Hey Poldo,
Oké you have a diferent tweeter an other build an improvement on some points but comon it's never worthe the aditional 1000... at least not to me.
So I went to my demo today I was quite exited so I was 1 hour earlyer
. First we starded with Katie Melua live on the m6i
I had this strange feeling becuase I didn't know what to expect. A bit surprised I asked 'You shure this are the 683?'
It was like sunshine alltrue I was so surprised I asked my self is this it????
So we listened to the same track on the M3i...Maybe it was because this was new to my ears but first impression was this is perfect even better than the M6i.
My dealer asked me if I was shure Well at that momment I was not really... But comon It was only the first track This was a discovery for me. We started to switch music an amp for a wile an I was still not so shure what to think. Than one of his collegue arrived. He helped me before an we stoped listening for a while an start to chat.
Several questions wher spinning in my head.
Should I not change my cables first
Will I risk to blew myspeakers up
Is the M6i worth the 1000 extra
Shoul I buy the cd player M6cd
Why do I miss the exitement in my set that I had in the beginning
An I was thinking 'Itought I bought my set for the rest of my life...'
An a lot more but year.... maybe for an other treat.
For the cables he said that was not the fight here...an I can always do it later.
Blew my speakers no they can take it there is more chance screwing them up with a bad quality 30w amp.
M6i worth the 1000 extra Well that is really personal But I try to explain that later.
Why I losed the exitemend well, I just listen diferently an pay more attention to detail. My hearing just became more mature ( I don't know of this is the right word).
An keepinng my set for life wel you never know but I think when I upgraded my system like I want to, that will do it.
Afther that he let me play with the 2 amp's. There where a little less than 2 hours left.
I started again with the M3i. An swithed again to M6i. Starded to notice my first impression was really wrong.
This is I think because the sound stage of the M3i is closer to my NAD, Far from saying it's tha same ofcourse. It was just a bit closer to what I was used to.
So I started to notice a diference in openes, agility, airnes, detail an of course punch& bass the M3i have all this caracteristics to an it's a superb amp nicly build nice looks (that's personal) But the M6i have it an have it just that touch more to make it.....haaa
So I deside to listen to couple of tracks each time first on M3i than M6i
Then I disided to try some of the album's I bought like 15 years ago
Dire Straits Brother in arms 'Money for nothing' (haha the classic)
Peter Gabriel 'So' 'The rain..., Sleg hammer, Don't give up (with Kate Bush),
The Peppers 'Californicaion' with scartissue, Otheside an Californication.
Everything sounded perfect....Ilistened to half ech track because time was flying....
Than M6i an here comes the reason, at least mine.
Straits Brother in arms 'Money for nothing'
God! Sting's voice came out so perfect it gave me goes pock's rrr... The drums where smashing, this nice curved tight sound like it should. Icouldn't stand up, listened to the whol track it was amazing... Have to admit what an intro!!!
Peter Gabriel 'So' 'The rain..., Sleg hammer, Don't give up (with Kate Bush).
Hey here was the feeling I have been waiting for. Those who know the album Fist track is a bit havy but everiting sounded perfect clear an controled bass, Drum that typical sound of peter's voice.
But it's not that the M6i only handle slow tracks an voices becaus Sleghammer: O god this was exiting man, man, man this was pure fun I was singing drumming in that sofa.
An than last but not least Don't give up.
Well I will keep it short tears came in my eyes. Emotion...
I listened again the tracks completly my hart couldn't take it to cut theme in middle.
I had to hurry up, before the next track started otherwis I would have listened to it an I wanted to hear the Peppers, only 15min left
The Peppers 'Californicaion' with scartissue, Otheside an Californication.
All the tracks where heavenly good I was air guitaring eyes closed... Bishante's Bass was so clear I cant explain it but it was like a big sound wall with a bass from her the guitar there the drums elswere an all so clear an lively.
without being to harsh at anny momment, it kept this nice soft envloping sound.
An this feeling really came out on those 3 albums It was like I was 17 again. This was how I remembred my song's on my Parents & uncle's stereo... Nice nice nice
Biside that all those little sounds you know are there but you don't hear them because you don't pay attention to theme. I discovered theme again normaly you hear that in a live concert or a good live album.
Those who wonder how both amps manage other styles of music
I also tested:
Deep purple
Led zeppelin
Kingns of leon
Sella Shue
Adelle
Andy c: Drum an bass arena
Daft Punk
Boyz of noiz I: love techno
With special attention to the last 3 because a friend told me it might sound life less an flat. But not at all the M3&6 are good alrounders more than punchy to bring it all to great life with the right speakers.
In my opinion he had thad impression because because he tested the M6i on Apertura armonia speakers, Who I tested last week It's a good speaker for Jazz but it's to closed for electronics an rock. Personaly I didn't like it.
Beside I rediscovered my 683's God I didn't know this boys had it in theme. Really amazing, fantastic alrounders
Bass , detail, clarety.
Like all B&W they are just power hungry but once you give it to them you be amezed...
I sertenly agree there are better speakers but in the same price range it might be a long search.
When I will change them I will have to look in an other brand Because as you know I'm not a big fan of the CM serie's. An 800 might be to expensive
But anyway afther what I heard they are capable of really I don't feel the need to change.
In general You can see MF pay attention to detail an the used materials are nicz an look's solid.
Now I didnt make a dessision yet but as you can imagin my hart goe's for the M6i it is just that little better in every domain
Is that's worth the money well I don't know really It's more than a 1000€ difference.
Like I said M3i is a real upgrade against my NAD an if I could go back in time knowing what I know now I would for shure have bought the M3i an wouldn't feel the need to upgrade now (in my expirience the 357 is just not enough for the 683).
In my situation I'm afraid M3i would not really feel like an upgrade.
An I will ask my self the question "what if I had..."
Even if buying the M6i means to me I have to wait a few month's more to buy my concept TT an nokki okki vinyl cleaner a bit later than planed.
Also my dealer advised to analise all the information of this day.
Heaving an other hearing next week with the naim xs & the Roskan caspian
An a next heaing with the ones I prefered an we will compare them wit the 356.
An only than try to make a decision.
He also adviced me not to buy the M6cd but keep my Azure 650 an go for a 1M click It's a better dac an ofcourse you can do more with it + it's cheaper. So I'm planning to buy it as well
But having a coupel of chat's with me his advice go's for the M6i. Starting to know what my feeling are with music there is a big chance 6 moth's later we have the same proplem "'what if'"
So this was my day I just wan't to ad one last thing.
No questions asked Let me say the NAD 356 is a suberb amb a good all rounder for the money musical an dynamic. I have no regred's that I bought it (like I said, I expect now just that litle bit more, because of the way I listen to music now). But the NAD is nothing against the M3i or 6 of course.
Grtz
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