Hi Chris,
Very nice system and nice room!
Obviously you found some good synergy.
I am a happy owner of SF GP Home for the last 5 years.
I tried them with many different electronics starting with NAD 317 through Meridian 101/105s, Meridian G02/G57, Joule-Electra LA-150 Mk II/Bryston 4B and finally found my ultimate bliss with a Joule-Electra LA-100 Mk III Pre-amp with JAS Audio Array 2.1 A2 SET (Single Ended 300B driving 805 tubes) with Oracle Delphi Mk II/Alphason Xenon MCS/Dynavector 17D3 analogue front end.
The SET sound (with good analogue) is something to be experienced to understand what immediacy, intimacy, transparency and 3D is all about.
Two things I am not so sure about re SF and wanted to hear your views are:
1. I have listened to other SF speakers (older GP, Cremona and Cremona M, Guarneri Memento, Elipsa) and did not think there is a house sound. The SF have all different drivers, different cabinets, even different materials and they all sounded different to me (I brought my gear and schlepped my GPH to the audition so I can do a decent comparison).
If anything I felt that the GP Home, while not being the smoothest, were the most lively, transparent and agile of the lot. Although a ported design, their bass is one of the best I have heard, they are crossed over very low which leaves the mid-range intact not like many boom boxes out-there.
2. In general and after listening to many speakers (both box speakers and planars/ESL's like Magnepan 1.6 and 3.6, Acoustat 2+2 and 3, various Martin-Logan) in prices ranging from $5K to $160K (Wilson Alexandria) I do not regret my initial purchase but one thing did bother me about them:
In all my set-ups, on specific recordings, their tweeter tended to be splashy:
If pushed hard (Try Eva Cassidy "If I had Golden thread" when she goes up the octaves- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0kEQSrqu8c), they can sound slightly harsh at high (not crazy) volume levels.
In my room they are quite toed-in: tweeters firing at me and are slightly above my ears level.
So I wondered if you ever encountered this issue with the GPH and if you have, how did you alleviate it?
I see yours are only slightly toed-in (but don't you lose focus slightly?)
