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I think one of great benefits of the XLF is its flexibility. I have never heard the midrange or treble of the X-2 criticized. I understand the XLF may be marginally better in these areas but some actually prefer the X-2 treble. In rooms that are bass poor the rear port really helps as I understand it. Perhaps the front port would be better in this room? 14" from the rear wall seems too close for rear porting that clearly will cause bass boom.
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Charles, you beat me to it. I would be under the same opinion that the rear wall placement at 14", and rear firing port caused the bass to be "boomy".
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I went back to the store on Saturday. Listened to them with the Ref 5SE and the DAG Stereo Amp. They sounded terrific - did not hear much boomines.
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Didn't Peter say there was a port on top firing up and backwards at a 45 degree angle, or was he speaking of something else?
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That sounds like the super tweeter on the top rear of the XLF. The regular tweeter is in the front.
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Why would you want to place like that 14" from the rear wall??
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It is hard for me to imagine a system like that in my home, it would require building a new room (maybe even house) to accommodate them. The very realistic holography (holography may not be the right word because it imparts to me an electronically generated representation of a hollow image in a space). Upon reflection, these seemed to be less electronic, not hollow and absolutely neutral. IMO the question of bass could easily be answered that the speakers just presented what was put into them, nothing more, nothing less. At one point sound substantively filled the room and I don't mean loud, but with substance.
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They were toed in about 20 degrees and the inside corner of the speaker to the real wall was about 14 inches out. They were about 3 feet or more from the side walls. The rear of the speaker probably had much more area behind them than maybe I made it sound.
His point was that you didn't lose "half" the room by having to put the speakers as far out from the rear wall as many others require. The room was not heavily treated. That point was made as well. I've seen this room configured with bass traps, but they were absent in the speaker half of the room. I didn't notice behind the sitting area. |
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