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RE: Elac Debut B6s arriving here Wednesday.

Bill, I haven't heard your specific Elac speakers so I can't comment on their sound. But the cheapest small Magico speaker is the S1 which has an US mspr of $12,600, but can be had 2nd hand for aroudnd $6.5k. The S1's build quality is excellent of course, and the drivers use the same materials as the S5's, however I was never completely happy with the sound of this speaker; in particular the bass & sound staging. The S1's are also very inefficient (86db into a 4ohm load). I just think the concept doesn't work well. As a complete package, I rate the Magico Mini II's higher on both sound and aesthetics. They're great speakers if you can find them 2nd hand.

In the same form factor (as S1), the YG Carmel 2 is a much better speaker. It's build quality & especially sound are on another level, as their $24,300US price tag suggests.

The best sounding compact Magico speaker is the Q1 which is $39kUS & sounds sublime with the right upstream gear. The Q1 is an easy recommendation in small spaces, but you need deep pockets. To be honest, even though i'm a Magico fan, i'd first look at a pair of Joseph Audio Pulsars, 2nd hand Sonus Faber Guarneri Homages, Penaudio Cenya Signatures, Proac D two & Harbeth C7ES-3. You could also throw in the Reference 3a MM de Capo BE's & Kef LS50's as well. Harbeths btw have great synergy with Leben. Jeff Day has written a lot about that gear for 6 moons.


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