[Chops]

New house, new room, and a downscaled version of the same system. Currently using my 18 year old AV123 (GR-Research) X-Statik hybrid open baffle loudspeakers with fully upgraded crossovers and the original felt damping material replaced with No-Rez.

Moved in last Saturday and had the system up and running within a few hours. Still have to put the isolation bases under the subs and either the stock spikes back on the speakers or get some IsoAcoustics footers for them which is preferable. Also need to figure out where to mount my GIK Acoustic panels. With that said, getting great results already, shockingly enough!

The system consists...

Pass Labs XP-20 preamp
Auralic Altair G1 streamer
NuPrime STA-9 amplifier
Monster HTS-5000 power conditioner
SVS PB-1000 Pro subwoofers
AV123 (GR-Research) X-Statik loudspeakers
Wireworld power and signal cables

[Tyson]

They look great in the new place.  Isn’t cool how Danny’s speakers scale when put in new environments?

[Bodhi]

That's a nice setup. It looks like those subs would produce subterrarnean bass. I like quasi open baffle speakers, and nearly went with Qualio IQ Ultra speakers for my next system. I still have fond memories of my brother's Infinity RS2B's, and later owned a pair of Renaissance 90's in the late 2000's. The Rens were more refined than the RS2B's, and their cabinet design and diffused midrange output contributed to their excellent stage depth and spaciousness.

[Vince in TX]

Very nice.   I picked up some original AV123s back in April of 2021, and they still sound fantastic.   These were are also heavily upgraded with Skiing Ninja crossovers sometime around 2009, so they are at least 16-17 years old.  When they got upgraded, they put the crossovers on the top of the cabinets.

[Chops]

They look great in the new place.  Isn’t cool how Danny’s speakers scale when put in new environments?

Thank you. Danny's speakers scale up good too with a lot better equipment in front of them as well.

[Chops]

Very nice.   I picked up some original AV123s back in April of 2021, and they still sound fantastic.   These were are also heavily upgraded with Skiing Ninja crossovers sometime around 2009, so they are at least 16-17 years old.  When they got upgraded, they put the crossovers on the top of the cabinets.

I remember those Skiing Nina mods. I also remember the review about them years ago. I'd like to do the foil inductor upgrades on mine as well at some point. I'll have to talk to Danny about that some day.

[Vince in TX]

I remember those Skiing Nina mods. I also remember the review about them years ago. I'd like to do the foil inductor upgrades on mine as well at some point. I'll have to talk to Danny about that some day.

Fun fact, these are the exact speakers that were modified and reviewed by Steven Stone.   

Here they are in their new home:

[E-Zee]

I'm always glad to see X-Statiks get renewed attention.  Old AV123 X-statics in a proper setup were my first impactful experience with open baffle anything, many years ago.

  Even today, given all the new designs and much competition, X-Statics would easily be within my top 3 to 5 recommendations for an affordable tower speaker.  The top 3 vs top 5 variance being related to different rooms and conditions.

When cost gets factored, X-static (and x-voce) is even more of a win.

Thanks for sharing.

Elon

ezeescrossovers.com
ezspeakersolutions.com

[corndog71]

I'm always glad to see X-Statiks get renewed attention.  Old AV123 X-statics in a proper setup were my first impactful experience with open baffle anything, many years ago.

  Even today, given all the new designs and much competition, X-Statics would easily be within my top 3 to 5 recommendations for an affordable tower speaker.  The top 3 vs top 5 variance being related to different rooms and conditions.

When cost gets factored, X-static (and x-voce) is even more of a win.

Thanks for sharing.

Elon

ezeescrossovers.com
ezspeakersolutions.com

I agree with this completely.