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    Munich Hi-End

    On the Munich show, the LINKWITZ LX521.4MG were driven by a 4-way analog, active, cascaded precision crossover & eq. Followed by 5 amplification channels per side: sub driver #1, sub driver #2, lo-mid, hi-mid, tweeters. This 4-way XO&EQ together with the NCore amps reside next to the cabinets...
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    Capital Audiofest 2022 - November 11th-13th

    As previously mentioned, passive vs active Crossovers: "The only excuse for passive crossovers is their low cost" https://www.linkwitzlab.com/crossovers.htm Active crossovers, Analog vs digital sound processing, ASP vs DSP: DSP shows unrivaled flexibility in its use for several speaker models...
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    Capital Audiofest 2022 - November 11th-13th

    Indeed, no room treatment in the Linkwitz room. LX521.4MG played "as is".
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    Capital Audiofest 2022 - November 11th-13th

    The dipole woofers have an 4.8db advantage when it comes to room nodes due to their radiation pattern. https://www.linkwitzlab.com/listening_room.htm So you need only mild correction, if any. The CAF room was rather small and showed slight nodes at 32Hz and 64Hz, that could be addressed in the...
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    Capital Audiofest 2022 - November 11th-13th

    Siegfried Linkwitz: "...The only excuse for passive crossovers is their low cost. Their behavior changes with the signal level dependent dynamics of the drivers. They block the power amplifier from taking maximum control over the voice coil motion. They are a waste of time, if accuracy of...
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    Capital Audiofest 2022 - November 11th-13th

    Thanks for visiting the LINKWITZ room 650 and for the positive comments. Sorry for the confusion by not covering some topics. Indeed, we had questions about the crossover in the PowerBox. In the first generation of PowerBoxes, we used DSP. After thorough listening tests ASP vs DSP, we found...
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    Linkwitz LX521.4 - new build and impressions

    The finishing and hiding of cables is the biggest challenge for most DIYers when building them from scratch With a little help from the pros, the aesthetic resultts can turn out quite nice: As prefabricated cabinets or as turnkey systems with new low distortion midrange LINKWITZ22MG and...
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    Calling all Linkwitz LX 521.4 owners in Southern California (CA at large, too)...

    OpenHouse at the Linkwitz Home in Corte Madera After a pandemic pause, Eike Linkwitz likes to invite you to our first OpenHouse event this year. Listen to Siegfried Linkwitz creations LX521 and LXsirius in Corte Madera/ 9mi north of Golden Gate Bridge. This event is available...
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    Linkwitz LX521.4 - new build and impressions

    Proper speaker placement is essentially an improvement at no extra cost: http://www.linkwitzlab.com/What_is_new_at_linkwitzlab.htm See post from 03 OCT 21 Cheers, Frank
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    Calling all Linkwitz LX 521.4 owners in Southern California (CA at large, too)...

    Fernando in Houston/TX offers LX521 auditions, too.
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    Calling all Linkwitz LX 521.4 owners in Southern California (CA at large, too)...

    New opportunity to listen to LX521.4 with low distortion midrange driver upgrade, fed by two PowerBoxes 6pro NCore precision analog: In Californias Sonoma wine region, we will park the demo system, that was planned for Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and AXPONA (both have been cancelled). Contact Don...
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    Calling all Linkwitz LX 521.4 owners in Southern California (CA at large, too)...

    diyaudnut, your setup seems to bring a lot of fun! I´m as well quite pleased with the new ASP for LX521.4 . It avoids going analog>digital>analog. Cheers, Frank
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    Calling all Linkwitz LX 521.4 owners in Southern California (CA at large, too)...

    Hi TB "It used to be that one could go to Mr. Linkwitz's home and demo his personal set of speakers, but no more, given obvious reasons." Indeed, the Linkwitz home is still an opportunity to listen to LX521 (and LXmini/LXsirius). Several "OpenHouses" had been hosted by Mr Linkwitz wife. As...
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    New build of Linkwitz LXMini

    Free Giveaway: LXmini mitered HDF baseplate set Dear LXmini builders, from a previous production run, we got some extra LXmini baseplates, precision mitered from dark anthracite HDF*, as a free giveaway. (as long as stock lasts, just pay for shipping) The baseplates are to be screwed to...
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