Pearl is a weak series, strangely made, other series better, which does not mean that it is perfect and unrivaled. Here in 27 they added a loudspeaker to make an impression and it did not work out. Because as I understand it, you listened to them in the living room with a good audio system and the rumbling was not due to bad acoustics or the Technics equalizer at a friend's

About damping the loudspeakers is not what you write, wrong thinking. There is a lot of loudspeakers from BR that do not have damping, and they cost as much as a car, others have little of it, e.g. the rear and side panels, there are those that are packed to the maximum in various chambers, despite the fact that folk legends from the times of the Polish People's Republic say that in the loudspeakers with BR should not be so. Each loudspeaker and version is different, and if the bass is booming, then the wadding will not solve it, not the way to go.
You exaggerate with the spider crossover, although the aesthetics of assembling some fragments, e.g. pearls, is questionable. This is not the Diamond model. There are many Polish brands of loudspeakers, from cheap PLN 599 to a large group of several thousand, ending with those of 15-30 thousand. A similar size to that of the PP27, and much better are the Stx electrino 250, with a well thought out internal design. Then the Pylon Saphire 25 model is a bit more expensive and of much better quality, as well as artificial veneers and veneers.
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andrew54 You mean Pylon?, For several years it has been massively available, described, often for years cheap models recommended to amateurs on forums by salons. The fact with the Altus is the Pearl 25 is a hi-end. They also supposedly make boxes for other brands. They have been at the Audio Show for several years, they have a wide offer. Best regards.