QUOTE(GI Jie @ May 15 2015, 12:46 AM)
Basically, it is a horn cum a dust collector cum satellite dish. Ya, looks weird but some of the others in the market looks far weirder. Good reviews though but one can never believe what the reviewers say. Best I think is for you to listen to it but I think it is kinda hard to find one to audition here. From what I read of it, it is "super-position-critical". For me, I like speakers to sound great wherever I place it. Just because it will sound better if placed two feet from the back wall doesn't mean I will do so (sorry hushymushy) cos I like things in order and speakers should be heard and seldom seen as an obstruction. From the GT Gen2's many reviews, these speakers need space at the rear to bring out the bass - not my cup of tea. Another thing, it depends on what kind of source you are hooking it up to. Regardless of how good your speakers are, a lousy source will mean a lousy sound. Garbage in, Garbage out. Bro, this GT Gen2 is a garage project from a messy warehouse in downtown LA. You look at how they packed this stuff? If you ask me, I'd rather stick to the mainstream brands. At least there is such a thing as after sales service (unless you buy speakers from Alvin from Perfect Hifi). For the kind of moolah you would expect to pay for the GT Gen2, you might as well look somewhere else and at speakers you can actually touch, feel, smell, look and listen to here in Malaysia. At least if it doesn't sound as good after you have hooked it up at home, there is no one to put the blame on (hahahaha).
Yes, all speakers need some kind of positioning to get the best of the sound to be flowed into our ears. I'm thinking rationally based on the idea, how the speaker control the sound, which is could be what most high-end speakers is being designed, but as you know auditions, magazine reviews, marketing hype, all comes with a layer of thick snake oil or being injected with tons of snake oil, I'm sad to say that though, if I'm going to audition the speakers, how am I ensure I'm listen to the real sample of products, that's the fishy thing, also the room setup with acoustic management is another trap. More practically, consider you have thousands of song, even it takes 20 to 30 tracks, the process can be tiring and not really wise to make a decision. After all I'm still back to the same question, with limited budget how can get a reference bookshelf that is powerful and dynamic enough with balanced and accurate tone, if assume I buy a highly recommended brand of speakers, there is also no guanrantee I can get what I want, also there is no return policy in bolehland. The Grand Teton Gen2 got 40 days return policy, which in case I just need to pay the shipping cost though. Talking about garbage in garbage out, I'm absolutely fine with it, as I always go for transparent setup. USA really a heaven for HiFi and music enthusiast, there are tons of affordable speakers with good return policy. In BOLEHLAND, with same price, I'm just buying a traditional designed speakers, no state of the art technology, so I would rather buy a really "high end" bookshelf speakers. If not the Grand Teton Gen2, what else would you all recommend? KEF R300? Joseph Audio Pulsar is neverland but dreamland to me
Jan 19 2015, 04:24 PM
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