I second that suggestion. Particularly perplexing is your findings the 626r's sounded congested compared to the RM1s. I think this makes sense, since they use the same mid & tweeter but add two woofers, yet this contradicts the findings of nearly everyone who's posted their impressions of the two.
I'm very interested since I've been considering the 626's lately. For the most part I'm not a fan of standmounters, though, so I find the RM1's a lot more appealing on a practical level.
Hi Rob,
In general I don't normally hear too much congestion in the 626R until well into extremely loud listening levels.
Since the cross-over of the neopanels to the woofs on both speakers is the same, they would normally expereince distress at the same relative levels, in most instances.
Also in general the bass response of the 626Rs is well beyond specs or expectations (given a high current amp) but as we saw Sat, there are conditions where they don't go quite as low.
I have measured a reasonably flat response down to 31.5 db!!! at the listening seat, in my room, with my system. So with the right set up and system you can get a pretty good bass output.
Although we didn't measure it, (just earballing) we got the nOhr mini9s to also go quite low in my room/system. So room and set up "is" important.
Maybe someday we'll get Mike to "haul" the RM1s over, and hear what they can do here. i would wager they will go "LOW".
