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Originally Posted by BuffaloBill
Representative of the McIntosh XR50, placing a bass driver in a small light-weight cabinet box with a sensitivity rating of only 81db is going to result in all kinds of sonic problems. To reach a desired listening level more power will be needed to cause the necessary pistonic movement (excursion) of the diaphragm. This will create much back pressure inside the cabinet some of which will bleed back through the diaphram adversely affecting transient response and resulting in intermodulation distortion, not to mention basket frame vibration and cabinet wall resonances. To each his own.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0Oipr4Kfs
Nobody who has heard the XR50's, and I've spoken to many, including two dealers that could have sold me any of a half dozen other brands, has said they're anything but amazing for their size..