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Planned to upgrade to DeVore Gibbon X, but concerned about comment of base leanness

was going to pull the trigger on an upgrade from Gibbon Nines to the Gibbon X.  I like the Nines and believe the X will give me a little more of  everything I like about the Nines, especially a much fuller and deeper sound.  I then read the review in the Stereophile Recommended Components 2019 "He also noted that "the midrange driver and woofers are out of phase in the region where their outputs overlap," which might explain the impression of leanness".  I am concerned about the impression of bass leanness. 

Anyone listen to Gibbon X and if so your thought on bass leanness, or overall impression?

Auditioning is a real pain as it will take a whole day and due to a current medical condition traveling can be a real pain.  I may just end up taking a day trip and spending the night in a hotel.  If there is bass leanness that is a deal breaker.... 



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Actually, the Gibbon X is quite a bass heavy speaker.  Read for instance the review at parttimeaudiophile.

I auditioned the Gibbon X in what was a pretty generous sized space and found the bass region very deep but unfortunately over-bearing.  Just too much.  Wheres in the same space the O/96 speakers sounded rich but pretty well controlled in the bass.   The Gibbon X's bass response left me with the impression it would be one of the trickier speakers to integrate in to a room (especially one that wasn't large).

The mids and soundstaging were very nice though.  Clear and warm-toned, with I think a bit of that upper bass/lower mid leaness.
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