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What speakers use a "minimal" crossover?
To me, the more crossover parts a particular speaker utilizes equates to more mistakes made by the designer in the speakers conceptual design stages. Hence speakers with lots of parts were not properly designed to begin with. The only way to do a ... 
speakers for low listening levels/tube amp
GMA Europa's. Look in the used section as they can be had for 600-700 used. 
The best speaker you ever heard?
Gotta agree with the GMA response. Spent a decade selling high-end audio and a lifetime as a musician and have heard nothing as real sounding as these speakers. 
Tyler Signature System versus Merlin VSM-MM
Jerry, if your in the Denver area, do yourself a favor and drive 50 miles south on I-25 to Colorado Springs and visit the Green Mountain Audio factory. You have one of the really great designers in this industry pretty much in your back yard. It w... 
Best monitor for under $1500?
The GMA Europa is pretty dang good in my opinion for $995.00/pair. It's good enough for Joe Ferla, longtime Sony recording engineer also. 
I love my Vandersteen's but . . . . . . . .
Can't say enough about Green Mountain Audio speakers. Do yourself a favor and give them an audition. 
What speakers can make a convert of Maggie lovers?
Green Mountain Audio. 
Are these damned brands or not good speakers?
I'll add another voice to support GMA's speakers. Amazing product for the money. Can't comment about dealers, but some high end shops do tend to be snobbish. 
Accurate vs Musical
inpepinnovations,what I was trying to say is that if you trow off the music's timing, especially like most speakers do delaying each frequency differently, you essentially destroy a portion of the musicality of the piece and make the brain work ov... 
best speakers for vocals?
Green Mountain Audio speakers do voice scary well! In fact, they do everything scary well. Many times I have thought that sounds I was hearing in cd's or movie sountracks were outside because speakers cannot sound that real, right? Wrong. I recent... 
Accurate vs Musical
Accurate. By accurate I mean accurate to the musical signals layed down in the original recording. Accurate to what the microphone(s) heard. Musical to one may not be musical to another. If the speaker accurately plays back the original waveform r... 
Best monitor under $1000
Nobody mentioned the Green Mountian Audio Europa's? I personally haven't heard a speaker at $995 come close to these offerings from GMA. They take forever to break in, but once they do.....pure magic. Built like tanks too...55 lbs each. 
If $ was no object what speaker would you buy?
The ones I have on order: The brand new Green Mountain Audio Calypso's. I get the 1st pair even..... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Minbean,You say you don't understand my viewpoint. Allow me to try to explain. Relative phase is a circular function and cycles through the same start point like the hands of a clock — 360° of phase equals one full rotation or cycle. Because phase... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Troy, I never said that a non time/phase coherent speaker can't sound good. They can and do sound good. Some sound VERY good. I simply happen to think the speaker in my audio system should be able to faithfully reproduce the original waveform that...