Hi all,
Was thinking about writing something of a review about LC's new sub as paired with the XRSs but can simplify things for everyone by urging anyone who considers their XRSs slightly too hot (but who still, like me, loves everything else about them) to just go ahead and order one. Sub, that is.
Even if you love your XRSs as is order the sub anyway.
I am floored, pretty much. If you've been following this and other threads for a while you may remember that I had some compatibility issues betw/ XRSs and my system and considered that the speakers were slightly strident. I loved the focused bass but missed the punch of a bigger driver.
I've got punch now, wonderfully controlled degrees of it. Rich, musical bass. The sub's driver is incredibly fast and tight. Nothing gloopy or muddled. THere's an audible degree of cooperation betw/ the speakers and sub now--is that possible?: The sub disappears. A weird audio illusion takes place where the bass seems to come from the cabinets of the XRSs.
And, as all Omega owners know, it is a gorgeous work of minimalist art, a Macassar ebony cube floating on BIG brass spikes...
I don't know what alchemy has taken place but the improvement is nothing less than astounding. Seriously, we know the dangers of subjectivity in audiofoolia but I cannot recommend the sub highly enough.
I've also been listening to an old Creek 4140 series 2 integrated which I think mates perfectly with the XRSs. Having been a tube head for the past few years I really thought I'd never hear myself say this, but the Creek blows away my Aikido tube pre/Fisher monoblocs combo. Not even close. And the Creek was only two hundred bucks on A'gon. The XRSs love clean SS power, methinks.
JC
