TAD GE-1 speakers?

[Corinthian]

Has anyone heard these speakers? I currently have the pleasure of borrowing a pair of CR1's, but unfortunately don't think that I can stretch sufficiently to buy a pair at the moment, so I'm (sort of ) considering a pair of GE-1's as a second best option - although I haven't actually heard them. I'll certainly want to demo them before/if I buy them, but before I waste my and a dealer's time, I thought that I'd ask for any feedback or opinions on them, particularly with reference to the, er, reference models. Would I be better saving for some CR1's or might I be pleasantly surprised by the cheaper floorstander's from TAD do you think?

Amp is Gryphon Pandora and Mephisto and currently using SF Serafino's, so all TAD options are likely to be better.

As a complete wildcard, on paper, how would you expect the GE1's to compare to the new Gryphon EOS 5's?

 

[AudioLibertarian]

The CR1 are better, in a different league than the GE- 1 in my experience. The GE-1 sound different than SF Serafinos, not necessarily "better", have different sonic signature. You can always bargain about the pricing of the CR-1 with the distributor.If you are in the USA, they have unreasonably (in my view) jacked up their prices, almost doubled in the last couple of years. Ask if they would sell their demo CR1, at rather substantial reduction if that works for you.