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MEASUREMENTS

measured the Estelon XB Diamond Mk II in Jim Austin’s listening room. I used DRA Labs’ MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone to measure the farfield frequency response and an Earthworks QTC40 microphone for the nearfield and in-room responses. As the Estelon speaker weighs 150lb, I wasn’t able to lift it off the floor to raise the measurement axis sufficiently high to move the early reflections back in time. (The tweeter is 36" from the floor.) Instead, I used a small jack that Wilson Audio Specialties had loaned JCA for his December 2021 review of the Alexx V loudspeaker; still, the presence of reflections (see later) meant that

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