I will give more thought to what i mean by "refinement." It's not detail, or it's not only detail. I owned GMA Europas for a while and felt, ultimately, that they did not have enough refinement.thanks for your kind words, Drubin.
I did hear the designer admit that these speakers were made to a certain price point hence the various compromises.
when you have a tweeter & mid/woofer in 1 cabinet, there is going to be some interference between the 2. If you popped the grill you would have found acoustic felt around the tweeter to minimize this. in the end, physics will rule & the 2 drivers will talk. This will detract from the listening pleasure. It's much reduced in GMA speakers compared to other brands.
Another thing I read was that the x-over component quality could be upgraded for better sound. Same for the internal hook-up wire.
All these are fully expected for a speaker sold factory-direct for a affordable price.
The designer has some other improvements in his design for his new series of speakers Rio & Chroma. The issue is resolved if the customer pays more for the Eos which has a out-of-the-same-box tweeter. Plus, the new series of speakers come in a HD version that gives you the best for that model. It might be time again to re-sample GMA?....