Just Bananas

CES 2008

By Stephen Mejias • Posted: Jan 12, 2008

After days filled with wildly-shaped loudspeakers constructed from all sorts of fantastic materials, I must say it was refreshing to see a familiar face—the DeVore Fidelity Gibbon 3, a speaker that looks like a speaker.

Bananas!

For this show, John DeVore dressed up his littlest monkey in a fine mahogany stain. The price remains the same: $2000/pair.

Comments

Submitted by Stephen Mejias on January 16, 2008 - 4:37pm.

Dudes, nobody owes me a beer! If anything, I'll buy the beers. But you'll have to wait till next payday.

Submitted by Matthew Rotunda on January 12, 2008 - 6:38pm.

Looks great JD!

Submitted by Erik Bobeda on January 12, 2008 - 8:13pm.

*swoon*Is that an Ayre driving them?

Submitted by George Kautzman on January 13, 2008 - 12:21am.

I spent quite some time at the Devore Suite. I went primarily to hear just how good John's $15,000 Silverback Reference speakers sounded, but what truly blew me away was the sound he managed to coax out of the $4,000 Gibbon Super 8's! I listened to rock, classical, jazz, and piano, and everything sounded like the instruments were there in the room.

Submitted by Stephen Mejias on January 14, 2008 - 10:44am.

Yes, Eric -- John was using Ayre electronics in his room. I believe the first time John DeVore and Ayre's Steve Silberman met was at my apartment, a couple of years back, when we listened to the Gibbon 3s with the Ayre AX-7 integrated and CD player. A very fine combination.

Submitted by john devore on January 15, 2008 - 10:57am.

It's true Stephen, I own you a beer or two for introducing me to Steve. The little 3s sounded so good at your place with the Ayre, Steve was the first guy I called when I decided to do Vegas with solid-state. Sweet stuff, thanks guys!