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I use K2s for my subs. Gobs of power, no fans. And now that I have modified them to stay out of sleep mode at lower gain settings while in bridged mode they fill the ticket. The D75s that I refurb'd to make them like the "Duke" are Ok...but noisy on mids and tweets of Jube system. They have been relegated to surround duty in HT or outdoor/garage systems.

They all have their quirks😜

Yes of course...to foray into another manufacturers unit a minimum would be transposing the Xilica settings into the new unit and then a UMIK and REW.

I just wanted to state there are cheaper and as good or better solutions out there at present. Using better more current A/D and D/A converters, newer generation opamps and more state of the art DSP. Most have FIR capabilities as well.

Here's the pics I took of my 2 units...don't know or seem to have any control over the sequence of the posts... Make of it what you will....in my mind they are both genuine Xilica I inspected Part numbers on ICs with magnifying glass which you will not be able to make out in these pictures...they are IDENTICAL.

I have taken pictures of both my units. One is from 2014 with musical note logo. Bought it second hand from @cincymat here on forum. Second unit is from ebay seller in Hong Kong(China in other words). Has 2023 date code. Seller wanted some astronomical $$ I bid them down considerably. Has the different logo. I will post the pics tomorrow...as far as I am concerned I have convinced myself the Hong Kong unit is genuine Xilica. I believe @Gnote also purchased one from same seller.

You mean the idents in the knob? That could change anytime I would think.

@Schu your second pic is the Xilica logo circa 2017 or 2018. The one with the musical note is older. I have both. I will de-lid.......neither is in use currently.

OK we know what the original bonafide Xilicas look like inside correct? I can take the lid off the one I got from Hong Kong. Will photo and post in the next few days...

What's the logo on current Xilica product? I just assumed they changed their logo. If a replicator can make everything else look identical why would they not copy the logo too?

speaking of K2s....

Wow.........not in market myself but Wow. GLWYS. I'd say 4K for Ks, 1500 for Belle and 1500 for the HIIs. So 7k but hey its Cal. so 20k

I went hog wild in my man cave with absorbers and bass traps. And some diffusion. I love the deadness of the room. Others may say "too dead" but I love it. I can always add reverb and other effects and I do sometimes. But I agree in a living room/family room WAF is going to be a huge factor. Try Music City Acoustics, they may work with you. Would any ceiling "clouds" be acceptable to the better half?

1977...La Scalas..still got 'em. Yikes prit near 50 years. And like @MMurg I have sales slip somewhere. Dug it up for @DizRotus a few years back. $604 IIRC

oh wow man...no coffee since Wednesday

Single point source? Hence.....the MEH

@Woofers and Tweeters u gonna go see 'em? Hear 'em

If you want one YOU can adjust you must DIY. Plenty of good DSP units avail. for around $500 to 600

Depends on what "535" being talked about/referred to...one was definitely the 3 way "Jubilee" and Chief said "no mas"

ME NUTS...not my nuts...although....

Ok so I checked back through this thread and it is the one I remember posting in......Manufacturer specs 120 Hz only down 68dB. Without changing something (Power Supply?) in the design there is no getting around this. Only the owner of this piece can decide if they can live with it. I could not..it would drive my me nuts....my motto: TURN UP THE QUIET! 👂👂👂

Audio's Circle of Confusion Audio’s “Circle of Confusion” is a term coined by Floyd Toole [1] that describes the confusion that exists within the audio recording and reproduction chain due to the lack of a standardized, calibrated monitoring environment. Today, the circle of confusion remains the single largest obstacle in advancing the quality of audio recording and reproduction. The circle of confusion is graphically illustrated in Figure 1. Music recordings are made with (1) microphones that are selected, processed, and mixed by (2) listening through professional loudspeakers, which are designed by (3) listening to recordings, which are (1) made with microphones that are selected, processed, and mixed by (2) listening through professional monitors...... you get the idea. Both the creation of the art (the recording) and its reproduction (the loudspeakers and room) are trapped in an interdependent circular relationship where the quality of one is dependent on the quality of the other. Since the playback chain and room through which recordings are monitored are not standardized, the quality of recordings remains highly variable.

"Pan" is short for panorama. And yes it is normally used in multi track mixing to place a given track its place in the sound image from left to right. But I have found it useful to bring a too widely mixed stereo image back towards the center. Taken to the extreme a mono signal is possible. It comes in really handy on some older Beatles recordings where they tried to make stereo mixes from a 2(maybe 4?) track master with pretty much all the instruments in one channel and the voices on the other. There are other more modern recordings that with my setup the mix is too wide also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panning_(audio)

Happy Advent Ladies and Gents

Yes that would be a balance control to my way of thinking and also very important. Panning is different.