Gershman Studio 2


I decided to try a Gershman speaker out of Canada that has been on my mind for a while. It was a pleasure to deal with Gershman and a few other people who had heard them from this site, so I purchased them. One speaker came, followed by the second one that I found on my porch with box beat up and soot blackened. I unpacked the second speaker to find that it was moderately scratched up but more unfortunately the bass driver starts to squeak when played with some songs. I did all the audiophile switching cable tests and believe the voice coil of the speaker was damaged in transit.

I contacted the company and within a few emails back and forth was assured that the quickest way to handle this would be to pay for a second pair and get refunded for the damaged pair upon shipment back. 

I was thrilled that Gershman stood behind the process and made it so simple. From what little I listened, I could tell that this speaker will be a welcome addition to collection and look forward to writing more about them when they get 150 or so hours on them. Very excited and will post a follow up shortly.
bjesien
The midrange came along some but I found that the longer I had them the less I listened to music. They are easy to listen to and fun to play most music on. Like I said earlier they take the edge off of bright recording but didn’t quite make the best music sound as good as it could.
I always tend to gravitate back to two brands in the end- Verity and Devore for better of worse seem mostly to my liking the majority of the time.
Hi bjesien
Not sure I fully understood your last post.  So does that mean you ultimately did not like the Studio2 and sold/returned them and have gone back to Verity/DeVore?
@jitterbug
I found the lack of midrange to be a mixed bag. Great with aggressive music that not well recorded but lacking with nicely recorded music. Didn’t go back to any speaker yet, still considering a direction.
@bjesien 
Thanks for the update and the insight based on your experiences.  Do let us know what you finally select.  Best of luck in your search