Excerpts from Todd Warnke's review in Enjoy the Music:

When you hear a component that gets it right the feeling is something altogether different than the momentary sonic rush of a boom and sizzle showroom demo. It's not about hearing more detail, though that may happen. And it's not about frequency extension, though that may be a part of it too. Nor is about a stage that rearranges the walls of your listening room, though it's nice when that happens as well. Rather, it's about hearing a complete music tapestry rather than the hyper-magnified and exaggerated details of the sonic fabric. And from the very beginning the Devore Fidelity gibbon SUPER 8 delivered the right feeling — and the right sounds.

At the end of my time with the gibbon SUPER 8, I need only say that it represents a new benchmark. The Devore is a remarkably unfussy loudspeaker, it can be driven by just about any electronics and make them sound better than you thought they were, plus their modest size allows you have a listening and a living room at the same time. But it is also a wonderfully clear, detailed, open, near full-range loudspeaker. Seamless, coherent, organic, natural... with it in the system I found myself listening to music and not to the associated details of the sonic fabric. Within their admittedly large parameters they are without peer for anything less than double their price. Not just recommended, but if you love music they are mandatory listening.

Read the full review here.

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