TMoney Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 After years of seeing Siegfried Linkwitz and his awesome creations at burning amp I'm seriously considering setting up a LXmini + 2 setup for my small apartment. http://linkwitzlab.com/LXmini/LXmini+2.htm The prices on both the kits and the pre-built models seem pretty reasonable. SL seems very bright, plus he is a local here in Marin County. I'm thinking of asking him if I can come by his house and have a listen. Does anyone here have any experience with Linkwitz's stuff? Any advice would be much appreciated! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspirou Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 An LXMini system has been on my list for awhile. Recently Nelson Pass made an ASP for it which should be available on diyaudio eventually. If you do get around to auditioning this ask Linkwitz if you can hear the ASP version to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, cspirou said: An LXMini system has been on my list for awhile. Recently Nelson Pass made an ASP for it which should be available on diyaudio eventually. If you do get around to auditioning this ask Linkwitz if you can hear the ASP version to compare. For sure, CSP. One of the sellers of pre-built LXminis sells a 6-way amp with the Pass ASP built in that I'd strongly consider picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Absolutely - I have a pair of LX521, which I am about to upgrade to LX521.4 . His speaker designs are absolutely awesome. They simply disappear acoustically. The LX-mini is much more forgiving of room layout, since it is a monopole and not a dipole. Someone I know has the LX-mini, and came across and we did a shoot out between them and the LX521. The only significant difference was the relative lack of bass on the -mini, which is overcome when paired with the subs. They also sounded more "forward" as compared with the LX521. But still pulled off the disappearing trick. And they are a whole lot cheaper to build than the LX521 by a very long margin. Nelson Pass has done a discrete FET analog crossover for the -mini (see SL's site), circuit boards for this are apparently going to be made available on diyAudio. SL is apparently very happy to let people come over and listen - and since you are local, why not get in touch with him? LX521's in my listening room Edited January 30, 2018 by Craig Sawyers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Thanks for the advice and recommendation, Craig. I'm going to email him later today. I just finished reading through the DIYA thread on them and it seems like a very solid solution for a small apartment. Also watched NP's and SL's 2017 burning amp presentations last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLA Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 +1 on the above. Have the LXminis and they really do disappear, and bass can be complemented with sub setup of choice. Stock config goes a long way though, depending on musical preferences. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 What a gentleman SL is! I went over to his house on my lunch break and had a listen with him. Very impressive! I think I have a hard buying decision ahead of me! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspirou Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) ASP is now available at the diyaudio store. Designed so you don't have to use exotic jfets. The entire kit with enclosure is $300. Edited December 24, 2018 by cspirou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) Designed by Nelson Pass in consultation with the late great Siegfried Linkwitz. Just spotted I already said that way up this thread Edited December 24, 2018 by Craig Sawyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspirou Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 10:11 AM, Craig Sawyers said: SL is apparently very happy to let people come over and listen - and since you are local, why not get in touch with him? BTW, even though Linkwitz has passed away you can still do this through his wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Do you mean the ACN (Analog Crossover Network)? That was the only thing even close that I found there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Do you mean the ACN (Analog Crossover Network)? That was the only thing even close that I found there...Yeah, it’s this one:http://www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_lxmini%20crossover.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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