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Great Post Bill.

Might I add that volume also depends on the size of the room. We have a similar system in two rooms, a big one and a smaller one. No matter how much I raise the volume on the smaller room it will never sound as big and loud as the big room.

The Volti Vittoras have been well received at audio shows and there is also a rave review by Art Dudley. What do the knowledgeable horn people here think of them?

I've heard the Volti Vittoras at 4 shows---2011 Capital Audio Fest, 2011 RMAF, and 2012 and 2013 Capital Audio Fest. I like the Vittoras a lot, so much that I seriously considered buying them after my first exposure to them at the 2011 CAF. They combine very impressive dynamics and pretty good detail with an overall coherency that is pretty unusual in a 3-way speaker.

The main thing I did not like so much was the lack of adequate low frequency weight when they were run without a sub. I realize Art Dudley says they sounded just fine without a sub so perhaps a different room might be a better match, but what I heard in the small hotel rooms was not full range until the sub was switched in. Unfortunately, the Vittora was not as coherent when run with the sub. I have had enough experience with subs to know that I would end up playing them without the subs and for my tastes they did not go deep enough. I also noticed a trace of "pro sound" coloration in the Vittoras but I can't say if that may have been due to something else in the system.

For whatever it's worth, I didn't feel the Vittoras sounded quite as good in the other shows as they did in my first exposure to them at the 2011 CAF and RMAF. I believe the designer Greg Roberts said he made a number of changes to the Vittoras during this timespan and he considered them improvements, but I enjoyed the sound in 2011 more than the other occasions.

I also have to say that I haven't warmed up to Greg's other models. The Vittora is the one with the magic.

I have Wavetouch GT speakers for my integrated (Home Theater and 2ch) sound system. These speakers are efficient, loud, small, pretty, smooth natural sounding, and dynamic without typical horns' characteristics such as honky, screechy, shouty, coloration, ugly huge cabinet, etc. It's the best of both horn and dynamic speakers. There is a review of GT speakers in Stereo Times.
STEREO TIMES.

I agree with the reviewer's conclusion "need to start the search at about $20,000 and escalate from there." I think GT speakers are the best in the world in 40~27,000hz range. I've heard many >$100k sound systems at audio shops (Los Angeles, CA) and audio shows.