Flg2001, I heard a pair of G Mementoes at the SF dealer's early on in my speaker auditioning but was surprisingly underwhelmed. I found the sound very uninvolving but given their reputation, I'd have to lay the blame on the upstream components (Meridian G08.2, ARC preamp, Jeff Rowland Consonance amp)which may have been a suboptimal match. I thought the GM's looked drop-dead gorgeous! When the Cremona's arrived, despite only 20 hours of break-in, the sound was instantly musical and moving. Mind you, electronics were totally different this time-- Meridian 808.2, Boulder pre, ARC VT200 monoblocks but given the huge savings in cost, I went with the M's.
Cheers,
Peter.

netpooch June 28, 2009 19:07

Flg2001,
As you may have noticed, I've replaced the CJ pre with a Shindo Masseto. It pairs very nicely with the Defy. System resolution and palpability have definitely gone up a notch!

netpooch June 27, 2009 04:24

Ingue723,
The iPod will accept and playback wav files from any source. I'll often download wav's from torrent sites! Sound quality is excellent through my Stax DAC.

netpooch June 27, 2009 04:20