What to do...What to do?


Hi Goners!
I have listened to both the Jean Marie Reynard Offrande Supremes at $7,500.00 and recently the GamuT RS3i at  over twice the price!
I have listened to both extensively and have come to some initial observations of each...
my question is this; Honestly now... when you have two speakers of different strengths with little in the way of fault, do you look at the speaker as a whole?
WAF,color, style, design and all the other “ non engineering” facets that culminate around the science?
this has led me to ponder what to do going forward...
thanks for your honesty, I gave you mine😉
128x128azjake
I just use my ears. After looking for speakers many years ago I listened to several and one day I heard the sound I was looking for. To me it was the sound I was after although I thought they were quite ugly (beauty is in the eyes of the beholder). They were Dynaudio C1's. Had them for several years thinking I was never going to hear anything better. Then one day it happened. I heard a speaker that took my breath away. I couldn't get that sound out of my head for months. It was the price that made it difficult for me to justify. But I finally thought do I want to just dream about them or own them? So I pulled the trigger. They were Raidho D1's. The Dyn's played lower but the Raidho's just had all the clarity/emotion the Dyn's lacked.
azjake
... when you have two speakers of different strengths with little in the way of fault, do you look at the speaker as a whole? ...
I don't understand the question. If you're buying the speaker "as a whole," don't you have to evaluate it as a whole? Buying part of one and part of another isn't really an option, is it? Unless, perhaps, you're considering kludging the two together, as HP did with the QRS-1D system. But that rarely works.
I dont think those gamut bookshelfs are worth the $19,000 asking price thats all i have to say

Honestly, if the speakers are scoring exactly equally with you, then obviously go for the less expensive ones.

But I can't believe that's what happening.  I suspect you have a mild preference for the Gamuts, but are finding it hard to justify on the basis of the price differential.

If both work in your space, if both are spouse-acceptable, if you can afford the Gamuts, then only you can decide if the improvement you hear is worth it to you.  I have to say that, two or three years after making a purchase, I've certainly wished that I had stretched a little more back in the day, as I'd then have ended up keeping that particular item longer.

Twoleftears pretty much summed up my thoughts.  Let us know how things work out.