Audio_girl:
Just goes to show how subjective a thing the "sound" of a speaker system is to different people. The VR-4jrs and Ref III's were in my final 3, and it was a fairly easy call for me...for the Gallos. I've always been a proponent/addict of planar/ribbon tweeters, and although the CDT in the Gallos is not your typical ribbon transducer, it shares more with that configuration than it does with a conventional cone tweeter. Also I felt the Gallos had more slam, and although the JRs probably have a lower low end, their bass sounded looser and less well controlled than that of the R-III's. I think when you add the sub amp to the R-IIIs their bass performance is substantially better than the JRs, still for several hundred $'s less.
BTW, if anyone wants to know the definition of frustrated, I ordered my R-IIIs in late October and have yet to receive them. I've now been told something about there being a quality issue with the spine supplier that has set their production back. At least it's good to know they're rejecting substandard parts.
Just goes to show how subjective a thing the "sound" of a speaker system is to different people. The VR-4jrs and Ref III's were in my final 3, and it was a fairly easy call for me...for the Gallos. I've always been a proponent/addict of planar/ribbon tweeters, and although the CDT in the Gallos is not your typical ribbon transducer, it shares more with that configuration than it does with a conventional cone tweeter. Also I felt the Gallos had more slam, and although the JRs probably have a lower low end, their bass sounded looser and less well controlled than that of the R-III's. I think when you add the sub amp to the R-IIIs their bass performance is substantially better than the JRs, still for several hundred $'s less.
BTW, if anyone wants to know the definition of frustrated, I ordered my R-IIIs in late October and have yet to receive them. I've now been told something about there being a quality issue with the spine supplier that has set their production back. At least it's good to know they're rejecting substandard parts.