This room will be tough to beat - Linkwitz - Pacific Audio Fest 2022

[@ronlevine8873]

Sig Linkwitz introduced the LX521 in 2012, and it is still the best 11 years later! That's what comes from fundamentally good design.

[@ericbrown5744]

Those are gorgeous little things! Thanks for sharing.

[@Bbuguy]

truly fabulous!!

[@mnobrega64]

True! Exceptional pair of speaker!

[@budgethometheaterandhifi]

My favorite room from Axpona. Stunning sounding speakers.

[@fabieneldridge3414]

I really would love to hear them in person !

[@rothgartheviking858]

What speakers. I just hear the band. Wow!.

[@kirmussaudio7578]

If they sound great on KZbin, would love to hear them in person... thanks for sharing this room with us Jason!

[@sc0or]

All audiophile music sounds great on KZbin, because it contains few instruments playing in different frequency ranges. This particular loudspeaker makes some boxy sound despite it's baflleless. It overloads my head with some 100Hz. Mid range tonal balance is shifted to highs. Some attempt to create "an expensive sound" is obvious.

[@badgermike1231]

Love em

[@2sc458]

Siegfried really pushed speaker technology far ahead. R.I.P, sir

[@SuperAudionut]

I’ve known these for years. This latest version is the best. Still the best I heard today. The kit is crazy good deal under $4k

[@jeffkalina7727]

That Chesky shaker track is a demo I love! This was one of the 4 best sounding rooms I visited. The $40k Field Coil speakers were interetsing. Jeff Josephs Pulsars sounded better than ever. My true love is the Aavik/Borresen Room and the $70k 200wpc Class A amp with the 01s is the cat's pajamas for me. They were thrilled by Fremer's acetate LP he played . Damn I missed that!

[@Phloored]

Totally different beasts, but i love these and the Songer audio speakers.

[@labalo5]

Jeez I’ll be up in Seattle too but only for the day as I’ll be traveling up to Vancouver. Man I lm always so close to these hifi shows but they keep escaping me haha. But yah man, I would love to just get back into the seas drivers again. My ultimate fav especially in OB.

[@MrAkaroc]

I've never heard of this brand before. They look like they could be a DIY project found in a garage sale but holy crap. These sound absolutely stunning! Possibly my favorite speakers you've posted so far from the PAF 2022. Would love to hear these in person. Thank you for sharing.

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Yeah.. Looks are deceiving. Almost all speakers use a linkwitz crossover, so there aren't many people more qualified to make speakers... But the looks are definitely polarizing and don't have the glitz of others.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"They look like they could be a DIY project " - you can get plans and kits on their website.

[@unicornslayer6963]

It is a DIY design/kit. Designed by Siegfried Linkwitz. Check out Linkwitz Lab.

[@flemingcourt]

If you have never heard of LINKWITZ you have just arrived on Earth.

[@redleather100]

That sense of a band playing together like this, you just don’t get on cheap hifi , this is where my friends and family can’t grasp that no music is not just music . I could feel the bass in my headphones, was it felt in the room like that? Thanks for the vid your a nice humble person .

[@mikerodriguez5868]

Pass and linkwitz were tight. It would make sense that there would be pass gear in there. Very neat

[@fuga9]

It’s a interesting speaker’s design brillant

[@bigjay1970]

Wow! Heck my JBL 590's with dual JBL subs sound terrific. Set up properly like a good OCD man should!🤔🤫🤭😉😇 A lott is in the room and setup.😬 Like wealth, someone will always seem to have even more! 🤔🤫🤑 Great recording skills on Jason' end!🤪

[@iLLumenaughty_9]

THOSE TWITTERS ARENT BRIGHT LIKE BERYLLIUM ONES WOW N THAT SPEED ON THE BASS

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Yeah. I didn't hear drivers shouting at me...I just heard music so it was a great combination of high quality drivers and crossover to make them speak as one.

[@koblongata]

So lively, sound more live than some of the live recordings on the internet these days lol

[@stevenoconnor5693]

Nice

[@Phloored]

Yup definitely end game speakers for me. Any restrictions with regards to room size/placement? Are these using the hypex power amps?

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Yes... Check out my other video series I did on them in Houston that also included a comparison to the Kii. We went into more details than I could at a show.

[@bentleygt3716]

they look great and sound great. but would've been perfect if they could make the upper baffle portion a bit shorter. there must be at least 6 inches to get rid of. like dropping the lower and upper midrange and the twitter . shorten the base that holds the tower , then you'll have a more compact speaker. IMO of course.

[@toddclarke1580]

I believe that the best sounding speakers available need to have open baffle like these , or a additional rear driver to deliver the stunning depth needed to create Physical Space Instrument Reproduction.

[@AudiophileJunkie]

I don't think any system created more depth than these. Many people mentioned that was the biggest takeaway from this room.

[@RennieAsh]

Bose 901 lol

[@FirstLightAdv]

What woofers are they, doesn't look like the original LX521

[@jonkulesa9001]

Do you order from their website or that Houston dealer?

[@AudiophileJunkie]

I think you just order from the website unless you are local to Houston and want to demo them.

[@dimalebedev3193]

Tell me please, as I understand it, each speaker has its own amplifier? What 10 amps do you use? Two boxes use 5 amps each, what are those amps? Do they have one power supply or does each amplifier have its own? what kind of crossover is used? what building is he in? Thank you.

[@dimalebedev3193]

Tell me where you can see the photo inside the amplifiers if possible, it will be very interesting to see how they are arranged.

[@Alephkilo]

What speakers are these?

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Linkwitz LX 521. I have more detailed videos on them in the past too if you want to hear more about them... Including a comparison to the Kii.

[@markhusbands6132]

How many amplifiers per channel are these speakers using? Passive or electronic crossovers?

[@CarlVanDoren61]

5 class D amps in one box. Tuned by gains of each amp. One box per speaker. Two

[@markhusbands6132]

@@CarlVanDoren61 Thanks and an electronic crossover separately?

[@CarlVanDoren61]

@@markhusbands6132 No, crossovers are in the box. Speaker has no internal crossovers built in.

[@peblinks63]

can you hook up your own Dac/Preamp

[@Audiofreak71]

I know thats Ray Brown but I forget the song can I get some help ? Great video btw and thanks for the coverage. I had plans to be there but have to help my daughter move this weekend.

[@hermanvalentin7508]

The real blues

[@kenberg288]

That’s “the real blues” from the album The Ray Brown Trio - Live at the LOA Summer Wind

[@dmfdarkness]

The Real Blues (live)

[@Audiofreak71]

Got it Thanks 👍

[@shannonwilliams6623]

do they sound better then the gr research NX Extremes

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Check out my recent video on the Nxtremes

[@Nonsense62365]

Basis turntable

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Yes.. We didn't play it, but I may go back.

[@aleksandarstojceski3139]

Bass sounds like PA but low in dynamics at the same time.

[@AudiophileJunkie]

I'll have a video with the Jazz Variants track I featured in other videos this show and past shows. The bass is impressive and very dynamic. I just can't upload the video now because it also has the Beatles on it and KZbin blocked it. I have to wait until I get back home and can edit out the Beatles part of that video.

[@andrewgillis8572]

corny pentatonic blues licks = Diana Krall - Ahmad Jamal Trio would be the test of s system

[@cablebrain9691]

Good luck getting wifey to let you bring those things home.

[@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions]

Its a build your own speaker system.

[@ghostnoterboomboom9119]

Yep,so!?

[@kirmussaudio7578]

I wonder what other reviewers have noted...radical and disruptive...

[@OCDHIFiGuy]

Wow, really drawing a crowd, huh my Brotha ? Masks ? 😷 Holy no effing way Batman ! Again, I feel bad for exhibitors...

[@AudiophileJunkie]

The mask thing seems to be a Seattle thing. Back in Houston, there's nobody wearing them, but here it's more prevalent. Nobody forces it though.

[@johto]

sheeples will sheeple

[@RennieAsh]

According to one test, all you have to do is set up a pair of Behringer monitors to beat them

[@listeningto8371]

Some people aren't very good at tests.

[@BastardLikeAFox]

Finger review haha

[@neomancr]

They sound really thin almost like the treble and bass were suppressed.... Maybe the baffles should be larger?

[@KeithHeinrich]

Come on my good man, you are listening to something recorded on who knows what and played back on whatever you have connected to your youtube playback device. Lets not kid ourselves that what you are hearing is in anyway close to being in the room.

[@word2RG]

$25k no beryllium tweeter, too expensive?

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Don't make the mistake of buying speakers based on tweeters. Frankly, many people I know avoid speakers with Be tweeters, but it's more about integration either way. Remember also you're getting amplification for the price versus other speakers. Many Be tweeter speakers are multiple times the cost of these and you still have to buy amps....no Be tweeter speaker I know can be found with a panzerholz baffle either.

[@hom2fu]

lot of things to consider beside tweeter materials.

[@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions]

These are $2500 if you build them yourself

[@stevenkoski228]

No grills, no deal🙈.

[@Thereznap]

Plywood ??!!!!!!!!!. why plywood. for this price (for 27K u.s dollars) . it would be NICE/BETTER to have solid wood . am i right or right ???

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Panzerholz is much stronger. You need to research it more.

[@sc0or]

Beryllium cones are too expensive for them? Cmmon guys, from 20k they have enough profit for 100 cones. I can make the same x10 cheaper that will sound only x2 times worse. But for some reason many people need that 1% improvement even if nobody else hears it.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Ok. But overpriced a bit

[@AudiophileJunkie]

Compared to others, it's a relative bargain for the performance you get. Yes... It's still a ton of money for the majority of the population, but for endgame level sound, it could save people many thousands of dollars.

[@TheDistrict644]

@@AudiophileJunkie These are very nice.

[@fredfungalspore]

You must admit that the aesthetics of this speaker is slightly unpleasant to the eye .How Much please?

[@AudiophileJunkie]

It's a polarizing look, but it's all about performance.

[@truman4956]

More boring music

[@Andrewatnanz]

They never play good music at these shows....