Sonus Faber Aida 2 and McIntosh electronics. What do you guys think? Let me know below 👇

I learn in 1996 that theres no perfect system You gotta creat it within Your budget, room and type of music You listen to. This rigth here its a example.

An prime example of why I hate to label McIntosh or any of brand as Mid-Fi. Sure, you may find things that can do similar things for less money. But when someone gives careful consideration to their strengths and weakness and focuses on how the system interacts as a whole. I always found a reason why they garner so much prestige. The key is to find that rep who is knowledgeable on how to get the best out of them and pick their brain. I have spent many pleasurable hour auditioning Mac components. Glad to see you are dong the same. Happy listening and enjoy.

Yes, finally this room sounds great for sound demos .I think is to do with it's large open space the sound is delivered into with minimal reflections. 😀

I know there are a lot of Mac haters out there but I have listened to almost every high end solid state amp out there and to me Mac sounds the best.

It sounds like you have a perfect reproduction going on. 👍 I would take waterboarding over having to listen to the first song ever again.

The Mcintosh sound is very easy to live with on a daily basis Also works well with focal speakers. Maybe not as resolving as some but at the end of day we are here to enjoy music after all

Yeah,so it's very rich in the bass and very detailed yet quite impressive considering this is the first time I ever heard Macintosh 😀

Sweet system with an ace version of the classic old school hifi sound, living its best life in a nicely sized room with minimal modal issues and a just enough approach to acoustic treatment. Nice

Very easy to listen to and enjoy. Too warm and sweet for my taste

Wow!!! The synergy across the board is simply marvellous. I’d be curious to hear what OCD Miky has to say considering his scathing remarks about Macintosh.

AWESOME! THE IMAGING IS ON POINT! LOVE IT!

So do you no longer consider McIntosh to be Mid Fi? That system sounded amazing.

Ah yes that McIntosh sound. Soothing, like sinking into a warm bath. Same goes for SF. I always roll my eyes when people crap on Mac to the Nth degree. Some of it is deserved, but they can deliver the goods when they want to. Eminently musical.

Sounds great thanks jay 👍👍

Yes 🔊 👍

Aida sounds hugely spacious, very open, going forward and melting your ears with what I would call best ever *on stage* presence, literally you feel being placed on stage together with musicians. Dynaudio feels more mellow, laid back, with sharp pin point imaging precision, mids to die for, it carries you into the concert hall to the best sitting place right there. It is very exciting and truly unfutiguing experience one can have with a musical system. Having had SF Cremona M with tubes and now playing DA Sapphire 30 with solid state I can feel here in your videos very distinctive *house signature* differences between these two. But of all them I loved Gryphon so much better, with precision, impact and buttery transients nailing me down to my chair. As you said, I could easily live with any of these systems in my room, but if this would be my choice, Gryphon wins hands down.

I’ve always considered McIntosh to be a little too euphonic for my taste, but this system sounds wonderful

Cool...I'll hear again...

I must have heard the first track no less than 20 times on numerous audiophile demos and this, by far, sounds beyond systems costing twice as much. Perhaps it's just my headphones, but perhaps that system is just phenomenal.

A dream right there. I wonder how it would scale down if your room can't accommodate the Aida?... Same pre amps and amps etc with Il Cremonese for example.

Excellent

The bass is extremely impressive, along with the mid range. McIntosh purchased Sonus Faber, so the voicing should be near perfection. If I was to nitpick, the treble may need to be relaxed somewhat, but a great performance, nonetheless!

From these videos I think I prefer how Wheel of Fortune sounds on the Gryphon system. However this rig sounds good - I imagine it must be insanely good in person

I like it , the stage is very very open ….

For me personally the best sound I've heard here. But i favour valves and the sonus faber style of presentation

Don't forget its LUMIN X1 Streamer DAC! knocks allot of the high $$$ out the box, but they put a hush on it, read they are afraid of LUMIN X1.

Outstanding, Jay.

Awesome 🤩

Sounds better and more weighty than the other two, but way better speakers here so not an apples to apples comparison.

Fabulous!

Sounds very pleasant on simple slow acoustic music, although the top end is slightly rolled off. The Boulder would definitely open up the Aidas more

Wow, you can here the singers lips smack over the tube. Not a Mc fan but I take a seat

Wow, this sounds good over iPhone without headphone

Better than original record.

Who is the female artist

Thank you very much for your work. Thanks to you, I'm building a concept of what I want, it's a pity we don't have such showrooms! What can you say about Mac acoustics?

As you previously stated ..Synergy at its best

Music system its like when You chose a woman in a lineup of 3 or 5 I might be chose a blonde other the red head skinnie or chobby its a matter of taste that only You should like nobody else

I am waiting for the so called audio experts from your last video to show up here and talk about Hegel and then state the proverbial McIntosh is like Harley comments 😉 Thanks for the videos beautiful sound and the reason I love my Mac so much after owning over 20 amps. I hope to update my Sonus faber Olympica Nova V some day to these beautiful speakers 🙂

Those huge speakers sound great coming out of my 1 inch laptop speakers! lol

Nothing wrong here at all!

I like your location videos a lot.

Great transparency, and fantastic midrange. However, not as full body as large cabinet would indicate.

Wasn't it you and OCD guy said that people buy McIntosh for looks and the sound was crap?

Thanks. Appreciate the videos, though it would not be as awesome as being there. A speaker against the wall with soundstage, interesting about your previous interview.

The perfect title !****

Wow 👍

Fantastic Jay

Delicious

I don't know Jay, you spoiled me after hearing some of your past videos in your audio lab!

Very sweet but I totally miss the low end

Very nice system, just a touch too warm for my liking. Listened to Mac 611/1100 v AR160s/6se on PMC Fenestria with Tara Lab on analogue. I rate systems -2 to 2 (-2 Very Warm/syrupy, 2 Very Analytical) on the x axis and -2 to 2 (-2 very forward/lacks soundstage/2 too laid back/not tight) on the y axis. The Mac's (611/1100) was -1.3 and 1.2 and AR was -0.75 and -0.50. The AR was airy, detailed, great sound stage, musical; AR win. Here the Mac's (on UT/headphones) are very musical, lush, however too many veils not enough detail; so my score was -1.0 and 1.0. I like it around -0.75 to 0.75 on both axis. Just too muffled for me; but very very nice looking.

What song is the second ? Thank you.

What track is being played, love it

Nice presentation Jay, what is the song if I may inquire?

I wish the guy Jay had on bashing McIntosh can hear this he must be on something.

Who sings the first song?

Vocals seems a little hot.

I want them my system is welfare compare to this and I'm running a Denon 5800 with a pair of Jamo Concert 8...

Is the equipment on a slab of granite??

Most comments sound so laughable, I struggle to understand how can a KZfaq video give any idea of how the real system does actually sounds like in the room ?

Sorry I rank #2 in the 3 presentations and probably #3rd in a bang for the buck.

Nice!!

To each his/her own, but this doesn’t sound HiFi to my ears at all! Somehow something is just off with this presentation.

Please don't get hung up on $$$$ system like this will blow those $$$$ system out the water Son.

140 grand speaker

Left and right channels are reversed

This synergy of this system was so smooth it put me to sleep. Both sets of equipment are so laid back... pass.

Too bassy!

McIntosh rules the world baby. Just say’n

This system sounds thin and annoyingly detailed.

Too much bass and reduced articulation. Rise somewhere in HF and smoothed mid. Mediocre value for money.

Boring sound like Mcintosh do, sorry but not musical for me, like demo sound you can not leave with more than one week.

You need to fire whoever is editing these videos. Ratchet AF

Terrible music, play some better music... lol