Speakers for Gryphon Diablo 120


Speaker recommends under $6000 used?

 

13’ x 10’ room

Has sound treatment

Gryphon is dark

Currently use KEF R3 Metas -- still too dark

must be standmount

Have 2 KEF KC62 subwoofers already in room

B&W 705 S3?

ullogu1

I have the Diablo 300 which is similarly dark, a little more neutral, I have a pair of MoFi SourcePoint 10s, the sound is rich and detailed, the top end frequency response of the 10s is a bit hot so the pairing is synergistic in the best sense of the word. My other speakers are B&W 804 D4s, very different speaker but similarly hot on top and similarly synergizes with the 300. Funny aside, as a previous commenter mentioned, this forum is definitely anti-B&W, and yet in my system I've been happiest with the 2 pairs of B&Ws I've owned compared to anything else I've had, and I've had (for example) the Dynaudio Heritage Specials, which I liked but ultimately sold. They paired well with the 300, and would perhaps therefore be a good option for the 120, but they are only 85db sensitive so not particularly easy to drive.

If the Gryphon sounds dark to you, why are you trying to fix it with bright speakers?  I’d look for an amp that doesn’t sound dark to you and then maybe your KEFs will sound great.  Why are you bending over backwards to accommodate this amp?  Just move on.  

I’ve now owned or demoed Pass Labs class A, Luxman class A and AB, Conrad Johnson, Audio Hungary, Rogue amps at my house. The Gryphon 120, in my limited experience, is the overall best sounding amp I’ve had here. It’s simultaneously the most detailed and dynamic amp I’ve personally experienced when matched with a complimentary speaker. It has a propulsive quality to it that is pretty addicting. 

Without that complimentary speaker in place, it’s as if the treble energy got turned down by a hidden soundboard master who had too many beers the night before.

+100 @soix 

Looks like the Gryphon 120 owners seems to look for bandaid instead. And the following statement confirms this:

Without that complimentary speaker in place, it’s as if the treble energy got turned down by a hidden soundboard master who had too many beers the night before.