Description
It took quite some development time and effort to find the best possible upgrade for LX521s upper midrange driver.
LINKWITZ L10neo is a physical drop-in upgrade.
You just tame the speaker line by a 3.3Ohms resistor to cope with its stronger motor. Or lower the gain of HiMid DSP output channel by 4,5dB. Either one (not both!)
Panel cutout, mounting screws and voice coil terminals are identical, making the upgrade easy for the end-user to perform.
The distortion is much lower now, measurements TBA.
LINKWITZ L10neo provides:
- greater accuracy
- improved clarity, especially in the human voice range
Beyond voices from AXPONA/Chicago and from HIGHEND/Vienna, there is more feedback from early adopters:
Hi Frank
I have the necessity to write you again regarding the L10neo after a lot of more extensive listening sessions and deep evaluations from my part. This is because every time I listen to it the more I’m impressed.
This driver is absolutely unbelievable! Craziest thing! It’s the most astonishing improvement of the LX521 I have ever heard. It’s much more than what I could even dream. The level of detail, silkiness, dynamics, clarity, instrumental separation and laser-like focalization of the virtual images are mind blowing, surpassing by far the old driver, leaving it easily in the dust, even both SS 10F/8424 and 10F/8414.
It’s achieved a new and redefined parading for me. Now it’s in another league apart. The most striking sound I have ever listened in my life, period.
I’ve never had any doubt that the upper mid driver was the brain of the system, but with the L10neo this brain has reached a plateau of completeness and perfection that put the system alone at the top of the toppest.
This is not a mere LX521 upgrade or update, this is much more than that. Wow! I wish SL could have listened to this. He would smile totally pleased, proud of your work. He was absolutely right to choose you as the one to continue his legacy.
Best regards and what a wonderful job you have done!
Juan
—More to come, stay tuned
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