Easier said than done. As per below.
I haven't finished the front baffle on them yet, they aren't fully done. But they already weigh more than I do, and I'm not strong enough to lift them already.
I had to install the drivers in-place, and haven't moved them since. They stand almost 6 feet tall, I didn't design the box to survive transportation. Yes my woodworking skills suck.
Filtering them at 80hz would completely cripple my speakers.
Car analogy: It would be like having a decent sports car but with a strict speed/acceleration limiter chip added.
I designed them to do be flat 15hz-20khz at THX Ultra2 SPL's as a 3-way with near-zero distortion.
It takes an entire day to wire up my system; something tells me that I don't think your guests would want to stand around waiting that long.
I had to disconnect and reconnect all of this just to bring my XSP-1 and Oppo 105 the last time I was at jbrown's. It took forever. At jbrowns, that was only 3 of these wires I brought!
The problem doesn't end there, you guys use speakon, I don't. Each speaker requires 12 conductors going to them.
All my wiring is in-wall (can't bring with me) = can't transport the speaker, not gonna work.
It would be easier for you guys to bring your stuff to my place than for me to move 60% of my system into your system.
Also, my crossover's are external and I haven't got around to building containers for them yet. Pretty hackish at the moment.
The SQ of the 228 was just fine, it was their dispersion/soundstage that I didn't like. Not sure if putting them behind a screen or double blinding fabric would change that characteristic or not; probably.
I'm not bragging about it. I heard what I heard. I'm not gonna lie and say I liked their dispersion characteristics.
They probably did have better mids, but I found their dispersion completely distracting (so maybe that's why I didn't notice their better mids ability?)
I haven't heard the 1099's yet though, so I can't say anything about those speakers yet.
I can't wait to fully complete my system so that you can hear what 20 subwoofers and 7 full range SEOS towers with 80,000watts sounds like!
Maybe you won't like it, I don't know...
I haven't finished it fully just yet, but it sounds good so far (to me).