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Review 2 of 2
Price Paid:
$6800.00
from Hi-end Palace Summary:
This unit is very transparent with no electronic signature or impact on the sound I can hear compared with the other active XOs I was using. I used this (an XVR-1-3) with a pair of Magnepan 3.5s in a tri-amped set up with a subwoofer. Manual and settings take awhile to figure out. It's built like a tank.
This would be best for a more experienced stereo user, someone who wants a multi-amped set up or subwoofers. Using it bypasses the passive crossover distortion, results in increased transparency as well as efficiency and allows lots of adjustments for perfect room and speaker matching.
This is probably the best active speaker crossover available. Strengths:
Incredibly flexible - has 6, 12, 18 & 24 dB slopes, multiple XO Fqs and allows adjustment in the bandpass as well as volume to hi & low pass drivers. Everythings done with dip switches and jumpers - you don't need to take boards out or send unit to factory. This is used by speaker designers to adjust their speakers.
Not a digital based unit - it's analogue. If your listening to records and don't want digital processing this is the ticket.
Great build quality better than Marchand & Bryston by a large margin.
Weaknesses:
None functionally, unless you want digital time domain correction.
Will take some experimentation to find the best settings. Great for a tweaker not plug & play although you could just duplicate your existing passive XO if you know what they are.
Yes -- it's very expensive. Similar Products Used:
DB Systems & Kinergetics Research platinum 800-C XOs. Bryston & Marchand electronics.
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