If nothing else works then he should trade in his Q-5 only because they are too big for his room and he should get the Raidho D1 instead and they would be an excellent choice. In his small room he would get transperency, sound stage, detail and decent bass. The D2 would give him more bottom end but for me the D1 are magical.
(...) The q5 are working really well here, as just I said, in several recordings the bass is too much, not in every of them. never heard something similar playing acoustics and rock like the q5, also the vocals are superb (...) .
Me and many people will disagree with you regarding your comment about raidho speakers are more musical and sweeter than magico speakers, and many will agree with you. There is no right or wrong here, just personal taste and in many cases: system matching and music being played in that system. I heard both positive and negative feedbacks regarding raidho speakers from audiophiles who went to munich and listened to them, and some in shops. not surprised at all.
If I do really have to downsize my speakers, I will go back to the magico v2 or consider the q3, tad cr1, probably raidho d1/d2 and several other choices. But I dont think I will do that, at least in the next couple of months. I still have plenty of time to toy with the q5 and the room, so in no rush. The q5 are working really well here, as just I said, in several recordings the bass is too much, not in every of them. never heard something similar playing acoustics and rock like the q5, also the vocals are superb
The old man who I visited last year using q5, he used sf speakers before moving to magico, v2 first then q5, I doubt he's moving on to the q7 but after 33 years in his hifi journey and owning so many speakers from different manufacturers, he stops with magico. me, I am not sure about the future but now, yes.
I didn't mean to say that Raidhos are superior to Magico. It's all a matter of taste, preferences and system matchning. But, I believe they have the potential of being easier to integrate in a smaller room such as yours. One Magico-dealer told me that the Q5 needs a large room in general (>30 square meters).
I also believe his room is just too small for the Q5s; mine is twice his size and am already worried about how the Q3s will perform in the bass, considering that my MLs with smaller total woofer area (a 10" and 8") need bass attenuation (for which I have built a custom resistor network). It feels like the problem is too egregious for the bass traps to fix.
Ack, did you buy the Q3s? I hadn't heard. If so, congratulations. I love those speakers.
I have not yet, still exploring all the details with respect to bass performance and especially tweeter height at the listening position. It's hard to get away from panels, let me assure you of this. The Q3 is not exactly what I always wanted, me being, first and foremost, a ribbon lover - basically, nothing I have ever heard comes close to the purity of the Maggie ribbon I used to own, and that's not even a top-notch ribbon to start... Deep inside, I still dream of getting a bigger house and those Apogees I always wanted. I just can't stand extraneous box/panel vibrations, which I can easily hear, which leads me to speakers like Magico.
At the latest NY Audio Show I've been impressed by the ML CLX plus ML twin subs. Have you ever considered something like that? The crazy thing was that my wife told they were pretty looking
... It's hard to get away from panels, let me assure you of this...basically, nothing I have ever heard comes close to the purity of the Maggie ribbon I used to own, and that's not even a top-notch ribbon to start... Deep inside, I still dream of getting a bigger house and those Apogees I always wanted. I just can't stand extraneous box/panel vibrations, which I can easily hear, which leads me to speakers like Magico.
have you been to Goodwins to hear the Rockports and Magico? Just curious as to what a ribbon fan thinks of Rockport speed/transient response which I have heard is excellent (Avior/Altair 2 among other ones).
Steve Williams Site Founder | Site Owner | Administrator | Ron Resnick Site Co-Owner | Administrator | Julian (The Fixer) Website Build | Marketing Managersing |