Inna > … JM Labs Grand Utopia… Perhaps on a smaller scale you would like that sound as well.
Blindjim > Inna you’re a tremendous aid in expanding my horizons on various themes and gear. THX!! The Focal Sofras are on a list of sorts. Having heard only a few of Focal’s entry line spkrs, and never really been a fan, it is a big ? still. It also seems to imply stronger amps are needed than low power tube amps. So, it’s a different tact on the same prospect for achieving great sound. …and no, they’re not atop the list. VA ‘the Music’ are.
gsm18439 > … should be able to audition any pair of speakers in your own room
blindjim > I do agree, however, there are more than a few obstacles to that end.
Listening in a similarly sized room should be good enough. Especially if the session is in a distant venue. If I can find something local that appeals to me, its gonna be a far more doable thing.
Keithr > …. prefer the more "modern" sound of the Gibbon Xs
Blindjim > many thanks!!
I can’t find one article, decent or otherwise on the Gibbon ten. Anywhere.
It has always been my exp if the amp’s damping factor is high, or the wpc is, the bass reacts to it with better speed and harmonic response, or tunefulness. The room does play a part though.
I get it the O’s are just two drivers and the X’s have another cone.
What kind of amp and how large was the room when you heard both speakers? Do you recall? Similar amps and rooms?
rx7onmymind > Not sure I could have only one set of lifetime speakers.
Blidnjim > agreed. If we are all honest, a pretty big section of us will say exactly that. Some wil obviously opt their second wish for HT. or for tubes. Or for S.E.T. & high eff spkrs as you mentioned.
I feel we need all three. On some level, to some extent. I simply enjoy music. Some genres IMO work best in one amp & spkr arrangement, and some genres work best in another.
As good as past rigs of mine were very satisfying across all genres, there’s something about hearing a torch singer and small jazz combo. Or solo folk artist and all on triode power that SS just can’t get with, let alone, surpass..
I’m sort of hoping somewhere along the way I’ll hear a rig that really sends me, and its one I can afford, or even mostly afford, and that will be it for the main system. Hopefully, it will be or sound like, tube amps. Albeit, if not, its not a deal breaker if the sound is a ‘killer’ sounding rig.
