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I've heard S1 and S3 sound very good

I heard these at Goodwin's High End in Boston on a couple of separate occasions with amplification from Simaudio, Hegel, Ayre, and Linn. Dynamics were just average for a medium sensitivity dynamic speaker. And the bass was a bit light; well extended, tight, and tuneful, but light. Everything else was stellar. Well recorded acoustic instruments and voices sounded about as real as I've heard. And they did not sound bright or etched at all.

I also heard the Q1 at a show and that one did sound more or less as you described. I don't know whether it was a case of different room & different conditions, or whether there is a difference in house sound between the Q and S. Probably a bit of both. The rooms at Goodwin's are acoustically treated.

But my impression is that the S1 is a speaker I would consider owning, the Q1 not. I heard the original Mini many years ago, and that was somewhere in between.



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