Thanks for all the feedback. Seems there’s a lot of emphasis on speaker placement and listening position. I would have to really think outside the box to change things in my listening room make some of the suggestions happen. I did tweak speaker position and moved about 10’ to listen to the GE’s but there really was no change in detail with the Sympathy ‘reference’ track that put me on this journey.
I did order the System Solution set up disc from Nordost. Maybe that will help.
I tend to agree with Douglas in that the GE’s gravitate toward being a darker speaker. Never thought about it but think there’s something there. The lack of the separation I heard from the GE’s on the more delicate higher frequency instruments may be by design. The GE’s are fine speakers but hearing that detail in the 805’s got me excited about that type of presentation.
There are plenty of options on the used market for my $4K target budget to try planar’s, horns or other some other design. Any suggestions on speakers or placement tweaks continue to be appreciated.
I did order the System Solution set up disc from Nordost. Maybe that will help.
I tend to agree with Douglas in that the GE’s gravitate toward being a darker speaker. Never thought about it but think there’s something there. The lack of the separation I heard from the GE’s on the more delicate higher frequency instruments may be by design. The GE’s are fine speakers but hearing that detail in the 805’s got me excited about that type of presentation.
There are plenty of options on the used market for my $4K target budget to try planar’s, horns or other some other design. Any suggestions on speakers or placement tweaks continue to be appreciated.