As with any advice ones needs to filter on some of the generalities, quality type of comments. The “spkr A blows spkr B out of the water” is pretty useless.
Many get attached to their choices and once someone slams their product of choice, the sophomoric comments begin.
No one hears what you hear and you really need to listen to the products or take a leap of faith, which can obviously be risky.
I've heard GE’s (ref) twice in two different settings (home, dealer) and they are nice speakers for sure and do things well, but have never been wowed by them at all. There is a certain disconnect. IMHO I see them more cut out for HT settings. The details of why I feel that way doesn’t really matter. Others may think they are the best spkr in the world.
There is so much that depends on getting the most out of every spkr (room, placement, acoustics, electronics) thus its important to do as much research and actual listening if possible.
There’s also ones priority. IOW, on one extreme some just want a good rig and don’t care much about all the details, time and work to get it dialed in and on the other extreme there are those that painstakingly devote a significant amount of time and resources (not necessarily big $) with setup, acoustics, power mgmt, isolation etc. Neither one is better or worse as it’s really person dependent.
Many get attached to their choices and once someone slams their product of choice, the sophomoric comments begin.
No one hears what you hear and you really need to listen to the products or take a leap of faith, which can obviously be risky.
I've heard GE’s (ref) twice in two different settings (home, dealer) and they are nice speakers for sure and do things well, but have never been wowed by them at all. There is a certain disconnect. IMHO I see them more cut out for HT settings. The details of why I feel that way doesn’t really matter. Others may think they are the best spkr in the world.
There is so much that depends on getting the most out of every spkr (room, placement, acoustics, electronics) thus its important to do as much research and actual listening if possible.
There’s also ones priority. IOW, on one extreme some just want a good rig and don’t care much about all the details, time and work to get it dialed in and on the other extreme there are those that painstakingly devote a significant amount of time and resources (not necessarily big $) with setup, acoustics, power mgmt, isolation etc. Neither one is better or worse as it’s really person dependent.