Posted by TitaniumTroy (A) on December 24, 2016 at 17:32:04

Would really like to hear these some day. On their specs page it says the dipole woofers play from 15-60hz, the planer magnetic/ribbon from 40hz-30Khz at 92db.

Home Theatre Shack Review:

"Last year I stumbled upon New Jersey's GT Audio Works and its fabulous large panel GTA 2.5 speaker. It was one of my "Best of Show" picks, noting that the speaker's sound was "…delicious to the ears." The speaker was such a delight that I pegged GT Audio Works as my first official room-stop of CAF 2016. There I found the company's enthusiastic owner (and speaker builder) Greg Takesh and his new GTA3R full-range planar magnetic / ribbon tweeter speakers. Normally priced at $9,000 per pair ($7,200 show special), this new iteration of the GTA speaker has a new straight panel design without the GTA 2.5's built-in 10-inch woofer drivers. Instead, GT Audio Works is pairing the GTA3R with Sound Insight's dual 12-inch driver SI-200 open-baffle powered subwoofers (which retail in the realm of $6,000 per pair).

From the front, the GTA3R looks very similar to the GTA 2.5, sporting a handsome wood framed finish and sleek black grill cloth. But the addition of separate subs (not to mention the SI-200's room friendly table look) arguably adds a new dimension of tweak-ability for even better bass performance.

The room's equipment included Paradox Pulse class A/B solid state monoblocks paired with a Paradox modified CD player, a Hollis Audio Labs MS-3 Music Server, and a Hollis Audo Labs dspMusik DAC. The GTA3R sounded simply fantastic to my ears. Greg and his crew played several tracks including Yello's Electric Frame and Bernadette Peters' Blackbird to showoff the speaker's versatility and range. Imaging and depth of soundstage was infinitely superb. And, once again, I was completely floored by the soundstage's height and breadth. Highs were super crisp and bass was tight and solidly deep; off-axis listening was excellent to boot.

This is a speaker that, for the price, is a total steal. I can't say enough about the sound (after all, that's what this is really about, correct?). If you're not shy about purchasing gear from a small independent builder, then GT Audio Works should be on your demo shortlist. I can guarantee with absolute certainty that you'll love what you hear."

• http://www.gtaudioworks.com/   (Open in New Window)

Edits: 12/24/16