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[Gyosa]

I have really been enjoying my time with these in our happy hour listening room.



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SVS subwoofer feet on them or something else ?
Gaia ?


Bk

[alkilpatrick1]

Yes, GAIA III feet.

[alkilpatrick1]

Yes, this is actually our formal living area but it is a visiting area for us and works great as a happy hour music listening area.

[99Problems]

I see mention of GAIA III feet, and I know that speaker isolation is a touchy subject. Curious if the ELX towers come with anything other than the "base" panel that appears to attach to the tower itself? Are people finding any significant improvement in sound using isolation feet (other than if the reason is for raising the tweeter height in your specific set up)? I really like the look of the Gaia feet, but wasn't sure if folks were hearing a difference (or if they are needed at all if Ascend is providing something in the box).

[Gyosa]

They come with small spikes .
Only reason I’m using the SVS feet is because they’re on glossy hardwood floors.

Bk

[davef]

I see mention of GAIA III feet, and I know that speaker isolation is a touchy subject. Curious if the ELX towers come with anything other than the "base" panel that appears to attach to the tower itself? Are people finding any significant improvement in sound using isolation feet (other than if the reason is for raising the tweeter height in your specific set up)? I really like the look of the Gaia feet, but wasn't sure if folks were hearing a difference (or if they are needed at all if Ascend is providing something in the box).

Our Towers (V2 and ELX) come with spiked feet that are at your option to use.

hope this helps!

[James]

I see mention of GAIA III feet, and I know that speaker isolation is a touchy subject. Curious if the ELX towers come with anything other than the "base" panel that appears to attach to the tower itself? Are people finding any significant improvement in sound using isolation feet (other than if the reason is for raising the tweeter height in your specific set up)? I really like the look of the Gaia feet, but wasn't sure if folks were hearing a difference (or if they are needed at all if Ascend is providing something in the box).

We have the original Towers with NrT tweeters, and used them with the supplied bases and spikes for a number of years. One of the most surprising improvements we made to our system was to remove the bases/spikes and replace them with furniture glides. It brought the tweeters down a little bit, but made much more of a difference than you'd expect from that change. There's some evidence that isolating speakers is better than coupling them to the floor:

Speaker Spikes and Cones – What’s the point?


We used Shepherd's Hardware threaded glides:

1-1/4-Inch Threaded Stem Furniture Glides, 1/4-Inch Stem Diameter, Metal Base with Rubber Cushion, 4-Pack – Shepherd Hardware

If you have carpeted floors or really hard floors like concrete, this might not work well. We have an older house with older wood floors.

[luvchampagne]

Hi
First time poster and fan of Ascend.

I've heard the ELX and was very impressed. I wonder if anyone has tried to "stack" a Sierra 2 EX V2 on top of a Sierra ELX Tower and run them concurrently as one speaker.

I ask because I'm currently doing that with my Aerial Acoustics 8. To get more of the midrange and highs at less than reference volume, I stack my M&K S1-C on top of the Aerial Acoustic 8.
Plenty of power on both - 600+wpc from bridged Mcintosh MC7270 on the Aerial Acoustics 8, and 500+wpc on the M&K S1-C.

Seems to deliver that extra ooomph in the mid-range and tweeter and lower volumes.
I can do this because Krell Pre-amp has dual pre-outs. I stack them to minimize phase or any other delays.

I get the effect of many types of post-200ish 2 part speakers - with additional tweeters and midrange above the main body.

Thoughts?

[zeeke42]

Why not just set a custom EQ curve to get the frequency response you want? Doing this in Dirac Live is really easy if you use the PC software.

[luvchampagne]

wish it was that easy. It is not. It is about the # of drivers, the # of wpc, and lots of other things that DIRAC, MEN, Room Perfect, Lyngdorf do not solve. I can adjust EQ all day and not solve that.

Can you?