Strange Lacee, your "small" room is not much smaller than my 15 X 25 X 9 room. I can't imagine that 2 watts would drive the GV's.

I would not say that the GV's are a very efficient, in fact my old speakers were more efficient, and I tried a 12 wpc SEP amp with and a 35 wpc EL34 amp that couldn't light the room up the way my 85 wpc VAC amp does. Since the GV's are slightly less efficient than my old speakers were, I can't imagine driving them with less power. More power? Maybe one day. To each their own.

Interesting that you compare the GV's to electrostatics. The gent I bought them from said that the GV's were to only box speaker that he has ever heard that could compare to stats.

Cheers,
John

jmcgrogan2 March 07, 2015 23:05

Interesting write up Lacee, though I can't believe you could drive the GV's with a 2 watt amp!! That must have been one small room.
It must have been nice to meet Mr. Gorka. Did he help with set up?

I am very happy with the VAC's 85 wpc driving my GV's, but if I were to try a different amp, I would first probably try one with more power.
My pair have the black finish, but I like the look of Shakey's better.

jmcgrogan2 March 07, 2015 03:21

Very nice looking system Shakey! I just picked up a pair of Grand Veenas myself, very impressive sounding speakers. I wish I had a dedicated room, such as yours, and I could pull them as far out into the room as you do. My wife however would disagree. LOL!

They do love tubes though, I'm driving mine with a VAC Sigma 160i integrated amp. Possibly the best sound I've ever experienced in my room, though not nearly as much $$$ invested as I have had in the past.

Cheers,
John

jmcgrogan2 January 31, 2015 18:19