The Best Open Baffle speakers yet? Macaria, by MACO 

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Haha! It’s a lot of fun!

Wow! Thank you.

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Its in the w15 driver. Its built exactly for this purpose. I use two in my reference system in very small baffles, and can make my house shake if I want them to.

@@hificave Makes sense. My 18s can shake the room. Just not below 40Hz. I use Spectroid on my android phone while playing pink noise and see where they drop off.

Its not the same flavor. You know my opinion based on this video. Honestly, cant go wrong in either choice

Two people can sit side by side, in my room sitting 7-8 feet away. That will increase in larger rooms with more space between the speakers and seating position.

I would love to get my hands on caladan!

Yes, but if your soundstage is off, it wont land on your shoulder.

Yes it does.. but somehow these work well or maybe its the decware amp, (actually in memory the Tori mk5 drove the liionidas with w15 pretty good too). Or at the time when I first tried the w15, my expectations going into were different and was expecting big bass with little to no, amplifier effort, and now, after owning a pair of w15 for a while. I knew what to expect.

@@hificaveHow do they compare to the Leonidas is indeed an interesting question, I keep wondering why people keep using 15" for mid/highs when a 8" should be the sweetspot for voices and resolution and be able to blend to a woofer anyway. Perhaps the Leonidas wider baffle can't match the Maco on disappearing? PS I got the Sarah on order (2 years away probably) can't wait for your take on it!

Magnepan. Is a different world. The stack of electronics required to max their strengths is just very different then the stack required to push strengths of high sensitivity full range open baffles. One day, I will dive into magnepans more.

It's possible that you might have better results with high grade MARINE plywood with 3 1"inch layers (or thicker if available) all glued together with glue covering every square inch surface between the layers.

How low are they going with this woofer?

If your super sensitive to high frequencies, i guess…

Thank you for your answers 🙏 . I mailed the company couple times in the last week but they don't answer...how can i get in contact with them...?

Custom drivers made for Maco.

You have my attention!

Bacch is crazy. Can’t wait till my Sarah comes in to pair with bacch sp

@@hificavethat should be your next move, Loic. The BACCH system is a complete game changer for soundstage.

Dont know, never spoken to them before. Hopefully one day.

Its a lot of fun!

@@hificave Do also check out Too Much Rope at 1:02 There is a great Left to right pan that reminds me of Santa's Sleigh :)

I prefer MACO overall.

are those not Lii drivers? sure do look like them.

Watch the video.

The headphone adventures!

Driven active? Can you elaborate?

@@hificave active crossover, tubes for mid-high and transistor for low? End of the week, second language, brain weakening.. 😁 hope this is more understandable 🙄😜

interesting, certainly things have become very expensive, this hobby used to be unattainable for the average working person in the 80s and 90s, today the low cost options are becoming so good, I wonder if this contrast is maybe creating a bigger opinion in people when they see these prices. I am fascinated by how many seem to think that making a box should always cost more than making a baffle. the material cost does not always translate to more simply because it is a boxed speaker. There are so many boxed speaker brands in the "high end" realm that have a cheap glossy finish or veneer over an mdf cabinet of maybe 250$ in material including bracing, with 40$ worth of fluffy wool inside, 100$ crossover and 300$ worth of drivers that cost 7 to 10k usd (factoring assembly and QC labor, cost of business operations, R&D, distribution, sourcing & warehousing costs) and nobody comments on their price (why is GR research doing such good business at "upgrading" all these hi-fi brands?) And most of these do not look as polished as the Macaria's and sound inferior at the same time. Fascinating.

Woooah!!!! A super thanks!! Man. Thats not necessary. Now someone will say you are affiliated with Maco and thus now paid me for a review.. under beard pretext. 😜🤪

The question is, did you watch to the end? I dont get a penny. Ever.

@@hificave ok thaks for answer

this entire channel is costing me thousands of dollars to execute vs the few dollars I get from youtube advertisements (I am losing money). I have so far received no compensation from any sponsor or supplier. I have gotten a couple super thanks from subscribers, 10$ here 20$ there.

All good just wondering why you are so over enthusiast about maco 😁. I cannot believe that they are so much better than your build. F15 adaptation is ok w15 is the same. But still kosts way to much. I want to realize w18 f18 s8. Like dr ee

Make a video! 😎

99% of us can say that about 99% of the things we want in hi-fi. 🤓

@@hificave that is right, I dream with the MBL omnidirecional speakers, but It Will be only a dream too😂😂😂

HAH!!

Same here. Thats why i built a cave…

I agree totally. Im sure they sound good. Really good in fact. I would never see these as being over $5000 CAD. Even thats a bit much, but I coupd at least get behind it. Maybe the Granite would be more. There near 200% over what I would expect. I hope the best for them for sure. Not sure this price point really is the right start.

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And you know this how?

They arent. I get the same thing regardless of what they sell: Not a single penny.