Looking for insight on the Green Mountain Europas

WOW..another echo from a former owner. I liked the Europas a lot! The guys posted before me have described the sound very well..I can't add anything there.

I had to move to a single driver speaker in order to have the sound of Roy's time coherent speakers. I owned Maggies before the Europas and tried to go back after the Europas. I even had a pair of Paradigm 20v3s in between there some where..big mistake! Once I got a taste of that 1st order crossover done right..there was no going back. The tweeter on the Europas are simply fabulous!!

Since I still like the Maggie's midrange and the Europa's coherency. The most logical step for me was the MLTL single driver speaker. It's not perfect either..but it got me off the merry go round of speaker swapping.

I would give them a try..GMA makes some terrific speakers.
I would like to add if it was possible to get fullrange sound out of the Europas, I would still own them now. The cabinets are as solid as they come.

Hi,I own a pair with about 200 hours on them. A couple of things, they are not a warm speaker if that's your preference, and can be forward depending on the CD you're listening to. In general what is in your cdp is what you will hear. I had asked about the forwardness on agon and was told they take 300-400 hours to break in. Already they are sounding better. GMA is a great company to work with, very accessable and responsive to questions (no I'm not assoc with them in any way). I had them do a 100 hr burn in and was worth the $75.00. Speakers weigh 45lbs each so a strong stand is important. I would also recommend a sub woofer to extend the lower end. Primarily I listen to jazz,easy stuff, and old rock&roll and does a good job in all of these genres. Dave

With all of these comments, if I didn't already own Europas, I'd buy a pair!

Italian,
while 200 hours sounds like a lot of time, the Europa's become very seductive at around 1000 hours. Much smoother midrange. I echo the above statements with the exception of the comment about vocal quality....in my opinion, this is where the Europa's really shine. VERY realistic voices and instruments. The vast majority of my friends and associates are musicians and they all agree the Europa is a "scary real" sounding speaker. If they have any weakness, it's the lowest octave of bass. Having said that, on 90 plus percent of my music collection, the bass response was fine. Highly recommended, especially for the price. I lived with the Europa's for 2 years and now own the GMA Calypso's. The Europa's replaced a pair of ADS L-1290's, which the Europa destroyed. I agree with the others who say once you hear a true time/phase coherent speaker, you'll never go back. Enjoy

If someone prefers floorstanders, what's the next up from Europas in the gma lineup?