Green Mountain Audio


I picked up a set of Diamante's for cheap. They have trashed foam surrounds but otherwise seem fine. I plan on veneering the "marble" with a beautiful teak or rosewood- I haven't decided.The angles will look pretty cool with the right veneer. The marble is not so cool but rigid and heavy. 

Curious if some upgraded drivers would improve the sound- as apposed to re-foaming. I realize this is a shot in the dark but my understanding is Roy from GMA has passed so not sure where to get driver advice. Open to any and all suggestions.

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I would also agree to refoam and not try and replace the drivers.  I know Roy would also for some drivers write - , 0 , or + on the back of the drivers as he would then match the drivers and only include the same matched drivers that he individually tested.  So for instance both tweeters would have the marking - on them not - and then +.

I've owned the Europas, Callistos, Eos HX and C1.5 and they were all excellent speakers.  I still have the Callistos and spare woofers for them.  I've since upgraded to full range speakers but the midrange, detail, soundstaging and realism of the Green Mountains was first rate.  I also enjoyed speaking with Roy on many occasions although I really didn't understand all the physics.  I always felt like I just had a one hour physics class when the call ended.  He was such a great, knowledgeable guy.  I was in line to get the EOS ribbon tweeter model but unfortunately that never happened.