As a fan of the performance, I have to ask, why do I want a speaker where I need to sit at counter height to get my head near the tweeter? It's about 6 ft high.
OK, I can answer *some* of those questions, and others I'll look for the answers at the source tomorrow!.........
Now, these are completely passive. I don't know the hook up details, but I understand there's no outboard crossover. Also, I'd be really surprised if there's any tweaking/adjustability involved... Going by what you can do with Sonja 1.3, you'll be able to feed it as many amps as you want
Mike, this design is a little like your MM7, in that the main tower is a full range beast by itself, and the 2nd tower complements it.
You'll see 3 mid-woofers in the XV, where the Sonja 1.3 had only 1 larger unit. This is to provide better mid-mid and mid-bass, allowing the bottom woofer (and 2nd woofer tower) to handle bass duties only.
If anybody wants to listen to these beauties, the factory will host demonstrations during RMAF. And if anybody wants to go before that, let me know, and I can arrange Can't wait to hear these!
Hey Mike!
Yeah, I get what you're saying re: "fullness". On paper, the MM2 and MM3 have the same bass output. But guess what? The MM3 has that extra "fullness" that's endearing! The MM7 probably just takes it to the max. The same happens with the YG Sonjas. The 1.2 version has the same low bass range as the 1.3, but the 1.3 just produces more OUTPUT at those low frequencies, which helps when filling a larger room, and makes things feel "fuller" indeed.
I do expect to be a roll off in the main tower, as there's only 1 driver doing bass duties there (the others are mid-bass), so the output from the main tower, while full range, will need the extra help from the 2nd tower
One thing that helps YG is that they have created their own crossover design software, and it's able to optimize for both time and frequency domains. That said, I believe there'll be guidelines in regards to positioning the bass towers, in relation to the main tower, in order to keep that coherency intact...
cheers!
alex
Alex,
what I meant by 'fullness' is getting a flat response (or.....desired response) through the lower bass region. more deep bass extension and increased headroom and authority are added benefits but flat response is essential.
the MM7 main tower rolls off through the 30hz range and 20hz range. so by itself it's not flat nor intended to be. then depending on the room you use the EQ adjustability in the bass towers to flatten the response mostly with gain and crossover setting (there is also 'Q' and 'Extension'). system fine tuning is possible. the MM2 and MM3 have these same adjustments but you are dealing with a whole different frequency region (60hz-125hz) since they don't have the -4- 11" mid-woofers of the MM7.
a few months back when I added the Furutech NCF plugs to my two amplifier EA power cords I had a resulting tonal shift upward (slight glare) along with lots more space and detail. I was able to very slightly change the crossover point to get back to neutral tonality. a speaker system without this ability (but faced with the same problem) would present the user with a likely removal of those plugs forfeiting the benefits since the downside could not be eliminated.
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