u/guerph

Hey everyone,

I just had the unique opportunity to audit the 7-speaker, 9-speaker, and 15-speaker audio configurations back-to-back-to-back. Coming from a dedicated, highly resolving 50k home hifi system, I wanted to share a perspective that might run counter to the standard "more speakers equals better" narrative.

To my ears, the 9-speaker configuration is the absolute sweet spot of the lineup. Here is the breakdown:

The 7-Speaker Base: Frankly, it sounds incredibly thin. The soundstage is entirely collapsed, lacking any meaningful depth or height. Vocals feel starved of lower-mids, and instrument separation is smeared. It completely lacks the scale and dynamic headroom required to make acoustic or orchestral tracks feel alive.

The 15-Speaker Premium: While it certainly has energy, it quickly compromises acoustic accuracy due to a total lack of phase coherence across the spectrum. The crossover points feel poorly integrated, creating noticeable acoustic "holes." Instead of a seamless handoff between drivers, there is a prominent mid-bass hump where the woofers overlap aggressively with the sub-bass, causing a muddy, bloated region around 80Hz to 120Hz that bleeds into the lower midrange. Simultaneously, the upper-mid to lower-treble crossover feels fractured, creating an analytical, metallic sheen that induces listening fatigue. Furthermore, it relies heavily on aggressive DSP (digital signal processing) to force an artificial sense of scale. The result is a highly synthesized, disjointed presentation where instrument placement is smeared. Instead of a precise, localized center image where a vocalist hangs tangibly dead-center, the sound is stretched into an amorphous wall. The psychoacoustic trickery introduces phase anomalies that pull your attention toward individual driver locations rather than letting the system "disappear." It prioritizes multi-channel theater bombast at the expense of timing, texture, and musicality.

The 9-Speaker "Goldilocks": This is where the magic happens. It delivers a remarkably natural, linear, and balanced presentation. The tonal balance is spot-on. The midrange is beautifully textured and uncolored, allowing vocals to hang tangibly in space. The soundstage transitions from an artificial bubble to a cohesive, coherent image with impressive lateral extension. Bass is tight, fast, and agile, offering excellent rhythmic drive without ever blooming or coloring the rest of the spectrum.

If you value a high-fidelity, cohesive presentation that prioritizes musicality over raw, unrefined theater boom, the 9-speaker setup is the true audiophile choice here.

Curious to hear if any other 2-channel enthusiasts have noticed the same coherence in the mid-tier setup!

To all the folks waiting for their Premium RWD, this might answer some of the 9-speaker sound quality concerns.

Hi there, I'm trying to help a friend who has a Telus Boost 7 on one side of his condo. He got an extra Boost 7 for the other side of the house and needs help getting it connected.
The end goal is to provide internet to a streaming DAC in the living room that doesn't have Wi-Fi capabilities and can't be reached by a long network cable. The plan is to put the extra Boost near the DAC and connect them via Ethernet.
Does anyone have experience with the "adoption" process for these? Specifically:

• Do they need to be hardwired together to sync initially?
• Is there a specific "Add Device" flow in the Telus Connect app?
• Once the second Boost is connected wirelessly to the first, will the Ethernet ports on the back of the "satellite" Boost be active for the DAC?

Any tips or a quick step-by-step I can pass along to him would be hugely appreciated!