I was at CES and THE show for four days. I agree with those who praised the demo with Laboriel. The guy is incredible.
That being said, bass guitars have four strings, with the lowest being E1 at 41.2 Hertz. Two recent developments are the five and six string basses, both
having a low B string ringing out at 30.9 Hertz and proves nothing about the true deep bass response of the Gilmore nor the phase and linearity. Only that it allows an instrument to be plugged in and plays at a reasonable level with a 220 watt tube amp. Many commercial products including speaker builders (do it yourself project) achieves superior SPL’s at a fraction of the price.
http://www.core-sound.com/bottom-article.html
As an aside, this was absolutely the ugliest speaker shown at any CES in the last ten years. At a selling price of $17,000.00, it should score somewhere near the fit and finish of Wilson or Avalon. In reality it looked more like a garage product. This level of workmanship might be acceptable if the product produced a break through in technology, making the appearance less a factor. In fact, the overall design is heavily borrowed from the Carver Amazing. Those who are more impressed with the Gilmore than I may purchase the “original article” at approximately 70% off by following an ad such as this.
http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/buysell/messages/2197.html
The original Carver was superior workmanship, lacking the spotty row of dents where the ribbon was fastened to the face. The shape of the Gilmore was touted as WAF friendly. Making me wonder if any of these guys are married. The overall shape, color and appearance would offend all but the most insensitive male and send any female I have ever known into a frenzy.
I heard one exhibitor mention the Gilmore 2 and described the four woofers as “burners” on a Corian stove top with the ribbon serving as the “control“ unit. After overhearing that comment I could not get that image out of my head.
Performance was decent at best, but what keeps going through my mind is the Vandersteen 5 A, Magnaplanar 20.1, Dynaudio Confidence C 4 and Wilson Sophia, all of look and sound better and offer heritage, proven customer service, good resale and backing from companies that have a track record.
Several of these (re: Vandersteen and Maggie) cost significantly less than the Gilmore while offering more. Enough less in fact to fund an audiophile grade pair of mono block amps to power them up.
For those who can ignore the mediocre sound, the $17,000.00 price tag, shared heritage to the Carver and are willing to look at possibly the ugliest speaker in the history of audio, this is just what you’ve been looking for.
That being said, bass guitars have four strings, with the lowest being E1 at 41.2 Hertz. Two recent developments are the five and six string basses, both
having a low B string ringing out at 30.9 Hertz and proves nothing about the true deep bass response of the Gilmore nor the phase and linearity. Only that it allows an instrument to be plugged in and plays at a reasonable level with a 220 watt tube amp. Many commercial products including speaker builders (do it yourself project) achieves superior SPL’s at a fraction of the price.
http://www.core-sound.com/bottom-article.html
As an aside, this was absolutely the ugliest speaker shown at any CES in the last ten years. At a selling price of $17,000.00, it should score somewhere near the fit and finish of Wilson or Avalon. In reality it looked more like a garage product. This level of workmanship might be acceptable if the product produced a break through in technology, making the appearance less a factor. In fact, the overall design is heavily borrowed from the Carver Amazing. Those who are more impressed with the Gilmore than I may purchase the “original article” at approximately 70% off by following an ad such as this.
http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/buysell/messages/2197.html
The original Carver was superior workmanship, lacking the spotty row of dents where the ribbon was fastened to the face. The shape of the Gilmore was touted as WAF friendly. Making me wonder if any of these guys are married. The overall shape, color and appearance would offend all but the most insensitive male and send any female I have ever known into a frenzy.
I heard one exhibitor mention the Gilmore 2 and described the four woofers as “burners” on a Corian stove top with the ribbon serving as the “control“ unit. After overhearing that comment I could not get that image out of my head.
Performance was decent at best, but what keeps going through my mind is the Vandersteen 5 A, Magnaplanar 20.1, Dynaudio Confidence C 4 and Wilson Sophia, all of look and sound better and offer heritage, proven customer service, good resale and backing from companies that have a track record.
Several of these (re: Vandersteen and Maggie) cost significantly less than the Gilmore while offering more. Enough less in fact to fund an audiophile grade pair of mono block amps to power them up.
For those who can ignore the mediocre sound, the $17,000.00 price tag, shared heritage to the Carver and are willing to look at possibly the ugliest speaker in the history of audio, this is just what you’ve been looking for.