I got a chance to hear a pair of XVXs with Momentum Monoblocks and DCS Stack and was impressed in some aspects. While I have not heard all the top of the line brands and their flagships or near top speakers, I will say I've never heard wood instruments such as upright bass, guitar, cello sound so realistic. They are an extremely detailed speakers and carve out a specific space for those type of instruments. Very addictive.
The room was about 25 feet wide and 28 feet deep. These are tall speakers, sitting 6 or 7 feet from the front wall, seating position 12 feet back from them and spread about 10 feet apart. The center vocal image was way up in height, what seemed like floating 8 feet in the air. Surprisingly the soundstage was not as wide and deep as I've heard in this particular setup but I believe they need to be pulled further from the wall (despite seeing many pictures of XVXs set up rather close to the front wall) and the listener sitting further back into the room or needing at least 35 feet of total room length for these to sound even better.
I heard the Alex V with albeit a step-down in electronics and was again surprised at how much of a difference there was between the two. Back in the day, the Maxx 2s were much loser to the Alexandrias in a comparative 2.5 to 1 price ratio.
So my question is, for those that have heard that speaker, is there anything else on the market that comes close to that realistic instrument detail/tone/dimensionality without sounding cold and analytical? Marten, Rockport, Kharma Veyron series or something else? Have heard Tidal speakers at a show and they were just ok.
The room was about 25 feet wide and 28 feet deep. These are tall speakers, sitting 6 or 7 feet from the front wall, seating position 12 feet back from them and spread about 10 feet apart. The center vocal image was way up in height, what seemed like floating 8 feet in the air. Surprisingly the soundstage was not as wide and deep as I've heard in this particular setup but I believe they need to be pulled further from the wall (despite seeing many pictures of XVXs set up rather close to the front wall) and the listener sitting further back into the room or needing at least 35 feet of total room length for these to sound even better.
I heard the Alex V with albeit a step-down in electronics and was again surprised at how much of a difference there was between the two. Back in the day, the Maxx 2s were much loser to the Alexandrias in a comparative 2.5 to 1 price ratio.
So my question is, for those that have heard that speaker, is there anything else on the market that comes close to that realistic instrument detail/tone/dimensionality without sounding cold and analytical? Marten, Rockport, Kharma Veyron series or something else? Have heard Tidal speakers at a show and they were just ok.