I would agree...Lampi is amazing...my dealer now has a Pacific DAC for demo and I can tell you from first hand experience, it just crushed his Esoteric K01xs SACD unit.
"These are definitely speakers that belong on every audiophiles must listen bucket list.
Myles Astor"
https://www.audionirvana.org/forum/title-to-be-added/audio-shows/capital-audiofest-2019/126092-day-2-geez-why-is-housekeeping-knocking-on-my-door-at-7-am?p=126093#post126093
"..they set an unbelievably high standard and level of expectation for the rest of the show."
https://audioresurgence.com/2019/11/gt-audioworks-at-capital-audiofest-2019.html
"....They can go one-on-one with the best speakers at any price, and they cost only $23,500/pair...."
Herb Reichert Stereophile
https://www.stereophile.com/content/gt-audioworks-loudspeakers-pass-laboratories-eletronics-basis-audio-turntable-and-tonearm
Al..It was a pleasure to hang with you this weekend, thanks for bringing the excellent music.
So many audiophiles had fantastic cuts that made the system sing.
It was a hectic weekend but everything came together, Steve and I had a blast...
Pass XS gear put a grip on my speakers like I have never heard before, smooth spacious, detailed....Astounding !!
Now I have to figure out how many pints of blood I have to sell to get them...
http://capitalaudiofest.com/
CAF 2019 is just 2 weeks away.
We will be in the Frederick room once again.
This year we have quite a system to hear.
The latest GTA 3.1R planar ribbon speaker
Top tier components from Pass Labs XS line as well as
Basis Audios wonderful Transcendence turntable...
Get together and listening party Friday 8/16 7pm Massapequa NY.
Eric Phiels of Zanden Audio will be demonstrating their Modern Line of electronics with my GT Audio Works GTA3.1R speakers and OB subs at my dealers home in Massapequa NY.
This is the setup we had at Axpona 2019.
A very special...
For those planning on attending Capital AudioFest in November
We are happy to report Basis Audio will be joining our room.
The AJ Conti Transcendence will be part of our system.
As well as Pass Labs XS150 monos, XS phono and XS line stage.
Greg
Funny predicament we find ourselves in the world of the high end.
A well regarded car mag may be able to gather the top 10 super cars in the world and thrash them on the Nordschleife and report to you exact times and speeds along the track and proclaim a winner.
Does this mean the declared...
I wish I was taking a break as Bodhi suggested..been busy building to fill orders.
Regarding your room...
THe 13.5' dimension is about minimum width, since the speakers are 19.5" wide and you would want them at least
6 - 7ft apart and a foot from the side walls.
The 25' dimension would...
I had them set to 50 hz at the show. I find in most rooms they will be set between 50-60 hz.
The EQ on the sub amp may require an adjustment to help room response. In this case the room response had a dip at 65hz so we bumped the eq up in that range to compensate.
The number of subs depends on...
Considering space was tight in that room, the system sounded great.
Dipole bass helps tame room boom.
Those Zanden KR845 amps really had a lot of get up and go for 60 watts.
Later we tried the Zanden stereo amp with a pair of KT120's per channel...gained low end grunt, but lost some of the mid...
Thanks for passing this on Bodhi... left
Chicago this morning will not get home till late tonight
It was a good show...good vibe lot of happy people in our room
Hi Tao...Good idea..
Please find me here....
https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/gt-audio-works-planar-ribbon-speakers-and-sound-insight-open-baffle-sub-woofers.27761/
How do GTAW speakers compare to the competition ?
If you're asking the question for the same reason one might ask if Superman can beat up the Hulk ?
Fine have at it... enjoy yourself and post till 4 in the morning for all I care !!
BUT....If you're seriously considering such a purchase I would...
UPDATE....
We have a change in the lineup for Axpona.
Semper Sonus had to back out at this late date, due to a personal issue regarding the US distributor.
Bill Parish of GTT Audio was very kind to offer me a Kronos Sparta turntable to use at the show.
http://www.kronosaudio.com/sparta.html...