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Warmest sounding Green Mountain speaker?

Considering buying a pair of GMA speakers and wonder what is considered the warmest sounding of any in their line up past or present as the only thing I have reservations about is the tone might be a little on the lean side from what I have read compared to lets say Vandersteen which I have now.
frankk
peter_s
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Roy is extremely generous with his time.  And should not have to waste it any further with justifying himself or his products against kenjit's claims.

Maybe eight years ago I helped out a friend wanting to buy a stereo.  Based on threads on agon, I scored him a pair of Europas, and then consulted with Roy about appropriate amplification in reach of a non-audiophile with a realistic budget.  Roy steered us to a Sony ES integrated, which is their higher line of product.  Weights around 50 pounds, cost a few hundred bucks on eBay, and from the get-go sounded great together.  Every time I travel the three hours to visit my friend, and we listen to music together, I think to my self "why spend more money than this... this is a completely engaging musical listening experience".  So much so that eight years later, I decided to get a pair of Europas (used) just to have kicking around, for my enjoyment or to sell to a friend who is ready for such a high value product.

I don't find them at all lean with the Sony.  Full bass, excellent imaging, just musical as all getout.  I always find myself amazingly engaged with the music and my friend is always thanking me.  I am thanking Roy.  And on several occasions, when I wanted product support or advise, Roy has been most generous.  You don't find that kind of support so often.

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nrenter
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Kenjit,

Thanks for posting a link to the BBB complaint. I needed a good laugh today. My favorite part of the complaint is:

Recently I opened the speaker up to see if I could in any way fix it to make it sound better. But despite this I have been unable to make it better.

It is still in almost new condition and could easily be restored to new if the company wanted to.

Roy, just let Kenjit keep on ranting...I can't wait to see what he posts next. Here's my favorite quote so far from the thread:
Electrons travel at the same speed whether going through a first order crossover or a 100th order crossover. The electrons will reach your tweeter at the same time as they do your woofer. There is no such thing as ’’time coherence"...

Like Taylor Swift says, "Hater's gonna hate...trolls gonna troll..."

Keep up the great work!
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royj
151 posts
 
Thanks, Nicholas!

In my experience, his posts will continue to become evermore frantic and illogical. I don't think he can help it, unfortunately.

Best,
Roy
sjmoore
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Haven't found a speaker yet except for GMA's that'll work in my tiny listening room. IMO there's no better speaker out there, at least in my room.
Kenjit, you actually took the speakers apart???  Normal people just sell the things they don't like.  
georger
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I finally found my AGON password!  Since bombaywall posted link to my comments of 4 years ago, I wanted to state that arrangement of my systems has not changed (except maybe the addition of the Jeff Rowland DAC to the main system).  I did look through my files and found the 1/3 octave measurement notes (using Audio Control SA-3051 analyzer) taken at the (single) location recommended by GMA given distance from the speakers.  For the main system with the EOS HX/Hammer Lite (in a moderately large non-rectangular soutwest style Great Room, tile floors, wood ceiling) there is a ~160 Hz reinforcing reflection from the ceiling, but other wise flat response (within a dB or two) from 100 Hz up through the mids.  In the "computer darkroom" with the Chromo II six feet from measurement point (typical small third bedroom) response is virtually flat (within a dB or two from 100 Hz up through the mids.  The measurements correspond with what I hear, and I notice no significant diffence when I rise from the mic position or walk behind the mic.  If "lobing" exists I don't notice it when listening to recorded music.  Again the GMA speakers present a very realistic image compared to what I hear at the live chamber music events that attend almost every month.  Since addressing the many erroneous "technical" statements that have appeared in this thread would take too much time and space, I'll just state, as other GMA owners have, that I have not experienced the effects stated in the original post.
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