Thank you for sharing. Using subs adds a lot of flexibility to tuning the system to the room. I also experimented with speaker/sub placement. I like the Thiel's well away from the back wall to create a deep and wide soundstage but that does lean out the bass a bit. So the subs ended up close to the back wall and toed in just a bit. I wouldn't think that toeing in subs would matter but it seems to help. The bass is very satisfactory, very good now in my system. I happened to take a CD by Stanley Clark titled East River Drive, with me last summer when auditioning the Alexia's. I played the first track and I could hear the skin of the bass drums on the Alexia's. The Alexia's bass is very fast and crisp. That sound was very apparent. I now have my system to the point that playing this same track sounds really close to that of the Alexia's but I listen for the skin of the bass drums and that detail it is almost there but not as obvious. This is the difference that I'm talking about. And that difference could be due to the D'Augustino amps driving the Alexia's vs. my Pass Labs Amps at home- or the DCS DAC at the store vs my Ayon DAC or a hundred other things. Think of the bitter disappointment were I to bring the Alexia's home just to learn that I need different amps. This is the thing about Thiel speakers. It will be very expensive to find a speaker that can surpass the Thiels in every way. And then I heard the new Vandersteen Model 7 XTRM speakers in August. They sound better to me than the Alexia's...
