My Xls Have Arrived At Last Woohoo!

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OK finally after 10 weeks I now have my pair of XLS10's. These are in a sealed cabinet of 20 litres EQ'd to a -3 at 35hz. at about 8db per octave. They dont run out of excursion full stop they go LOUD with 30hz sine waves, the room rattles before the speakers bass deteriorates as you go beyond xmax.

As you may know im replacing a pair of 850146's with the XLS mainly to reduce cabinet depth. I used the same cabinets but just shortened them from 66cm to 36cm and enlarged the cut out as the XLS has a bigger basket by about 2cm in diameter.

They sound better then the 850146's, the bass is cleaner and more well defined. As the harmonic distortion into the mids is lower the mids sound clearer too. This is one impressive driver.

XLS10 + W15cy + SS d2905/97 = one low distortion speaker and it sounds it too.

xovers are at 150hz and 2k, active obviously 200watts to the XLS and 80 to the rest.

[mikee12345]

Everyone who buys the xls series of woofers are pleased with the sound quality!

Id use it on a horn if it modeled well :P

Cheers!

[5th element]

A horn for me would defeat my/the object of a smaller box!

I cant see what there is not to like about the XLS
they go deap
they can handle lots of power
large excursion
low distorsion
I think they look good
they only need a small box so high WAF
they also sound good

[michael]

Nice work, i bet they sound amazing.
I have a single 850146 so i know where you are coming from, it runs out of grunt quickly (and i have it ported)
I am looking to replace it, im thinking either the Shiva or a PR 12" XLS.
im glad to hear another who likes them as it is nice and encouraging

[5th element]

My 146's never seemed to run out of grunt but i listen to music mainly so HT explosions are not really an issue. Plus my room is not too large and I had two 146's which should make a difference. Yes I would recommend the XLS range to anyone else out there who wants to use them. Destiny's child bootylicious has an absolutely KILLER bass line to reproduce which the XLS take in their stride, the 146's could do it but not with as much ease. Its the same with Lauryn Hills do wop that thing another killer bass track to produce same story.

If you find one 146 runs out of welly then I would go for a 12'' XLS just to be on the safe side, or if money permits stereo subs.

I was adjusting the cabinets for the XLS before I even got them and I removed the 146 and thought they looked pretty good and robust etc. Then I got the XLS, the 146 looks puny in comparison.

Yes it does sound amazing.

[tiroth]

What about a design like the North Creek Thunder, 12" XLS and 12" PR? Not a tiny box, but should have impressive extension for its size.

Better than a 15"?

[DaHos]

VERY nice !!!
But........
Is this setup Passive/active or full active?

"xovers are at 150hz and 2k, active obviously 200watts to the XLS and 80 to the rest."

I have been looking at a similar set up Im just still unsure on how to mate the mid/tweet with the subs. Mains ran by a 100x2 adcom, subs would be using an aditional 100x2(mono), could I just go passive on the sub also with no plate amp not quite sure on the x-over set up. ??????