Legacy Audio?

Thank you @SCAudiophile. Yes the rear corners of the room are open I have a back wall about 3.5 feet behind listening position with 12" deep diffusers, so 3 feet open at each the corners into a very large open space. (Basement dedicated room) I would not use a Wavelet, ust bi amp with my VAC Tube amp on top. Thank you for your response, you would know!
 
You are very welcome...even with Wavelet, my current room has quadratic diffusers on back wall for besr results a little over 3.5 ft from the back of my head. I also have 5 canvas art panels (no stuffing) on front wall for mild diffusion (better than raw drywall) and aesthetics:
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@SCAudiophile. NICE! Beautiful system. I have 3' x 8' wall mounted 12 inch deep diffusers on the wall 3.5 feet behind the listening position, I have 4 -7 inch thick side wall mounted bass absorbers air gapped 2 inches. (2 on each side wall) I have 2 front wall corner bass traps. I also have 2 30 inch by 45 inch sidewall absorbers for reflections oe on each side. I am also getting 2 -2' x 4' 6 inch deep Acoustic Diffuser for front wall behind the speakers to enhance soundstage. I keep my speakers about 6.5 feet into the room. I have some cheesy plastic ceiling diffusers in front of speakers. Rugs and fluffy chairs. The room should handle the Focus XD's I hope! Thank you for the advice.
 
Thank you....I believe it will handle them without issue. They like breathing room, so try for 2-3ft from back and side walls as a minimum IMHO. It's better to have an 8ft speaker center to center width and more breathing room than try much wider. However, your own tweaking and listening will show you the way.

Toe in: with Focus 20/20, HD, SE and Aeris many of us hobbyists have found that aiming the tweeter model section on a line that converges anywhere from 12 to 24" (depends on room) behind your head which gives both great center imaging and depth and ultra wide sound stage, great panning (when recording has it, etc...)

YMMV of course,...I would suggest downloading REW, plugging room dimensions into RoomSIM, and indicating 20 Hz for the bass extent for left and right (also try 18) and input your seating position to come up with an initial SWAG as to position options.

Here is the side of my room with the rest of my gear and a "cable shot" or two. On my Eso stack, I dropped the Audioquest Firebird 48 HDMI about a year ago and moved (for Eso ES-LINK data in the stack) to TUBULUS CONCENTUS HDMI which was a substantial upgrade.20220812_162831.jpg20220111_061818.jpg20220111_061908.jpg20211230_200232.jpg

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That's a beautiful system. Cost what I paid for my house, and then some, tho real estate was kinder in 96. Was there a specific synergy you hear with Esoteric and Legacy over other brands?
 
Thank you very much for the kind words.

One of the strengths of Legacy is that they sound damned good with a long list of amps and preamps, Solid State Class A or AB, ICEedge next generation digital, tube, and SET tube.

The combination of this generation of Esoteric seems perfect to me, and I've not found any limits.

The Legacy convey every bit of the excellence and range engineered into the Esoteric gear, and this combo is the most musical, wide musical (genre) range combination I have yet owned.

A couple of areas where the Esoteric's are both a musical and performance match for the Legacy (in this case VALOR) is that Bill
has always found a way to engineer absolutely full-range speakers with high efficiency that excel equally well in the nether regions
of sub-bass and bass while not compromising in midrange and treble range handling and beauty. The amps he uses internally are
also extremely fast and accurate for the bass, sub-bass. The Esoteric amps and pre-amp in particular pair with this combination very well
in that they are equally fast and accurate, rock solid grip (damping factor of 1000) and they have negligible amounts of THD
and excellent Signal to Noise performance. With Legacy's being highly efficient speakers (VALOR is 100.5 dB (2.83V@1m)),
and with their other attributes, they are unforgiving in that they will show any deficiencies amps and pre-amp combos.

This combinations comes off as having few if any weaknesses.

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Well good news today, my Legacy Audio Focus XD's are officially in the que, so now we wait.....and wait....and wait.:yahoo1:
 
Well today marks 12 weeks and counting for my Focus XD's...this wait is killing me. I think I will still have 5-6 weeks to go yet. I don't know why they are so behind. I got my order in ahead of AXPONA so as to not get mired in the show orders. Ah well my pre amp is in Sarasota, hopefully will be done this week. 5 weeks with no music sucks! I did find a dealer that will take my old speakers in trade for a Wavelet 2 so I will do that later this year. Might as well go all in!
 
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Wow. I thought my 10-week wait for my Ayre QX-5 Twenty DAC was excessive! It'll be worth it though. I bought my Focus SEs at the height of the pandemic, and somehow Legacy had stock back then.

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From what I understand, there has been a wait on parts from the EU and a long wait on anything from Bohmer for Wavelet v2 additional inventory. I have been waiting for a software revision for OMNIO processing for Valor for a long time now and I've just heard last week that it may be coming from Bohmer in the next week or two along with components eagerly anticipated.

Legacy had amassed large inventory quantities on many things and replenished along the way however, their order queue has been fully booked and then some for a long time now.

They are not alone....had someone I know place an order for a pair of Wilson Alexx V in the last week. His delivery date is projected as February 2024.

For speakers and components, many manufacturers are quoting 3, 4, 5, and 6 month lead times...

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I have been told Revel is running a final amount of Salon 2 and when gone the Salon 2 is gone. Sounds like they are the opposite, inventory to unload. Looked like special pricing as well.
 
That's great news for anyone who would prefer the sound and other attributes of that speaker.

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At 17 weeks and I got the notice that my Legacy Audio Focus XD's have shipped. I am also working on getting the Wavelet II next month, I just need to place my order when I send in my trade for it.
 
I know the wait must have been tough may it be worth it and exceed your expectations.

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At 17 weeks and I got the notice that my Legacy Audio Focus XD's have shipped. I am also working on getting the Wavelet II next month, I just need to place my order when I send in my trade for it.
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I have the Focus XD's up and breaking in. I ordered the Wavelet II today, not sure when that will arrive yet.XD2.jpeg
 

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