You’ve Heard His Work—Now Hear His Verdict on LX521

Barry has spent a lifetime fine-tuning the tiniest sonic details. He doesn’t just hear music—he lives inside it. And through his work at Soundkeeperrecordings.com, he’s made it his mission to capture audio with breathtaking fidelity.

So when Barry shares his impressions of the LINKWITZ LX521.4MG, it’s more than just praise—it’s proof. Because when a true golden ear listens, the verdict speaks volumes:

” One of the coolest experiences I had during the visit to AXPONA this year, aside from being invited to talk about recording in stereo, was getting my first listen to Siegfried Linkwitz’ ultimate loudspeaker design, the LX521.

 

..at AXPONA I was blown away by the imaging and dynamic capabilities of this design — and that was under show conditions. Anyone who has been to one of these shows knows what I mean. The rooms are just not the same as a nice room at home, much less a dedicated, treated listening space.

 

Now, I have a pair of LX521s in my own listening room and the performance is up a good notch from my first experience with them. Not only is the sound staging expansive—well beyond my room dimensions on recordings that contain that sort of information—but the images upon the soundstage are more solid, more “there.” I’m hearing multiple layers of depth on well-recorded material. The sound is free from the confines of the speakers, as it should be and is with the best stereo playback.

 

Dynamics and fine detail are two other areas where the LX521s got my attention. Macrodynamics on orchestral climaxes, as well as subtler microdynamics, like the hammers striking the strings on a softly played piano, are rendered cleanly, and on larger pieces of music sometimes shockingly. There’s definitely something special going on here.

 

I’m in the process of creating the newest addition to the Soundkeeper Recordings catalog and have been more than pleased to hear how the LX521s render what we captured. I’m hearing the space of the recording venue recreated in my own listening room/studio, and it brings a smile to hear that space, which is considerably larger than my listening room, recreated here.

 

Where so many loudspeaker designs tend to announce themselves (and this is fine if one seeks the kind of “color” they apply to everything), I tend to gravitate toward those designs that, as I put it, “get out of the way” and let me hear the recording. Not only do I need this for my recording, editing, and mastering work, it is my preference for pleasure listening as well. The LX521s get out of the way….

Happy Listening!
Barry