Krix's passive LX-7 soundbar

news “It's not a soundbar - it's a sound experience,“ claims South Australia's Krix of its new LX-7. In one key regard it does indeed diverage from soundbar norms, stripping out all the amps and processing to deliver a completely passive soundbar. So you bring your own amplifier, and since the LX-7 delivers three front channels, you'll need more than a stereo amplifier to drive it. The recommendation is to use the three LCR channels of an audio-visual receiver. You'll also need a subwoofer — “the LX-7 is intended to be combined with a Krix subwoofer(s) to accurately reproduce the lowest frequencies”, says the company. And with your AV receiver's remaining channels then going begging, you'll be wanting separate surround and/or height speakers as well; Krix can again oblige with…

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