Thanks for your response Bob. Scale and that ultimate effortlessness is _exactly_ what I'm after.
You raise a good point about the bass differences. In fact, its the one area that most concerns me about moving to the Refs.
The Midi's have an incredibly tight, articulate, yet low bass. I am concerned the bigger woofer on the Reference might not be as tight or articulate (though they'd probably go significantly lower considering the increased cabinet volume, albeit not so in the spec sheets).
You're probably right about the room having a bigger impact on the overall sound than anything else. With the Midi's I do currently enjoy a surprisingly flat frequency response from around 25Hz all the way to around 10kHz (where I start seeing a gentle roll off).
Outside of a potentially slightly more bloated bass with the Reference though, I don't think I'll see too much of a difference with respect to in-room frequency response considering both the ceramic mid-range and the diamond tweeter drivers are identical between the Midi and the Reference.
You raise a good point about the bass differences. In fact, its the one area that most concerns me about moving to the Refs.
The Midi's have an incredibly tight, articulate, yet low bass. I am concerned the bigger woofer on the Reference might not be as tight or articulate (though they'd probably go significantly lower considering the increased cabinet volume, albeit not so in the spec sheets).
You're probably right about the room having a bigger impact on the overall sound than anything else. With the Midi's I do currently enjoy a surprisingly flat frequency response from around 25Hz all the way to around 10kHz (where I start seeing a gentle roll off).
Outside of a potentially slightly more bloated bass with the Reference though, I don't think I'll see too much of a difference with respect to in-room frequency response considering both the ceramic mid-range and the diamond tweeter drivers are identical between the Midi and the Reference.