I built the 2TDx its very impressive, possibly the best speaker I have ever heard

Fabulous 'critical listening' example of how a speaker should be listened to and assessed. Great stuff, Ron!

I'm really liking the (new) format! Keep up the great work.

Very very impressive analysis of the speaker. 4 thumbs up! Including the thumbs on my feet. Thank you Ron for your dedication, thank you.

This is what a speaker review should be, thank you!!

excellent review

I think all sound clip videos should announce the source (analog, digital and device make & model) and the amplifier (make & model).

That string bass sounded perfect to me. Nice speakers I have got to agree with someone who said an amp with more power may help. I may be looking into this speaker for my bedroom. I'd like to hear it with 60 to 80 w maybe 50 w I would think may do the trick. Thanks for the review.

Thanks! Brilliant work! Which do you prefer? Sonus Faber Maxima Amator or these speakers? talking about sound obviusly

What are the test tracks in this clip? Thanks for the hard work and reviews.

I really like your assortment of test music. Can you list them somewhere?

Simply Excellent .

Really great review! Thank you so much for this....Love that you take the plunge with proper mics to give us a decent approximation. Sounds really great...was wishing for some real jazz in there, but respect your track choices for the sake of reference. Likely you address this later, but it seems a long room with high ceilings can do particularly funny things with long wavelengths. I encountered exactly that in our living room. Some pitches in the lower registers would be very full and palpable, then others not much lower seemed to disappear. It also completely depended on the tracks and whether compression was a predominate factor (or not). Then repositioning against the short wall fixed SO MUCH. Much better. But now am restricted to more near field volumes or bass becomes overbearing or chaotic, sometimes glaring. Glad to know these would work well for jazz/acoustic leaning recordings.

Sounds like a guitarist w a good tube amp is sitting in the room.....awesome!

This speaker is laid out like a ProAc EBT. The EBT came out in the mid 80s. I have the EBTs and still love them. These speakers should be good for all kinds of music. Bass may be found lacking, but you can use a subwoofer to augment the bottom end. Stay safe my mates!😊👍🏻😁🛠

standard or upgraded crossover package? Some say these are on par with much more expensive Dynaudio.

Thanks, Sounded really good through my little hotrod IEM's and amp , Digging the visual on descriptive terminology. Quick question? Did you try them with Danny's open baffle subs? You know you did.🤣 . Going out on a limb and gonna say ,that was the ticket... Great review 👍✌️

Hey Ron, love the segment. However, could you let us have a longer nearfield sound clip?

Hello I’m looking to the css p215 or the Dynaudio special 40 which will be a better speaker. I know the base will better on the special 40 , but as far as the midrange and top end.thanks

Excellent review and sound demos. Those spkrs do both electric and acoustic guitars really well and drums pretty damn realistically. I’d obviously have to be in the room to get a full impression of soundstage and imaging,, but your description of everything was pretty spot on as far as I could hear. Overall, I got a sense of great tonality and dynamics with the room mics especially. Thanks, Ron.

I like these,as much as one can tell over KZfaq, through the near field mics but not as much through the room mic. I guess this is that "exciting toed in(on axis) but boring off axis" that you mentioned. Not sure if it is just the differences in your gear but if Im hearing what you are then I agree with you. With one exception - loved how the room mic sounded on the piece you call "possibly perfect" for some reason that was "perfect" on the room mic. I'm assuming that the room itself is causing this.

The diy kit includes two identical ports (similar in length and girth) for both the midband woofer and the lowband woofer. And the internal bracing (according to the building instructions) divides the cabinet into two identical sized compartments. So not a lot of cabinet tuning went into this design. Which might explain the midband heft and thin low end. Unless, of course, it's a two way - three unit design where both woofers actually share the exact same job.

If I'm not mistaken these drivers use xbl^2 motors which are very low distortion. Ron, are you accustomed to hearing a little more distortion and liking it? Might be why you aren't too thrilled with the bass. Some people say xbl^2 drivers produce "dry" bass. Btw, I use Stereo Integrity drivers (xbl^2) in my car. And, yes, they are great for jazz.

Hey Ron, is it possible to buy these speakers in europe without extra transportation costs or taxes. Mvg Phil

Do you have a track list? I would love a playlist in Tidal with the tracks you test with

Sorry, off topic question, what lighting fixture is that? Thanks :)

bass, different amp ? Bi amping? They sound clean most of the time, one of the midbass track a little on the heavy side.

I don't believe that you can hear how speakers actually sound by listening to audio clips on your headphones through KZfaq. What I found useful is your comments on what you were hearing, that follow each clip, and subtitles explaining some terms. This was very well done. Also thumbs up for "you need a sub" and "two subs are always better than one" advice. I have a question: CSS sells the same $3400 speakers as a DYI kit for $800. Will the speakers built from the kit sound the same and the price difference basically comes from the cost of labor and superior cabinet finish?

I was wondering if it is any kind of a letdown to hear conventional speakers after hearing the big Polks at the show? Judging from the reactions I heard that could be an issue. Great job, Ron.

I've been struggling with my LS50s and the lower frequency for about a year now... The bottom line here is you need to do room analysis and figure out where do your speakers sound best in YOUR room with your room's furniture etc. @Ron : I think a detailed video about how to measure a room and how to position speakers by understanding the measurements will be great. No one has done it before yet everyone keeps talking about it... What do you think? Can you do it?

Hey Ron, good review. Let me guess, your room is perhaps sucking out some of that bass to where I can hear it when close miced, but loose it when you go room mics. To quote Eric O of South Main Auto, "there's your problem lady!" Unless sadly mistaken, it's sucking out some of the bass, either through the speakers (in these speakers at least), being too far out in the room and with perhaps a tad too much damping, or both. Otherwise, they do sound great. Looking forward to Ch. 4 when you discuss this in a bit more detail.

I would stay with well known brands like B&W or Revel at this price point. If they have a grace period, in-home trial would be the only way to try them to see if one likes them.

Just a friendly reminder, if you haven't watched the prior chapters, do it now! Links in description!

No solid dynamics or weight in the upper and mid bass??? Deal breaker

Is there really a speaker this size that doesnt need a sub...

I wonder why all the other reviewers say you do not need a sub with the single woofer version of this speaker?

You look like Peter draws. Another KZfaqr that does art videos

Pardon me if I'm misinterpreting something here..., But, I have to be a Patreon member to get the tracks, artist information, used in this video? Do you own the rights to these tunes? If not, it seems that you are, in effect, profiting from the work of the artists featured in your videos by requiring Patreon membership to obtain this information. I would rather see you use your channel as an opportunity to allow these artists to profit by revealing the tracks--title, etc. Again, my apologies if I've overlooked something here.

is it just me, or is listening to speakers, while wearing headphones... well is that the way to do it? I don't like wearing headphones even when I'm not listening to speakers. But maybe that's just me.

Yup, bass is enough for smaller room (or transmission) and tweeter need more energy to cope with two midbass driver (emt or horn) generally rather good pair of spk 😉👏

Soooo these speakers were positioned like 12 feet out into the room?? And the bass is supposed to be full and impactful from this monitor??! Hummmm…

I suggest you should write "I TRY to be fair and balanced" while receiving money from them. Succeeding in balancing the two is... hard to say the least. But I can easily understand that you AIM to do it.

Why are you listening to speakers while wearing headphones?

These are a speaker that will fall over very easy just look at the base, can you say top heavy boys and girls !!!

Wonder what it would b like if one used a butt kicker.

I have vintage Paradigm bookshelves, that do exactly what they claim and that is the cut off below 40hz. These speakers sound like they dip much further then 40. I would say probably around 30 and even then you wouldn't need a big sub for fill, just something that adds a little depth below that 30hz line. They do sound great, a little weird with some instruments definitely, but then again they are bookshelf speakers.

A little disappointed with this review. Did you happen to look at css base module add on? Would have solved your base concerns.

I don't understand the point of recording the speaker with a mic on front of each.... no one would ever be able to listen to them that way... it's just two mono recordings merged into an impossible stereo sound

After trying a pair of these, my impression is that they just lack life. They are OK but pretty boring to listen to and get tiring very quickly.

No bass? Probably cause their 167 feet out into the room!