Gemme Audio - Out of business?

Sorry to hear about your experience Tmsorosk. I'm surprised you experienced continuous breakdowns since the Tanto's drivers and arrangement are as simple as they come. (no crossovers, one cap for the tweeter, and pretty basic driver units.) What was determined to be the cause of the problem?

Looks like Gemme is going out of business, as far as I can tell. About 8 months ago I bought a set of Katanas from a local guy (an impulse buy). Gorgeous speaker, but while the soundstage is something, I think my much cheaper Tylers sound better in many respects.

With the Katanas I noticed a slight snapping sound in one speaker. I assuming my amp might need to be re-tubed, but so far I haven't noticed the sound with my Tylers.

My post is a bit of an edit on previous post. Mostly because an inaccurate speaker review isn't fair to the speaker builder.

Looks like the snapping noise was from my tube amp needing to be re-tubed, not from Gemmes. Also doing a substantial A/B comparison between the Katanas and my Tyler's the Katana's have an edge in overall sound. This should be the case as the Katana's are much more expensive. The Tyler's are still an excellent speaker for the money.

I have the Katana's in a medium-size room. I think they would do well in a bit larger room. This is unusual for 2-way speakers.

It is not unusual for a small high-end speaker manufacturer to go out of business. It is a very niche market. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The speaker could become a bit of collector's item.

"The speaker could become a bit of collector's item."

Really???

Possibly. Depends on the speaker. One example could be the Bulldog by Cliffhanger Audio.

http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/pics/cliffhanger_bulldog2.jpg