When I rode behind an XLV, the wake was at least as good as my SSV's.
Here are some pics I took from our session. Overall, I REALLY liked the way to boat performed. It accelerated easily with the 320 hp engine, it was solid, it handled well (but mostly we were on glass
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), and it threw a great wake.
You can get the tower on my SSV to move a little by pushing hard on it, and I've seen the same thing in several other waekboard boats. It never has been a factor that anyone commented on after riding, it doesn't rattle, and there are no stress cracks after two years. Tower movement wasn't a factor behind the XLV, either.
One thing about equipment. A Tige rep told me that the SynchroTech (?) option is a gear reduction transmission and that Tige V-drives come standard with no gear reduction. The SSV and XLV come with gear reduction V-drive units as standard equipment.