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Reference Series High Performance Three-way Floorstanding Loudspeakers

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Product Review (submitted on March 30, 2017):

Ordered my pair of Fluance xl7f speakers on Sunday,March the 26th and received them today,Wednesday,March the 29th.Took a vacation day from work just to make sure I was home when the speakers arrived.Thank you Fluance for the double box and ample packing material as the boxes arrived in less than good shape.There was a gash on one box about half way down the box on the corner that penetrated both boxes exposing the white packing foam Inside,but there was no Impact to the speaker Inside,again,thank you for the great packing job.Bi-wired the xl7f's to my Outlaw rr2150 receiver with 14 awg knukonceptz wire with nakamichi wave plugs(nice fit)Powered up the receiver and chose to play every song I have on my Ipod 5th gen video from the Police,which comes to almost 2hrs of music and now I'm listening to Peter Gabriel(love the wolfson dac in the Ipod)My first Impression of the xl7f's was very good,given the break in period.At first the highs seemed recessed and the mids and bass sounded tight and dry.After 3hrs with the volume control between the 10:30-11:00 position the highs have really opened up and become more forward.The bass and mids have definitely become more natural sounding,and this is just 3hrs into the 10hr break in period.I have always had the dilemma in choosing between new speakers and vintage speakers based on the sound I was looking for.Newer speakers always left me wanting more.I love vintage speakers,but with vintage comes repairs to make them sound as they should,which I didn't mind when I was younger.The xl7f's have not only solved my speaker problems,but has done It with a big smile on my face.Thank you Fluance,I will be watching your future products.

Dennis