I find the original Guarneri Homages have a magic in their balance which is rare. The G Evolutions signal may seem stronger, bolder, more modern/linear/whatever...but as a matter of personal taste, I somehow remain beguiled by the nuance of the original G. Its a funny thing, as it is clear to me that design is part science, part art still.

And for me the Gs are a work of art in the speaker world. Having been fortunate to own them, I would gladly have kept them rather than trade them in many years ago but we have 1 system and it seemed silly to just leave them for 'someday'. But if there is 1 speaker I would have otherwise gladly kept, it would likely have been the original Guarneris. Congrats to both of you.

lloydelee21 July 19, 2014 05:49

Congrats...Nordost and Guarneri have a big following as a combination!

lloydelee21 November 04, 2012 07:50

For sure!

lloydelee21 September 22, 2012 05:05

Congrats!!! Great to hear the tube problem is resolved. Enjoy!

lloydelee21 September 21, 2012 17:52

Tubes! Love-hate! Removing, tapping on table gently and re-inserting can help according to Brent Jessee.

lloydelee21 May 14, 2012 17:38

Nice, Davey! I just rolled out a pair of Mullard 6DJ8s which i use as spares, having just received a replacement set of Amperex 6922s from Brent Jessee. For the first time, i actually found i did not mind waiting for the replacements to arrive...thanks to the EAT tube damper i put on the Mullards! At 19 bucks each, definitely worth a try!

Meanwhile, the Amperexs are more detailed, lithe and controlled thru the spectrum than the Mullards...the one thing i am trying to figure out is if the Mullards were stronger in the upper bass (making the sound seem fuller)...or whether that was an extraneous reverb and given the Amperex's performance everywhere else, whether they are 'correct'. very subtle but other than this point, the Amperexes are staying. (Its just that i am a bass freak and enjoy listening at low volumes and still feeling the slam.)

Enjoy your Mullards! Pls post update over earlier tubes when you get some time!

lloydelee21 May 06, 2012 04:11

Congrats!! I know of a few people who have run Nordost with SF in the past. Enjoy!

lloydelee21 March 25, 2012 05:25

Fantastic Davey! I am really happy to hear...enjoy through the holidays!

lloydelee21 December 24, 2011 14:16

Nice, Davey! Congrats! And i am not one bit surprised! Today's subs are vastly different than the ones of 12+ years ago. All the major designers know the expectations for blending, and continue to work on speed, dynamics, slam to match the incredible performance of speakers like your Gs.

And just in time for the holidays! Now...i hate to offer this...but i have to...

I bought an Auralex Gramma ($60)...a wood isolation platform with carpet on top and heavy duty acoustic foam underneath (instead of decoupling feet).

It is used often by rock bands when placing their drums kits on stages...to produce more consistent performance by isolating bass vibration from the floor.

I took my Velodyne (which was disturbing my neighors) and realized just how much bass is traveling from floor to wall and 'bleeding' up int mids/treble.

The setting without was volume 8...with the Gramma, i had to turn it up to 31!!! I have wood over concrete, but even so, the isolation was clearly beneficial. The bass is now even more defined and articulate all the way down...but the mids/treble was astonishingly more transparent, detailed!

i know...i know...why did i have to suggest this AFTER you dialed in the sub...well, just a suggestion for 2012! ;)

I have no doubt your sub is dialed in beauitfully...enjoy!

lloydelee21 December 24, 2011 05:14

DaveyF wrote: "Bigby,Obviously, I am a little biased towards the GH's..:0)
I like the Cremona's as well, particularly the Cremona M's. However, in
my room....which is pretty small, the GH's are much more of a piece than the original Cremona's when I had an opportunity to listen to both.
I think I pretty much summed up my feelings of the GH's in my review under the A'gon review section.
If you need more in the bottom end and have a bigger room; then I would look seriously at the Cremona's. OTOH, if you can budget for a sub as well, then I would still go with the GH's. IMHO, very few speakers can run with the GH's when set up correctly, including the Cremonas or for that matter even the Elipsa's!"

Hi DaveyF,

I agree with you, having also owned the G's for a number of years...and also owned/auditioned many SF speakers incl Amatis, STradivari, Cremona, Electa, Elipsa...the G is very, very special, and when you hear it well set up compared to Cremona, its refinement, fullness in the mids to upper bass, and compare side by side (imho), it is quite something. Quite something.

I prefer true magic in a certain area rather than excellence across a broader spectrum, but that's my personal preference.

Enjoy the new additions!!!!!!!!!

lloydelee21 December 04, 2011 05:10

Hi Davey

I used to own G's. Try good jumper before u bi-wire...may find it gets u 80% there for less cost. I used Transparent Reference jumpers. Wonderful.

I now have Strads with cj act 2 and zanden dac...comparing Gryphon Antileon Sig and wavac...thoughts?

lloydelee21 November 08, 2008 11:12