Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento

Once again Semi, what is IYHO a 'fact' is far from it.
Is the Esotar still SOTA, not to your ears, ok I can accept that, however,
to say it masks micro dynamics and detail tells me that there is something else in your system that is the culprit in that area.( The Esotar certainly does not do that in my system, in fact my female a'phile friend enjoys this aspect greatly and I suspect she has better hearing than you do!) I don't know what is in your system as i notice that for some reason you don't post it on 'Agon and therefore we have no way of seeing your room or equipment.
I presume that you own the GM's and therefore the bias.BTW, you seem to have owned numerous pieces of equipment that have come and gone, are you really happy with the GM's?

All I know is.. If I were left alone with a set of Guarneri Memento's for more than an hour.. terrible things would happen to em'.. >: )

Daveyf,

I do try as many piece of gears as I can just to learn each and everyone's strength and weakness. I only keep what I like, the beauty of Audiogon is I can afford to try more gears w/o losing much money and only keep what I like. and yes, I like GM and therefore I decided to keep them. like buying stock, I learn to not marrying to your stereo equipments and use your ears to decide what to keep.

I suggest you do a bit more reading on the pro and con of Dynaudio Esotar, even call some speaker designers and chat with them including those who do not use Esotar. keep in mind there are no perfect drivers, but some are better than others.

reason why drivers are so important in speaker design, it's like the ingredient of a main course and you can't expect to make beef taste like chicken. I almost want to say I can successfully identify Dynaudio speaker blinded folded, afterall I have owned them a long time and know them intimately well.

have fun listening and shopping.

Semi, you miss the point about the GH's vs the GM's. The GH's certainly do use the Esotar driver, no they don't use various hard domes or ribbons which you imply are better designs; BUT then neither does the GM! The GM uses a ring radiator sourced from Scanspeak, which IMHO and that of many many others is TOTALLY inferior to the Esotar.
Why would I want to read anything about drivers when I can use my ears to determine what I feel recreates the best sound? It has become VERY clear to me that you are one of those 'philes who buy equipment based on written reviews and nothing else; next time try using your ears instead. I suspect you may come to an enlightenment.

guys I do not want to interrupt your comunication on esotar qualities or sonus faber speakers , but what on earth said to you that guarnery homage using dynaudio esotar(modified or not)? because its not true. guarneri homage DO NOT use dynaudio esotar in any of its nature. I know that personaly and can you assure 100% that fact. listenig nd trusting for internet information is realy like lotery.someone said fact and others repeats, so information gets missunderstanding for people.

So both of you are corect (side claiming that esotar is bad sounding, and side that guarneri homage is good sounding- there is no fundamental conflict betweet theese two statements) so peace.