Velocityboat
Super Member
Once you have heard a good line array you'll never go back. The clarity of the clean signal with very low distortion, is like nothing you have ever heard before. Like wise a bad line array will send you screaming to the hills for cover. I was very impressed when I heard XRT 22 for the first time, and even more so with the XR 290. XRT 28's will do in a small room. But the new 1K and 2K and I just don't get along. I much prefer Roger's choice of components. Can you imagine all those tweeters and mids of the XRT1K and only two 8" bass cones. I know they are ported to pick up a few Db of efficiency, but how do two 8" cones keep up at 30 HZ. They can handle more Power than a ML 1 but they can't move any more air. I would think there should be at least bass 6 drivers. And they certainly don't equal a XRT 19 bass section. There were a few customers that had stacked ML-4 and though they didn't have the Low distortion bass drivers the bass and mids were pretty outstanding, even though they couldn't keep up with the XRT tweeter arrays. The Stacked 4's could really blow a set of Patricians away even with their 30" woofers and Klipschorn speakers just weren't in the same league with the XRT 22. You have great sound there enjoy it.
Thanks Twiii your posts helped lead me down the line array path.
I was doing driver radiation surface area comparison to see where my array configuration bested or compared to XR290 or XRT2K.
The mids is where they both best the surface area on my four 8 inch mids. however I don't sense a deficient presentation . It is interesting that mid and high radiating surface areas are close between XRT2K and XR290. My config bests on high surface radiation area. I am assuming the Room Perfect is evens out my frequency response curve and the XRT2K is a hotter sound though.
I heard a choir song that literally amazed me with realism of singer placement spatial soundstage of both depth and breadth and realistic organ at church backwall and a long arced choir, not to mention high ceiling expansiveness. I am almost scared to play with any more adjustments not wanting to affect nirvana.
If I ever upgrade it will be line array.