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Gemme Concerti 108 Horn Speaker

by Josh Ray on November 10 '05

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Damn, that's one sexy speaker. The new Gemme Concerti 108 uses a 4" full-range driver from Fostex for its 42Hz to 23kHz range. Notice how the driver is whitish? Yeah, that's mashed banana peels. For whatever reason, drivers from Fostex use bananas. Bizarre compounds seem to be a full-range thing -- the Omega HempTone 8 speakers use hemp.

Call me crazy, but priced $3395 in piano black or $3650 in Anigre wood as shown, I'm not too sure what makes these speakers different than the $800 The Horn from The Horn Shoppe (reviewed here) -- same driver, same folded horn cabinet design, same lack of crossover...is the extra shiny cabinet and brass accessories worth the additional $2595? Maybe, 6Moons and SoundStage have review samples on the way.

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Comments

To answer the question as of the differences between Concerti 108 and The Horn by Ed Schilling, the cabinet and horn profile are very different. Major differences in design makes for major differences in sound. For one, the entire horn path is smooth as glass with no square bends. The horn path is also longer and exits in the front with no room anomalies added. Is it worth the price? Being able to audition them at dealers has to be accounted for in price too...

Posted by: Robert Gaboury | November 17, 2005 11:30 AM