Anyone experience Devore Fidelity Gibbon 8?

daddyjt
daddyjt Posts: 2,555
edited February 2019 in Speakers
These poped up local to me - Devore Fidelity Gibbon 8. The reviews are positive, but I was curious if anyone here has put ears to them...

https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/54876774

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    I have never heard of them but they do look interesting.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    erniejade wrote: »
    I have never heard of them but they do look interesting.

    Was going to say the same thing. Not exactly as a "Heck, I'll buy 'em just to hear 'em" price, unfortunately. (At least, in my world/budget)
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,555
    I am going to listen to them this weekend... I’ll let you know how they sound.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    How did they perform?
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 1,026
    I've heard really good things about the Devore line. That seems like a pretty good price as well. I'm looking forward to your impressions.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,555
    Ran into a snag over the weekend - going tonight after work to listen.

    More to come...
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    DeVore is a highly respected/reviewed company; unfortunately I've never heard any, or even knew anyone that had a set.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,555
    I’ve been grappling with how to put into words my impressions of the speakers since listening to them. This experience has actually raised larger questions in my mind, as to how we communicate the experience of sound in a verbal format - IE, tell me what the color red looks like.

    Anyway, on to the speakers. In short, they sounded Very good. I had my normal test tracks along, and all the various and particular subtleties I’ve come to expect from them were present on the Gibons. What wasn’t present was any kind of magic. If I had to come up with a single word, I’d say they sounded “sterile”. Certainly not a pair of speakers I’d pay $1,200 for. At any rate, I had a nice conversation with the seller, and don’t regret the trip in the slightest.
    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,555
    McIntosh 275, Prima Luna pre, and a Yamaha S700 disc player. He had a TT (Technics), but I declined a vinyl audition, as that’s not my preferred media. I’m not sure on cables - looked like AQ variety.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    Never experienced them, but I have experienced one Desira Gibbons and she was an 8
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,555
    I WAS pretty intrigued by the Prima Luna pre - beautiful unit...
    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


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    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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