Magico M9 vs. Magico Ultimate 3 Horn- Box vs. Horn! Which will be better? In which ways?

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Well, I am surprised if those speakers CAN'T sound good. The amps; however, are Chinese...not sure why you said WE...
A friend of mine has the big Everest, with a beautiful set of LAMM. Same thing, some parts are good, some are not, especially the integration from the horn to the woofers, a constant earsore. Same story with every horn setup I ever heard. "These speakers" can sound good to you, we should just leave it at that.
 
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A friend of mine has the big Everest, with a beautiful set of LAMM. Same thing, some parts are good, some are not, especially the integration from the horn to the woofers, a constant earsore. Same story with every horn setup I ever heard. "These speakers" can sound good to you, we should just leave it at that.
Indeed if only you could just leave it at that… some would say the same of your Magicos. In truth it doesn’t really matter what everyone likes or don’t like, we all might be happy with our speakers and there’s always plenty who wouldn’t be. It’s just the way of subjectivity. As long as you’re happy etc etc :rolleyes:
 

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No need for name calling, this is uncalled for. I am not trying to convince anyone of anything, and I would certainly not suggest that one may or may not like what I like because the amp was a "Chinees" amp, etc etc :rolleyes:
 

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No need for name calling, this is uncalled for. I am not trying to convince anyone of anything, and I would certainly not suggest that one may or may not like what I like because the amp was a "Chinees" amp, etc etc :rolleyes:
Name calling??? Uncalled for??? What chinees amp??? :rolleyes: I best go back and read this all again lol
 
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Don't bother, it really does not matter, as long as you’re happy etc etc
 

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No need for name calling, this is uncalled for. I am not trying to convince anyone of anything, and I would certainly not suggest that one may or may not like what I like because the amp was a "Chinees" amp, etc etc :rolleyes:
Can you explain what you are talking about here… what Chinese amps are you referring to and why you have misspelt Chinese and put it in parenthesis :rolleyes: Where have I called you names… what exactly is uncalled for???
 

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Indeed if only you could just leave it at that… some would say the same of your Magicos. In truth it doesn’t really matter what everyone likes or don’t like, we all might be happy with our speakers and there’s always plenty who wouldn’t be. It’s just the way of subjectivity. As long as you’re happy etc etc :rolleyes:

He is right about the everest and the 66000 and 67000. They are not good speakers and have integration problems as well
 
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He is right about the everest and the 66000 and 67000. They are not good speakers.
So do you know which “chinees” amp he is referring to Ked? Signed confused :eek:
 

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Well, I am surprised if those speakers CAN'T sound good. The amps; however, are Chinese...not sure why you said WE...
Okay i wil give the demo the somewhat benefit of the doubt that the speakers were completely underpowered with that amp .
I heard no bass at all , just some mumbling coming out of the mid horn and high freq horn.
 

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So do you know which “chinees” amp he is referring to Ked? Signed confused :eek:

lol no. It is possible he was trying to spoof Brad who said the amp on the speakers andro listened to was Chinese
 
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lol no. It is possible he was trying to spoof Brad who said the amp on the speakers andro listened to was Chinese
I struggle to keep up with the many and varied delightful machinations :)
 

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lol no. It is possible he was trying to spoof Brad who said the amp on the speakers andro listened to was Chinese
It is not clear from the photo what amp is connected to the JBLs. The WE is one of 4 amps in the photo...the other three are Melody from China.
 

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Okay i wil give the demo the somewhat benefit of the doubt that the speakers were completely underpowered with that amp .
I heard no bass at all , just some mumbling coming out of the mid horn and high freq horn.
WE claims this is a 20 watt 300B SET...not parallel SET, single tube per channel SET (normal is like 6-8 watts). I would not be surprised if the speaker was underpowered with this amp.
 

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Yeah we keep trying this but lose out on that 20 mins.

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Doesn't the Magico Ultimate Horn system convert the entire audio signal the digital?

Why would any audiophile who values analog want this result?
 

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Doesn't the Magico Ultimate Horn system convert the entire audio signal the digital?

Why would any audiophile who values analog want this result?

Im sorry then , but if thats the case this alon wolf design will never be able to reach the " ultimate" .
Try again with the M9
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