Hello folks,
I changed a few things in my systems and the Devore Fidelity Gibbon Super 8 speakers are back in the living room with vintage Mc Intosh gear ( MX110Z and MC225) and the MDA1000.
I read on the web that these speakers are designed for small rooms. Well, I have to modestly disagree.
My living room is pretty large and has a very high ceiling of 6 meters.
The Super 8's have no trouble at all to fill the room and pressurize it correctly. When I am in my office, actually 2 stairs higher, the sound from this system is incredibly full and detailed and nothing is missing for me.
Their only need for placement is to have a wall behind them, not too far. One meter seems to be the maximum in my rooms or the bass simply disappear. This is what happens in my main system room. I cannot place them close enough to the back wall, and the bass simply vanishes.
Once you can place them near the back wall, the Super 8's simply "deliver" the very best in audio according to my personal taste.
They are speakers very easy on associated gear. They sounded wonderful in my home with very various gear, modern or vintage.
You could think from this statement that they are colored and lack transparency. Not at all. It is very easy to hear the differences in the gear associated. Those speakers just let the music flaw.
They are very transparent and refined. They remind me the best ProAc's but they seem to me to be even more natural and sweet while retaining a high level of transparency. Their coherence is simply stunning.
Of course, a great feature is this almost flat 8 ohm impedance, which seems so challenging for most designers to achieve, and allow users to use low powered amps, tube based or not.... Choice is the real luxury in audio imho, like in many other things in life, but please do not tell my wife ( D
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The more I listen to them, the more I love them and the more I think that the very best speakers for my ears and my taste may well be the Devore top of the line Silverbacks.
The "little" Super 8's give so much that I do wonder what the big ones make ?
The Super 8's, replaced by the Gibbon 88 in the Devore current line, may appear as being expensive for "small 2 way speakers".
They indeed are an absolute bargain.
The music they deliver is gorgeous, involving and relaxing.
Their design is classical and non invasive. The wood veneers are beautiful. The enclosure give an impression of utmost quality.
Obviously, John Devore designs his speakers with the "Musicality First" mind.
Well done sir !