 The Xeo 20 wireless speakers are of the second generation Xeos that now also offer wireless playback at 96 kHz while the speakers and the remote control have been developed further. Let me start by saying that like the E-Lack Navi speakers I reviewed earlier, the Xeo 20s can be used wired and wireless where wireless means that there is no audio connection needed. Both speakers do need their power cable connected to the mains outlet though. Time to explain how these speakers can be used. Xeo 20s come in pairs, one be in the master speaker and one be in the slave. Both have their own power amps but the inputs are only on the master speaker. If you use the speakers directly connected to your digital source, like a streamer, DAC or digital preamp, it must be connected to the master speaker over Toslink, the optical digital cable. The master speaker then sends the signal wirelessly to the slave speaker. There is no need for an audio connection between the speakers as is the case with some other wireless speakers. If you have an analog source, like a CD player or an analog preamp, that source is connected over a stereo RCA cable. An analog source like a portable player or smartphone can be connected using a mini jack cable. Playing music from a smartphone, tablet or computer over APTX Bluetooth is possible too, but do realize that Bluetooth connections limit the sound quality. For directly connected sources the maximum sampling frequency is 192 kHz that will be down sampled in the master speaker to 96 kHz to be sent to the slave speaker. If you would like to use the Xeo 20s without any connection between the source, your stereo and the speakers, you need to dine audio connect. This is a small box that you can place near your source. If that is a digital source, like a streamer, digital preamp or computer, you can use either Toslink, SPDIF or USB to link to the connect. The connect sends the audio signal wirelessly to the master speaker that relays the signal wirelessly to the slave speaker. If you have an analog source, like a preamp or analog output of a CD player, you can use a stereo RCA cable. For portable devices a mini jack cable can be used. The remote lets you choose easily between any input on the speaker and the connect so you could connect the optical output of your TV directly to the Xeo 20 master speaker and your stereo components to the inputs of the connect. Since the volume is controlled by the remote control of the speakers, there is no need for a preamp. When using the connect with only one pair of Xeos, the maximum sampling rate is 96 kHz. If you want to use two or three pairs of speakers, the maximum sampling rate becomes 48 kHz due to the bandwidth limitations of WiFi. Xeo 20 is a monitor type active two ways system that measures 180 x 320 x 257 mm and weighs 6.2 kilos. That's 13.7 pounds in the Queen's measures. They are available in black and white. The tweeters are 28mm esotec soft domes and the woofers have 140mm magnesium silicate polymer cones. Both have aluminium voice coils. Below that, just above the Dynaudio logo, the status lets for power, connection and infrared reception. When we look at the rear, we see a slot type base port, four screw holes for an optional wall mount and the connection bay. This is the master speaker that has a stereo analogue input or mini jack, a stereo analogue input on RCA's, a tostling input and a shaver type power connector. Further a three position switch that compensates for the low end behaviour for placement in the corner, near a wall or free in the room. A second switch lets you set the speaker for reproduction of the left or right channel and a three position switch to use the speakers in one of three zones called red, green or blue. On the slave speaker we see the same switches but there are no inputs with the exception of the power inlet. The electronics is mounted on the metal rear plate with the power supply on top, the two 65 watt amps in the middle and the Bluetooth and WiFi radios on a separate small board. The DSP electronics that does the filtering and tailoring cannot be seen here. This small box connects your sources and sends the signal wirelessly to the master speaker. It holds three status lets for Bluetooth, WiFi and connection to the master speaker. It measures 140 x 32 x 105 mm and weighs 200 grams. The rear offers analog inputs on 3.5 mm mini jack and a set of RCA's. For digital there is a tostling input, an SPDIV input and a mini USB input. Two buttons facilitate pairing to Bluetooth and WiFi. The ID switch lets you choose between WiFi at 2.4, 5.2 or 5.8 GHz. The latter is least used by other devices and is therefore the best choice. Both 5.2 and 5.6 GHz don't travel through walls as good as 2.4 GHz. This means that your neighbor's WiFi won't reach you as easily as those high frequencies and might therefore be preferred over 2.4 GHz unless you do want your WiFi connection to travel to another room. Position C is the highest frequency. The micro USB called service is not for you but the 5 volts DC input is for connecting the supplied wall board. Since there are no controls on the speakers the remote control is of great importance. DynAudio has thought about the layout of the previous model and came up with this one. As you can see on the top the mute and the power on and off buttons, although they don't switch off the speakers they merely put them asleep and wake them up again. Then the large volume up and down buttons, also quite standard. The improvement lies in the two rows of input selectors. The left four are for the direct inputs on the Xeos while the right seven are for connection to the connect wireless unit. The bottom three lets you select from the three groups while the top four select the input of that group. Once connected things are quite simple. The connect seeks to connect to the speakers and once established you just operate the remote to control the inputs and volume. You can adjust the bass a bit by using the position switch on the rear of the speakers. Neutral gives you the most bass, walls somewhat less and corner the least. The new remote gives you easy access to eight inputs if you also bought a connect. Three on the speaker direct, one over bluetooth and four on the connect. The Xeo20 produces an interesting mix of DynAudio quality and DSP speakers. DynAudio produces passive speakers from small monitor types to titanic towers all producing well balanced, fast and accurate sound within the restraint of the relative price range. DSP speakers, the good ones produce deeper bass than possible with passive speakers of the same size and appear to have a distinctive sound. There are those that love it for it gives a very lively sound but there are also those that are less enthusiastic. The Xeo20's sound upfront, fast and live quite different from the somewhat more laid back sound of the ELAC Navis ARB 51's I reviewed late 2017. Building speakers is choosing between compromises and my guess is that the Xeo20's will find the wide public. But don't take my word for it and try to listen to them. If you don't like them the ELAC's might be interesting to you. Neither one is more correct and both are of very high quality. They are two good ways of approaching good sound quality. As I have said before, perfection is a goal, not a reality. And it is clear that DynAudio had that goal as objective. What's not to like? At about €2200 including VAT, €2550 including the Konect, you buy a complete stereo with the exception of a source. That can be a CD player, a streamer, a computer, a network bridge or anything else with a digital or analog output. That source doesn't even need to be in the same room if appropriate remote control for the source is available. This is why you, the consumer, like wireless speakers. OK, you do need to connect both speakers to the mains just like a table lamp but usually sufficient mains outlets are available in the room. It's the bulky equipment and all the audio cables that are not liked by the aesthetics commission. And those are omitted by using wireless speakers like the Xeo 20s. Again, check them out yourself for different people like different approaches on sound. Quality wise it is a very good product at a very good price. Other manufacturers announced comparable products and I will certainly try to review them as well if I think they might be of interest and if I can get review samples on loan. So if you don't want to miss new videos, subscribe to this channel or follow me on the social media so you know when new videos are out. If you liked this video, give it a thumbs up. 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