% what i paid for my Q5 years ago would get me shipping and insurance for an M7 only when we become like lebanon, where people are hocking jewellery to buy a loaf of bread will we learn the value of a gold standard
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    High-end preamp/surround prosessor

    I’ve tried many home theatre processors. And I use Vitus and Magico Q5 for music the Bryston sp-3 is a phenomenal box for 2 channel audio as well as home theatre. If you don’t care for room correction , 12 speakers , Atmos etc it’s a no brainer. fully balanced input to out put , class A...
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    I bought Focal Stella Utopia Evo, but...

    Harmful current resides in the dealers head. Sounds like an objectionable prick.
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    Discontuation of MSB Transports

    here’s an example of a Sony laser about 30 years old that measures as good as new this tech has also commented on Sony CD players salvaged from radio stations , 30 year old lasers, that still have 80% capacity left. After being used all day 7 days a week. Good for another hundred years...
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    Discontuation of MSB Transports

    I remember the Sony transports of the 1990‘s . Still have perfect laser function decades later according to techs. Those were the days
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    installing 7 Furutech GTX-D NFC (R) outlets this morning

    I took delivery of some Furutech US plugs and NCF receptacles recently . Ive purchased many Furutech products over the years . I am not from America but i went the USA receptacle route . My dealer , laughed that i was on a fools errand . As always I ignored his advice and plunged forth ...
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    I bought Focal Stella Utopia Evo, but...

    I know from my Australian experience, a distributor or retailer try to do the right thing for a customer but distributors and retailers sometimes don’t get co-operation from the manufacturer ive seen cases where a distributor wears the cost to save a customer when the manufacturer puts up...
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    I bought Focal Stella Utopia Evo, but...

    What a disgraceful way to treat a customer
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    I bought Focal Stella Utopia Evo, but...

    I think your dealer needs a visit from these guys
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    I bought Focal Stella Utopia Evo, but...

    I Hope he gets his money back and gets a better made speaker . have a look at the crossover in the Focal kanta speaker for example
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    Furutech NCF FI-50M power-plug revised/improved!

    thanks for that i tried other crimping tools and i found the one you mentioned was best and i used the 8 AWG dies for the Furutech FP-209 spades here is a link explaining how the WERA torque screw driver works . my power cable is from Acrolink - it has slightly thicker copper conductors...
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    Life of a Gryphon?

    1 fan is rated at 22.5 decibels running at full speed 2000 rpm against no resistance of course if placed blowing into vents , the resistance causes noise levels to rise for something Class A like Gryphon I don’t think 1 fan would suffice my denon POA-a1hdca pictured above I use 6 because...
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    Life of a Gryphon?

    I know audiophiles don’t like them but you could place noctua fans on those Gryphon amps and they will last a lot longer say an average audio capacitor is rated to last 2000 hours at 85 degrees for every 10 degrees you lower the ambient temperature around the cap you can double its life span...
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    Wilson Benesch TORUS

    ive had the Torus for about 5 years or so from memory it is A 200 watt amp that comes with the controller it appears to be a class ab amp i have my parametric equaliser set to roll off everything below 20hz because I wonder if 200 watts class ab is enough for loud bombastic bass in movies...

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