GMA Europas v. Spendor S3/5 v. Spendor S6


Anyone with experience back to back on the Green Mountain Audio Europas vs. the Spendors? (Either the Spendor S3/5s or the S6s?) I'm looking at both of these and can either go floorstanding or monitor. I have a SS with plenty of power to run these speakers. For my second system. Also curious about feedback on the Spendor 3/5 vs. the Spendor S6.
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If you're interested in imaging and the speakers' ability to make it sound like the musicians are in your room then I'd say throw out the spendors. The S3/5 have an inoffensive sound, but my ancient Spica Angelus made the s3/5 sound distinctly lo-fi ... not the result I was expecting prior to the demo. I used my densen b100 to demo the spendors so the same amp was driving the spicas and spendors. It wouldn't surprise me at all if a used pair of TC-50s beat the s3/5s.

According to their owners (I've never heard them personally) GMA Europas out-spica the spicas in their imaging and realism, so I'd say they are definitely worth a demo.