>> That you find the Calisto's not to be bright as
>> described by Drsaid could be 1) that they are not
>> bright, 2) that you have heard them with amplification
>> which was carefully chosen to reveal them at their
>> best, or that you heard them in a room for which they
>> were carefully chosen, or far more likely you just like
>> their sound and find that sound to be ideal.
Newbee: (1) I & whole lot of others are in agreement that Callistos are *not* bright. I feel that Drseid, who is the 1st one to use "bright" for these speakers, is using the wrong adjective to describe its sound. I have a strong hunch that "vivid" is a better adjective in comparison to the Linbrooks. Drseid correct me if I'm wrong.
Even after hearing the speakers using the incorrect adjective can lead people astray!
(2) I don't know if the amplification was chosen to "reveal them at their best". The amp was an EDGE amplifier. it was a very modest box that was *not much bigger* than, say, a Linn Ikemi chassis.
(3) re. the room I can say that it was one of the most humble & inconspicuous type of rooms. This room doubles as the office so there are work desks, computers, printers, faxes in there. the walls were the usual drywall & it had a false ceiling. In an attempt to treat the room a bit, there was 1 ASC tube trap in between the speakers. There were tube traps at the 1st reflection points. There was a large board (MDF or ply, I cannot remember) that was propped against the wall behind the speaker to reduce the drywall moving in-out w/ the bass. This is old contruction & is essentially a warehouse. The speaker sounded superb in this room! That was the most commendable part of the auditioning. I could see no gimmicks in the room to make the speaker sound good.
(4) True, I do like the GMA sound. I also like several speakers in the PBN Montana line & also Selah Audio's Excel Array speakers. The PBN Montana speakers all have a slot transmission front porting yet they seem to be engineered correctly for good sound. The Selah Audio speaker is a sealed box. Some GMAs are sealed & all the present offerings are ported. So, my preferences transcend ported-sealed speakers. In short, when I hear a good sounding speaker, I like it brand not withstanding.
Re. "idiot proofing" one's post: yes, it seems that we have a bunch of people here who are just trigger-happy to fire of a post reading what they want from somebody else's post rather than reading what is *actually* written there.
OK, next time I'll "idiot proof" my posts.
