Guru Junior Launch Feedback

[Tom Tom Audio]

We enjoyed an exceptional response from both the public, trade and press to the launch of the new Guru Junior speakers this weekend. The Juniors created a huge amount of excitement throughout the show with many visitors telling is that they had been told by other exhibitors and visitors that they just had to experience the sound we were achieving in our  room and the team on the What Hi Fi stand sending people along purely based on the results they had heard.

Naim Audio Forum

 “the best sounds I heard came from James and crew's little Guru Juniors." - JBGWild

"From all the rooms that I visited James in the Guru room had by far the most interesting room set up. Minimalist in approach, as you could hardly see the Unitilite & Unitiserve discreetly placed within a rather stylish piece of black furniture, which was topped by a large bust of Buddha, with an attractive Tibetan style rug on the floor in front. The Guru Juniors were almost the only piece of equipment noticeable. How refreshing, his demo was all about the music and not the hard sell of the product. How refreshing is that. Hearing a track from Joel Frederiksen's Requiem for a Pink Moon was a surprise too; rather in keeping with the Zen style approach he was taking. Top marks, Sir."

" Best bit for me was catching up with James from Tomtom in the Guru room. Excellent sound - Pev"

"As others have said, James' demonstration of the Guru Juniors was very impressive; one of the few cases of music rather than hifi. The Guru Juniors were powered by the Unitilite and the system made better sounds than nearly all the others on show costing squillions"

 - dfw

"I too liked the sound of the Guru juniors" Salmon Dave

"The Guru junior were good" - ashrafs

"I really liked the little Gurus" - Frank Abela

"Good work with the Gurus on the weekend. They sounded great and seemed to be popular when I visited." -  W Galloway"

 

What Hi Fi Forum

"As a sneak preview, my award for The Best Speakers I'd Never Heard Of goes to:-   

The Guru Junior, a fabulous little Swedish box (and it is boxy to look at).  Unusually, they were being played across the room, where 99% of setups were along the length of the rooms (mostly bedrooms with beds removed).  £750 a pair, nicely finished, and sounding just wonderful with a nice ordinary system - a Naim Unitilite and Unitiserve.  Standmounting, and angled very sharply inwards (crossing at about 90 degrees) they sound great almost everywhere in the room.  Close to the wall was fine too, so domestically ideal for many.  Would give the LS50s a run I think, though definitely less monitor-ish and more from the 'designed by listening' camp I'd guess.  I selected some diverse tracks off their iPad, and even an opera aria didn't empty the room, which got busier (out of sheer curiosity, maybe?)  Even their brochure was unique, with tips on a coffee table to put your feet on!  Definitely a memorable 20 minutes or so."

 - No opinion

"The biggest surprise and most memorable thing of the show was little Guru Junior speakers. Which sounded simply just right to me with lots of detail and incredibly warm big bass. And all of this with just ordinary naim unitylite  system. ( No power amps, supplies, conditioners  or god knows some other ‘Rolls Royce’ stuff).   Stereo image was incredible. Laws of physics and speaker engineering seems to be were broken by  Swedish scientist Ohman who initially designed speakers as a tool for hearing research in his institute.  I think his approach , in  using  the room walls and furniture in the room as supplementary  tools  to bring music to our ears , works wonders.  I like the fact that these speakers seems to be well suited  for our normal ‘real life’ UK living rooms, where placing speaker two feet or more from the wall might be considered by some  a big compromise in practicality . That day I found myself coming back few times, just to catch up on how good GURU sounded with different tracks.  Shame that  I could not hear  big brother QM10two. These should of been even bigger step up I guess, judging from   exceptional reviews in the press, last year.  I have a strong feeling that QM10two’s  or Junior  might be my next upgrade from 685’s. "

- Darius hifi

"Guru speakers were very good" – Staggerlee

"I was impressed the GURU Junior speakers, which I found was really good when Pink Floyd "Money" was played.  I found the bulk of the manufactures tend to play safe jazz type music,  which could sound good even on an old  "music centre".  The KEF LS50 I consider a close second to these GURU speakers. "

 - Hugh 1