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Thinking about it, for speakers that price, you could probably have negotiated with the seller that they get them to Devialet and SAM them before you handed over your cash.....
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Well, it is an effort to get 400 pound speakers from San Francisco to Paris...
But if Devialet wants to bring the SAM Lab to my house, that works for me. :-)
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Just updating this ancient thread, now that Devialet has added SAM profiles for a bunch of newer Magico speakers, including the M3. Having tried it out, I can say (a) I still like SAM dialed way down (using 15% now) to get phase correction and protection, with less of the bass augmentation and (b) the improvement wrought by SAM is less clear on the M3 than it was on my previous Q1 speakers. The change is readily apparent, but I'm not entirely clear yet that it's an improvement. In short, it's a much closer call with the M3. But I *think* I prefer it (again, with SAM at 15%). Time will tell.
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Quick question for any SAM experts out there.
I currently have Magico S3 speakers and use SAM (25% range) and enjoy it. However, I have older Audio Physics Classic 30 speakers that have never been SAM’d. Many years ago I asked the dealer where I bought the speakers when they would have SAM - he said probably never mumbling something about their design. As near as I can tell, practically every other AP speaker is SAM’d. Are these the perfect speakers? Hard to imagine. No one other than me bought them (that has a Devialet)? Hard to imagine.
So, my question is - is it possible that SAM just doesn’t work for certain speakers?
Thanks
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Ask Magico , they know Devialet well .
It was their CTO who recommended me to get devialet when they introduced the d-premier
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A data point...had the Q3’s...the M3 predecessor. Used D440s. SAM had a very limited influence to my ears. They sounded unbelievable gorgeous with the D440.
Don’t worry too much about SAM, you have a pair of one of the most extraordinary speakers extant, IMHO.