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I compared Giya G3, Blade 2 and Scala Utopia at the dealer. I ended up choosing the G3, which was the most "disappearing" and resolving speaker in my subjective experience in the dealer's listening room, with the Blade 2 a close second. The Utopias were, subjectively, more punchy. All very subjective, I know.
Where the story takes a fun turn is when the Giya blew one of its high mids for no particular reason (let's say that Vivid speakers aren't reliability models and leave it at that). That prompted me to get the Utopias as a backup, my subjective line of reasoning being that when the Giyas had been repaired I would have two options: the resolving G3 and the punchy Utopia.
5-6 months after I got both setups running side by side, I had developed the habit of listening to everything classical/jazzy on the Giyas and everything rock/electronic on the Utopias.
I did not question that habit until I started blind testing at which point I realized I couldn't actually reliably tell which pair was playing
(I have since trained myself to detect the differences, but it requires some effort...)
Bottom line, in hindsight, I fell the best initial buy I should have done was probably a pair of reliable Blade 2.
did try to hear the BW, but can't really stand the local dealer bullshit and semi arrogant attitude (I confess that I probably don't dress like a potential customer for "high end" audio...)
Where the story takes a fun turn is when the Giya blew one of its high mids for no particular reason (let's say that Vivid speakers aren't reliability models and leave it at that). That prompted me to get the Utopias as a backup, my subjective line of reasoning being that when the Giyas had been repaired I would have two options: the resolving G3 and the punchy Utopia.
5-6 months after I got both setups running side by side, I had developed the habit of listening to everything classical/jazzy on the Giyas and everything rock/electronic on the Utopias.
I did not question that habit until I started blind testing at which point I realized I couldn't actually reliably tell which pair was playing
(I have since trained myself to detect the differences, but it requires some effort...)
Bottom line, in hindsight, I fell the best initial buy I should have done was probably a pair of reliable Blade 2.
did try to hear the BW, but can't really stand the local dealer bullshit and semi arrogant attitude (I confess that I probably don't dress like a potential customer for "high end" audio...)