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Wilson Alexandria X2s in small room

I'm thinking of getting a pair of Wilson Alexandria X-2s. I'm wondering how they will sound in my 13.5 x 22 x 7 foot listening room. I've talked with Wilson and they thought they'ed work. Some dealers I've talked with are not as positive, thinking they will overpower my room. My room has been acoustically treated with Auralex LNRD bass traps in all four corners. I also use diffusors and 6 Room Lens to tune my room which features a pair of Revel Salons and a pair of Revel Sub 30 subwoofers. I figure my current system has about the same radiating area as the Wilsons. A friend has Legacy Focus 20/20s which generate large amounts of bass also, and he's used them successfully in small rooms with tweeks. Will I need to use a unit like the Rives PARC to get the best from these speakers? Or will they fit in with the usual amount of setup care that my Salons took?
Any opinions or educated guesses?
Thanks,
Steve
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audiooracle
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As per the last post, active sub woofers are much more tunable to work in a room than a lone pair of X2 where you can not easily control room boundary and tune out bass nulls.

If you want to get amazing sound but for mucho less denaro find a pair of Dali Megalines. My friend Clemment Perry of Stereotimes uses them with dual subs in a small room and they sound incredible. Clemment also uses a Tact for room correction.

If you have your heart set on the X2 consider a Tact and you might be able to tune the system to work with this size room.

I do believe in the comments made by the gentleman that sold his Maxxs, but even in a small room anything is possible if you work hard enough on it.
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sgr OP
689 posts
 
Raquel,
As for the design of my room, I built it myself, (it was still expensive)and other then having to cope with the size of the basement, it was built with plans outlined by the Acoustic Science Corporation for their Iso-Room system. As for the equipment drivng the speakers, the equipment is 95% Levinson Reference.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Oracle, or course, sells Dali so that recommendation must be taken accordingly.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
The Megaline's sound pretty darn good but not at retail price...now used price they are worth it for $15-$25K but almost $50000??? They are great but too expensive for a stack of smaller units but they sure are beautiful aswell, and they throw huge clean sound that many would be wowed by. I think it is odd that so many are saying the Wilson is too large in this room and you get a guy wanting to throw a speaker suggestion that SGR's ceiling may be too low for, infact if his room is 7ft tall the Dali is atleast 7ft and from what I saw even bigger isnt it? My neck has been fused for years so I cant move it but I know they were tall as hell when I was up close to them.
enricovesce
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As Audiofeil already said Audiooracle sells Dali... you do the math.
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