Building a pair of Linkwitz Orion v.3.x.x speakers kept me busy all through April this year. I had bought parts all the way back in 2007. Talk about procrastination!
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My experience with these speakers (version "+" w/ Linkwitz supplied electronic xover) has gone something like this:
1) excitement & relief at finally completing the damn things & hearing them at last!
2) delight at the big sound, obviously broad bandwidth, and great dynamics -- combined with dismay at an oddly "horny" midband (vocals, etc), heavy midbass
3) extended fine-tuning with positioning & active crossover driver levels resulting in much better tonal balance -- but still feeling the need to tweak JRiver EQ controls to compensate for better/worse recordings (especially the worse ones as the speakers seemed mercilessly revealing)
4) room acoustics compensation applied with software & multiple freq response tests at seated position with lab quality mic & associated gear...
5) ...resulting now in just about the best canned music I've heard in 40+ years of high end hifi experience. Extremely transparent, tonally accurate, very dynamic, not just a window to the music but an open garage door. I rarely feel the need to adjust tonal balance for bad or odd recordings now.