Well, I did not say all bookshelf speaker are better. Well-know companies have multiple line of products and sometime they offer you the all-in-1 solution. Why, it is off the shelves and convenient, and sometime made you think it is cheaper, even though they OEM-ed at 3rd-tier factory in China.

Tell me, do these well-known company made all around best speaker? If so, why should these company have a so-called reference line? Why dont they offer you a 5.1 with their reference line speaker?

We are pleased to inform you that the XLS Encore can be auditioned and purchased at

Acoustique System
Address: Lot 1.12, 1st floor Amcorp Mall, 18 Persiaran Barat Off Jalan Timur, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Contact: 012-3393738 (mobile) [SMS, WeChat, WhatsApp] 03-79543248(Tel/Fax) Email: cnlimacoustique@gmail.com

Will very special price for West Malaysian, RM1290.

Please and also remember to bring your favorite CDs.

It is all depend on what are you looking for.

If you were looking for louder sound than your TV, those combo may serve you well.

If you were looking for a sound system to indulge yourself into your favorite artists performance, and want to experience the crisp sound but not making you fatigue after a number of hours of listening, try XLS + XCS Encore. You will not be dissappointed.

Not consider an expansion, I just did it due to a suggestion from a forumer. I try to make the speaker a competitive ones. Go and blast it out.

The encore give you ample bass provided if you have space for it to breath. Pls dont expect to produce 20hz bass lah.

You need at least 1 foot clearance from the wall. The best listening distance is around 1.5-4.0 from the speaker, toe in.

Although Encore has really good off-axis response, the best placement is still triangle toe-in. you can place the Encore to both side of the TV and make sure the tweeter level is the same at your listening level when you on the seat.



This post has been edited by fx20: Jan 6 2015, 02:14 PM

At the moment, only ash black/matte black. Other finishes you need to add in at least RM300. I got a limited piano black/white. If you want, I can spare 1 pair for you.

Friend, we are very transparent on price, no hidden cost. We don't do interconnects. If you want a good value ones, I strongly recommend you


www.monoprice.com.

This post has been edited by fx20: Jan 7 2015, 12:37 PM

Any good speaker cable will do the job. Make sure you get at least 14awg, high purity copper cable. If possible, get the highest number of strands and get the one which has the silicone in the middle.

Hi there, first, we would like to thank you for your interest in our products.

Secondly, we apologize for the disappointment you had have. Since last December, we worked out with Acoustuque System to minimize the shipping cost only for XLS Encore. However, we have not concluded anything on X-CS at the moment and I will try my best here to make it happened.

Thanks.

Another XLS Encore Review from a pal at Audio Circle who paired this great speaker with First Watt amp.

https://www.newrecordday.com/first-watt-f6-power-amplifier/


The video is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdw7esZBbXE

This post has been edited by fx20: Apr 27 2015, 12:57 PM

Another owner from Audio Circle,


"In anticipation of adding ceiling mounted surround speakers when I add a Dolby Atmos/DTS X enabled processor to my home theater, I had Ruben of Out of the Woods build 4 GR Research XLS Encore speakers. Originally, I ordered the kits, including no-rez and tube connectors from Danny, and planned to build them myself. After some 'false starts', I realized that they were not going to turn out satisfactorily if I built them, so I had Ruben build them in satin black. Of course, he did an excellent job, and I'm much happier with the results compared to what I could have done myself. Plus he is near me. So after receiving them, I swapped them in place of my LS9s, temporarily mounted on cardboard boxes at approximate ear height. I guess my initial reaction was total shock in how good these 'little' XLS speakers sound!"

You want the XCS bundle?

There are a few customers bought XCS recently and they told me there are not many sealed 6.5" MTM around (especially center speaker), and the XCS is by far worth its value with is superb acoustics.

I ve never thought about this before as most of the customers bought a pair for LR.

Not being poisonous, just share what I have discovered though.

Besides shipping, you can visit Grand Canyon and bring them alone while fly back.

Those speaker's quality are on par with the speaker you found in "HT in a box". It is a good value speaker if you just want something louder than your TV.
If you are really serious into this hobby, I suggest you to look in audiophile grade ones which can prove too last much longer with pleasant experience.

We have never compared to M200 on par. But we did compare to kef q300, monitor audio's, usher 520, and you will never regret with Danny's XLS encore.

This post has been edited by fx20: Oct 12 2015, 09:37 PM

You can use Encore as desktop speaker if you have big table, but I think it is kind of bulky as these speaker is not small. As these speeker is rear ported, so you need at least 1 feet clearance to the wall so the the bass is not boomy.

With preamp, you definitely need an power amp to drive the speaker. But you can get a TP60 which sound really good with the speaker.

Some updates.

XLS Encore vs Usher S-520

I am glad you like the setup, it is indeed of the best speaker I ever owned. The XLS Encore really performs beyond price and brand, yet it is so affordable that some still doubt about it, hahaha.

Good dac does make differences, but very minor when compared to speaker. Usually, you only deal with it when you have complete setup.

The order of equaipment that govern you listening experience is

speaker>room treatment>speaker placement>amp>preamp>dac>cable,

giving the same high quality of source.