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@tomthiel, I find your plan to have “outriggers “ also act as a place holder for outboard cross-overs both clever and compelling. I look forward to design completion and availability.

Unsound - outboarding the XO produces significant improvement itself, plus it allows component orientation options independent of the field effects of the drivers, and larger capacitors. All good. Later Thiel speakers often had the XO in the bottom of the cabinet, which is a big improvement over placement directly behind the woofer, but doesn't address microphonic degrade from the vibratory environment or thermal management inside the sealed enclosure.

I have made and some of you have tested a stand-alone cube in placed behind the speaker. It works nicely, but raises issues of placement and cabling that disqualify it as a first-choice solution. The SCS series is a special case. It and all other stand mount monitors benefit from a stand that incorporates a suspension system and houses the crossover. That's the Renaissance Monitor Stand.

For floor-standers, we need a simpler solution that does the same things well. Our speakers target ear height is 3'. That standard is often hard to attain. I am allowing up to 1 meter target height, since down-tilt can accomplish the trig for proper signal integration. We have created an underslung crossover housing using that extra headroom. That cavity houses the XO in still air with ventilation potential, without the need for XO - enclosure umbilcals for each driver. All good.

@tomthiel, I might be a bit concerned about using tilt down. First from a balance perspective, might be precarious around toddlers and pets. And then there might be a concern with floor sound bounce and perhaps over emphasis of sonic boundary reinforcement?

unsound - agreed to these concerns. We are talking about perhaps a degree or so in a speaker that is already back-heavy and also has adjustabliity in the legs to extend them farther out in front if necessary. Thank you as always for your thoughts.