Gemme Audio Tanto Owners - User Manual?

yakbob,

Thanks very much for the response!  My reasons for looking for a manual do include helpful hints on speaker positioning that may be specific to the Tantos (or Gemme line family). If you happen to remember anything of note, please let me know. Also, you never know what useful information a manual may provide!  I have found they often come in handy, and as the speakers were a major purchase for me, I was hoping to ensure I had everything covered, so to speak.

It is good to know, however, that if I never find one, at least I am not missing much!  Thanks also for offering info on potential driver replacements. Fortunately, Robert Gaboury was kind enough to provide me with this. Unfortunately, though, he didn’t have any leftover manuals available.

yakbob and david_ten,

Thanks for the comments. It’s funny that you both used very little toe in. Mine are toed in quite a bit! I found it helpful in my situation because I need to place the speakers along the long wall in a room that is somewhat shallow (15'x12.5' minus a lot of bookshelves/furniture), and I want to make the listening spot as wide as possible to accommodate an awkward listening position and potential “guests”. I experimented quite a lot with placement, but you’re inspiring me to explore some more. Unfortunately I have some real issues with a deep and wide bass null - probably due to room acoustics. I’ll be experimenting with some bass traps but I can’t fit that many….

BTW, yakbob, I think you suggested the Tantos in a thread where I was asking for speaker advice so I owe you the credit for turning me on to them!

Trelja, I do like the Tantos, thanks for asking. Although I don’t have a ton of experience with true hifi speakers, I like the Tantos’ overall timbre, clear sound, largish sweet spot, soundstage, and ability to go down low. (Based on all the positive reviews on their bass response, I believe the bass null I mentioned above is likely due to the interaction with my room.) Did you own them at some point? What did you think?

Also....I did finally hear from JP – unfortunately he does not have any manuals for the Tantos and no info on where I may get a copy. So I’ll keep open the hunt.

@trelja ,

Thank you so much for the kind and informative response! Very interesting hearing your experiences with JP and Robert Gaboury. My email exchange with Mr. Gaboury showed him to be generous with his time and supportive of my interest in the speakers even though I had bought them used and the company had long since disbanded. I appreciated that.

I hear you about your impressions of the Tantos.  I'll need to spend time treating my room before I can begin to make any real conclusions regarding their low end. They seem to have a powerful impact around 40hz and do go low even in my smallish room so there seems to be some potential. And I do like their overall sound quite a bit.

If you have a chance, I am curious as to what speakers you can “live” with? I am sure they would be quite good.

Thanks again.

Hi All.  I'm just writing to update this thread and thank david_ten who recently shot me a soft copy of the user guide for the Tanto v2.  I haven’t had much time yet to go through the manual, but it is more than a few pages and will be great as a reference.  I truly appreciate David contacting me and taking the time to organize and send the guide my way.  THANK YOU, David!!!