|
Excerpts from Mike Healey’s
6moons gibbon 3 review: When music started to play through the Gibbon 3s, I
felt reacquainted with an old friend. I wasn't just hearing a really
good component. I was hearing something that many state-of-the-art
components miss nowadays - that vital sense of flow, as though the
entire musical experience just poured out uninhibited into your
listening area. The artists on the other end of the recordings had
something to say so I spent the first night simply listening. The midrange of the Gibbon 3 loudspeakers was
entrancing. Vocals and solo acoustic instruments sounded as detailed as
if they were in the room instead of just floating between the speakers. This was not just a case of love at first hearing. I
lived with these speakers long enough to pass through the first pangs of
love and now sincerely regret having to send them back to the
manufacturer. The Gibbon 3 loudspeakers successfully conveyed the nature
of music with all of the endearing characteristics of 2-way bookshelf
speakers: excellent imaging, an articulate midrange and non-fatiguing
high frequencies. The Gibbon 3s are for the late-night addicts - people
who sit and listen to one album, then another and finally one more,
until they announce, "Whoops! It's past midnight! I have to get up for
work tomorrow." You know who you are. Vocals sound gorgeous and strings detailed and clear. Personally, I would be hard-pressed to leave any room where these speakers are playing. They leave your music with a sense of dignity by avoiding hyper-detailed close-up shots and artificially enhanced lower mids – as if your recordings needed plastic surgery to sound their best. A two-way speaker that shares musical characteristics with single driver designs (without their drawbacks) is unique and desirable. Even for those who are not on a budget, the Gibbon 3 loudspeakers are worth an in-home audition. Highly recommended! Read the full review here. |