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There was a Magico S5 rig with 6 rel subs that was impressive too, the first time I’ve ever liked Magico

There was also a somewhat cheaper room with a pair of YG Acoustics Ascent speakers that was excellent as well

There was a brand Id never heard of, Albedo, from Italy that I thought was pretty impressive. Very dynamic, using Accuton CELL woofers in a transmission line....bass wasn't very deep, but what was there the speaker did very well

Makes you wonder how close those clones can get, judging from the Dartzeel ones there is some corners cut but those can be amended, like some bypass caps, make sure the caps are real etc.

Hmm, I haven’t heard an m-3, but I hadn’t gotten the impression it was all that different.

From what I’ve heard about dart clones from others, they aren’t that impressive. That doesn’t mean soulnote clones will be bad, but I would hazard a guess they won’t be built the same way which i think is where some of the sound comes from.

I got it used, but yeah, it definitely wasn't cheap. the A-2 I got for 4.3k is a lot better value, but so it goes when you're chasing the high end. When an amp can do things you haven't heard before though, it's hard to quantify the value. Clearly in like absolute value terms the A-3 is worse.

but then when you sort of account for diminishing returns and the cost of improvements, I don't think the result is bad. In my post I describe not enjoying it at first, during that time I did not think it was worth the price, and was planning on sending it back

for those curious https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/soups-adventures-in-room-acoustics-evolution-acoustics-mm2.14693/page-3#post-442032

In this case I think his wallet will come out ahead! But also makes him dead to me (as a fellow Coda owner). :)

@zonto just wait for the comparison, it will come in due time haha now im already looking ahead to a future Soulnote A-3 acquisition

@Armaegis Yep. Paradox of choice.

im currently running it in power amp mode using the Dave as pre, but I have another friend that has told me the pre is very good as well

It certainly does look interesting. I'd be concerned I'd lose the grip and slam of the Coda, especially with my Maggies. I know you recently changed your speakers so maybe the load isn't as demanding and the Coda's nearly infinite current reserves aren't as necessary.

yeah the soulnote stuff isn't as universal of a recommendation, you really have to take more care in what speakers you pair them with. kind of like Dartzeel. Im not sure that magnepan would be a great choice

I am unsure of the permanence of this solution lol I will have to see, I may get the fireplace removed and build in a nicer looking bass trap in its place. But I do like that this is non destructive....

It looks crazy indeed. It also looks easy to make. And if it works... Great!

Cosmetic cloth would be easy to add while you decide what to do next. On the other hand, if you have no problem with appearances, then... no problem.

other than that have exposed some serious bass issues in my room that the old speakers did not, they sound incredible. I brought the old ones back out to measure them as well, and listened to them again, they just sound so flat and lacking dynamics vs the new EA MM2s, its wild

A piece of a frequency response, showing the 5hz extension and my bass issues https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/878475843083583498/1291996392348454945/Chase_MM2_Baseline.png?ex=6702c9a8&is=67017828&hm=39a4435c07d140126f5c64d9c5eacec3318dd16821f5c2763794c31e8727265d&

Taste of real dynamic scale.

Mid level speakers in well treated rooms can sound better than hi-end speakers in challenged acoustic spaces.

I got the diffusion panels in today, they didn't make as large of a difference, but it's definitely there. oddly enough, I think the bass improved the most. Imaging got marginally sharper and the slight sense of over damped highs is gone now with the diffusers at side wall first reflection points

I posted a pic in the pics of ur speaker system thread if you were curious. Didn't really feel the need to start a new thread, im not a room treatment expert

Totally relate with that statement.

I enjoyed it but after we watched it, it made our group want to watch Fury Road right after.

Road Warrior / Fury Road / Thunderdome / Furiosa / Mad Max

Shortly next to Extreme with Alfred in assembly :)

Just to pour more oil in the fire we have a new development happening - to be revealed in Munich this year. It is smaller and cheaper than Forza yet does a few things even better.

@crenca Wrt loudness I believe SoupR heard them play plenty loud in a generous room. At least what Alfred tells me there was nightclub music and loudness at one point.

I don’t actually listen that loud normally, but yeah, when I was demoing them Sunday morning, they turned it up very loud for some of my tracks and they didn’t have any issues.

The upper unit is midbass with some considerable xmax capability. It only fills the range from 75 to 150 Hz. This is key to produce explosive slam of drums and portray accurate and pure upper bass notes.

Also, Estelon philosophy is all the drivers (also the woofers) have to be locked in phase in xo regions - with precision. This is why the bass is that damn accurate. From there on the pure midrange takes over - up to 2 kHz. This driver is very low xmax extremely specialist mid driver only. The construction is basically that of a mega-tweeter. It would suck at producing any bass.

That makes sense, Danny Carey’s drums sounded better on Invincible than any other rig at the show

So far for me the highlights of the show are the Perlisten room, the Rockport room and the sb acoustics room with the new Gema diy speaker

I’m not sure why I thought that would work, next thing you know it’s 1am…I’d forgotten just how incredible these headphones are.

Agreed, they're one of my faves for sure

Nice! OG Utopias is where it's at 100%. Enjoy!

ZMF cables do look solid if they offer them with headphone terminations that work for you

Ah, didn't make the connection to your name here. Hope you enjoy my Utopia :) I like Forza flagship cable for a headphone like the Utopia.

@ColdsnapBry I did not either! I hope I do as well

its like supernova....I thought it up in high school when xbox live first launched and have been using it ever since

Back in the 90s there was a "poknacha" and my friends IRL said "Pock Natcha" and I was like...ya'll it's "pokin' at 'cha" - so I believe it @jowls lol.

Century Blvd in LA runs in between 99th st. and 101st st. It took me 3 years of driving that road on a regular basis before It occurred to me where Century got its name from.

I’m looking forward to it. The like hardcore cinephiles seem to be the only people that can’t get behind Villeneuve. I’m just happy someone that knows their way around the camera is interested in making hard sci-fi and Hollywood is willing to give him money to do it.

I can at least understand hardcore cinephiles not liking Nolan, even if I mostly disagree...not liking Villeneuve is baffling to me, its like they don't like it just cause he's made it pseudo-mainstream?

he makes art house science fiction that is just barely mainstream enough to get huge budgets and essentially tentpole film status. its kind of a miracle, and im here for it

5 of the FPGAs present in the current MScaler, leading to much higher power draw. 4 million taps. two chassis, one for the power supply. launching in Munich at the high end show in a few months.

I went to get the link for the video, but it actually got taken down. curious.

As for pricing, just a guess, but I can't imagine it'll msrp for less than 15k, not with two chassis.