Now that I have had a chance to listen to the X-MTMs, here are some thoughts...
I have read more than one post where the person expressed what I took to be surprise as to the quality of the sound, the transparency, the range, etc that the X-MTMs are capable of.
I will admit to being one of those people. The hype is almost overwhelming. People are almost overboard. Before one has a chance to hear them it is easy to believe the reviews are, maybe, a bit overblown.
Any doubt as to how good the X-MTMs really are melted away when I first powered them up. It took me about 30 seconds of listening to them to understand that I had put together and just fired up something special. The next realization as to how great they sound came from my wife’s reaction to them. She has sat down with me for hours of music listening, which she has never done before. She knows nothing of being an audiophile. She just knows what sounds good to her. And what she can tolerate as to sound quality.
These are speakers you can listen to for hours. Jazz, Rock, Blues, Classical - it doesn’t matter.
And they will shake the floor with the sound track of many movies and TV shows. In the room I have them in I can find no faults with them. The bass respond is superb without the need for a subwoofer. It doesn’t take much volume these to produce base that can be felt in one’s chest. And it goes without saying that the mid and high ranges are there to entertain.
I mentioned “transparency”... Voices come out of the center of the TV. I have actually looked over at a side wall of the room at times because it seem that was where the sound was coming from. How does that happen with 2 channel sound? Amazing!
I have found a number of post on YouTube that showcase the qualities and range of the X-MTMs. Here are a few that I greatly appreciate:
Hiromi Uehara - Voice - Vienna 2011 live
https://youtu.be/nIYIAuwzsGQShe plays a unique form of jazz. The recordings are excellent and the 6 string base is amazing. I like the drummer she has in this timeframe. The later dummer is overdone.
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana - Olympia Paris - live
https://youtu.be/cytUz9KkK9MThis is just an amazing piano jazz recording. Again the mixing did full justice to the bass playing as with everything else.
Eric Clapton & Peter Frampton - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
https://youtu.be/K1ijcpo1Ep8The expression on Peter Frampton’s face at the end of this is worth it alone to watch this. He is clearly in awe of having just played beside Eric Clapton.
Cream (Royal Albert Hall 2005)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL72C23EF77CEADE68Anyone can appreciate this play list, not just those of my generation. Eric, Jack and Ginger are still amazing and that is complimented by a recording worthy of their performance.
There are many others that should be listed here, I’m sure. But that is beyond the point of this thread.
It is sufficient to say I will continue to enjoy everything I play through these. And I hope anyone thinking about building a set of these dives in and does it. They are worth well beyond any effort you will put into them.