Benno Melgaard (above), who'd previously designed speakers for Gamut, was the mind behind this new design. Indeed there are subtle resemblances to Gamut's look: The enclosure's front baffle angles slightly backward in gentle slope—in part to assist with proper wavelaunch arrival times.

The Gryphon EOS 2 is a two-way housed in a wooden cabinet that allows the listener to choose whether to use a front port or a rear port, depending on their room, listening preferences, etc. Its phase switch enables polarity inversion, which can also help with speaker-pair spacing and position. On back, the speaker has the same sturdy binding posts found on the Apex amplifier.

The EOS 2's tweeter of largeish diameter uses a beryllium dome and operates to "a low crossover point." Woofer cones are of carbon-fiber. The speaker is said to be "mostly a 5- or 6-ohm" load, and its measured sensitivity is expected to be 91 or 92dB/W/m). I was told the production EOS 2 is due out in August and its estimated retail price will be $20,000/pair.

Also debuting were Gryphon Rosso cables (above)—yes, they're red—a new line that joins the current Vanta cable series. The "ultra-low capacitance" Rosso cables are made with gold and silver alloy.

At the back of the room hung a poster showing the evolution of Gryphon's products along timelines. Gryphon's US Distributor Anthony Chiarella showed me Gryphon's very first product that launched founder/designer Flemming Rasmussen's career circa 1985: a substantial yet diminutive dual-mono phono preamplifier (above). Quite a contrast to the massive Gryphon Apex amplifier shown on static display (below). (Although Rasmussen is no longer a Gryphon company employee, he still designs the chassis, Chiarella said. More on this in an upcoming report.)

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