IXO for SBLs

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Is there a difference between the olive IXO and later DR IXO? I’ll be using it with my SBLs wirh later tweeters.

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What is a DM IXO? Your profile says you have a SNAXO, so why might you want an IXO?

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Sorry I meant DR IXO. Yes I have a SNAXO but the gain knobs on the back of the IXO are intriguing. How would IXO sound compare to SNAXO? Might it be a bit brighter and offer more control?

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I found the IXO a very poor substitute. Or rather, when I bought a SNAXO suddenly active made a lot more sense. This was on Credos at the time. I had sold the IXO when I bought SBLs

Bruce

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I’ve never heard of a DR IXO either. What is it? There was only ever an olive IXO, which was never as good as a Snaxo.

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IXO was primarily for Credos. Was it worth it? Yes, that’s why IMHO they scrapped it. Giving out too much… in terms of cost…

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The IXO can be surprising, but ultimately a SNAXO shows it a clean pair of heels in all respects bar the extra cost.

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Thanks all. Wanting to get higher highs I find myself perhaps over pushing the pots inside the snaxo. I thought maybe the IXO with tear controls might be good alternative.

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Maybe you should look at other solutions within your system, sorry to say? The IXO will not solve your problem or preferrences…

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Maybe you have age related high frequency hearing impairment. It may be worth having a hearing test. For quite a while I wondered if my SL2 tweeters were working.

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If the treble performance is poor are your SBL tweeters in need of refreshing?

I understand the SNAXO pots are very sensitive and it might be wise to adjust very small increments. Never touched mine.

Bruce

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The Snaxo sounds better without the box,the sound opens up and you have also easy access to the pots.

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Thanks for all your thoughtful comments. Great minds think alike. I usually run the SNAXO without the box and also think there might be a sonic improvement - even if only psychological. As for the age of the tweeters, I recently purchased a pair of Scan Speak D2010/852100 tweeters but have not yet installed them. I thought one of my tweeters went bad but it turned out to be loose speaker wire NAC A5 solder. I fixed the connection and they seem to be okay. I’m somewhat hesitant to put them in b/c I understand I’ll need to carve out holes for the connections and drill extra holes for the mounting screws. Has anyone here tried the D2010/852100 in SBLs?

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