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Gilmore Audio planars revealed

The Gilmore Audio speaker have finally been photographed for the world to see: Gilmore Audio

Disclaimer - I'm a dealer for the Gilmores, though at this point I'm still awaiting my first pair, as they haven't begun shipping yet.

The Gilmores push the edge of the envelope for planar technology in several areas. Innovations include an extremely thin (3 mil) Kapton diaphragm; bass extension to below 20 Hz; easy 8-ohm load combined with 92 dB efficiency (you can drive 'em with Atma-Sphere M-60's!); and maximum output level in the mid to upper 120's.

Designer Mark Gilmore is the webmaster of the Atma-Sphere Owner's Group website, as well as of the Sound Lab Owner's Group site. He's been around for a while, but this is his first commercial loudspeaker design (to the best of my knowledge).

I haven't heard 'em yet so can't comment on the sound (I know, that's all that really matters after all). I'm expecting a pair before the end of the year, and will post comments then.

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errivera
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The statement was not that the ribbons are lighter than air, rather that they are lighter than the air that they push. Big difference.
errivera
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I just thought I would write down my personal experiences since I currently own a pair of Carver Amazing Platinum IV speakers (whew! that's a mouth full).

I have owned my Carvers since the latter 90's (about 1996-7), I can't really remember and haven't bothered to look for the sales slip. Before owning these speakers, I had owned speakers from M&K, Vandersteen, Beveridge, Rectilinear, Allison, B&W, Infinity, Altec, Martin Logan, and probably a few more that I can't immediately remember. I can honestly say that other than the Beveridge and Infinity IRS Betas, I have not heard a more impressive speaker than the Carvers. Not to say that they do everything right, but for the price, I know that there are no better speakers. That is why I still own them, in mint condition, with the Carver Silver 9t amps (not the greatest, but they work really well with the speakers).

The Caver woofers are really skimpy. The magnets are very tiny however, they are one of a few speakers that I have know that do not need a subwoofer to fill the last octaves of sound. They are really dynamic. True, they need a lot of power just to get them going but when they get going, WOW!!!

I say this in hopes that we may understand that even if the Gilmore speakers are offshoots of the original Carvers, they may just live up to the claims made by the manufacturer. I know that the woofers on the Carvers move an incredible amount of air. The excursion (due to their abnormally large diameter surround) is really incredible. You may also want to make reference to some of the Carver subwoofers currently available.

As Lugnut says, I too am willing to wait for the results to be posted. We will just have to wait and see. However, because of my personal experience with the Carvers, I am more open to the claims being made than most.

Time will tell.
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