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Re: SF Guarneri Memento's terrible measurements

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Pinkus, there seems to be a widespread belief in audio land that just because something is newer and more expensive it must be better.
I own the original G's, and have heard the M's in my system. IMHO, the M's are not in the same league as the originals. If one looks at the new driver compliment, the tweeter is a ring radiator and the mid/bass unit is 5" driver sourced from Dynaudio.(I believe). The orignal uses the far smoother Dynaudio Esotar silk dome, with a custom Audiotechnologie mid/bass unit. The Esotar is still considered by many including myself to be SOTA in tweets.The mid/bass unit has drawn raves worldwide also. The x-over has been changed in the M to a single wire version( it's bi-wirable in the original) and apparently the box is the same.
IMHO, SF cheapened the parts in the M and bought themselves a refresh of the line.
Measurements are instructive, perhaps in this instance very instructive.

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