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Can one Force XL be used effectively for music? I presently own floorstanders, but I'm considering monitors (Soliloquy) to use with a low powered tube integrated. A sub would fill in from 35Hz and below, but I'm interested in only one sub for reasons of cost and installation ease.BTW, I have read the FAQ on the ACI webpage since posting the original question...so I suspect the answer is, "yes".
Quote from: Mike Dzurko on 15 Sep 2006, 08:12 pmQuote from: tvad4 on 15 Sep 2006, 04:39 amCan one Force XL be used effectively for music? I presently own floorstanders, but I'm considering monitors (Soliloquy) to use with a low powered tube integrated. A sub would fill in from 35Hz and below, but I'm interested in only one sub for reasons of cost and installation ease.BTW, I have read the FAQ on the ACI webpage since posting the original question...so I suspect the answer is, "yes".No question, a single Force XL can be used very effectively for music . . .many have done this. Since you're looking at monitors, I'd also of course suggest you take a hard look, and hopefully a listen to our Sapphire XL . . . it is a true reference quality monitor.Thanks, Mike. Since I'm intending to use an 18 wpc EL34 integrated amp, I believe the 85db/ 4.5 minimum impedance of the Sapphire XL may be an issue. I presently am trying a pair of 89db/8 ohm monitors.
Quote from: tvad4 on 15 Sep 2006, 04:39 amCan one Force XL be used effectively for music? I presently own floorstanders, but I'm considering monitors (Soliloquy) to use with a low powered tube integrated. A sub would fill in from 35Hz and below, but I'm interested in only one sub for reasons of cost and installation ease.BTW, I have read the FAQ on the ACI webpage since posting the original question...so I suspect the answer is, "yes".No question, a single Force XL can be used very effectively for music . . .many have done this. Since you're looking at monitors, I'd also of course suggest you take a hard look, and hopefully a listen to our Sapphire XL . . . it is a true reference quality monitor.
Mike, send me a private email with your best package price, including stands. I might be willing to give them a try considering the 30 day return.
Mike,Any news on the Sapphires for our small speaker shootout?
No offense, but this is a good example of the kind of illogical, impractical hi-fi reviews that seem to be the norm these days.First he claims the Sapphire is an affordable small speaker, then he recommends putting not one but TWO subwoofers with it, which, uh, means it's no longer either affordable or small. He says the package is under $3k (actually not accurate because the speakers cost $1500 and the subwoofers cost $800 each, but write that off to "magazine math" which is always errant on the low side when claiming anything is affordable) but consider that that's a) with the basic finish only, b) doesn't include the $500 stands you'll need and c) doesn't account for the extra cabling you'll have to buy for the subwoofers. (And of course it doesn't take into account that some people won't have "small to medium sized rooms" and will want larger subwoofers, but we'll ignore that.)Two logical questions he completely fails to address: if you're going to buy two subwoofers ANYWAY, why not buy Emeralds instead of Sapphires? And, instead of giving yourself a massive setup headache trying to integrate four separate speakers (which our reviewer snottily notes "takes time, care and patience, and...is one of the major reasons people bag on subs so much, because they lack the listening skills and patience to tune them correctly"--yeah, it's OUR fault), why not just take your $3,600+ (real math) and buy some full-range speakers that don't require stands and just use one set of cables--and that were already "integrated" when they were designed--by the person who should be responsible for that task, namely, the speaker designer--in the first place?MJ