The G5 features a unique suspension system for the cabinet so that it can be used on the many types of flooring encountered throughout the world - including uneven natural stone tiles, granite and marble floors, deep pile carpet, and suspended wooden floors.

The suspension system is really like a race car. It has wheels (spikes), the suspension frame, and shock absorbers (decouplers). It isolates the speaker from floor-borne vibrations (like when used in the US). It also makes sure that speaker vibrations do not go into the floor that will affect your components and turntable. The result is cleaner, much tighter bass, a more precise and holographic soundstage, and better imaging in more rooms and installations.

While the G5 is first and foremost a loudspeaker for music, doing duty as part of a home theater system would not embarrass it. It will play to audacious levels, and bass response is full and extended with the built-in 500W servo-controlled bass amplifier and three 8" aluminum cone woofers per channel.

The servo-bass amplifier allows for both single-ended and balanced inputs and outputs for LFE - because most home theater systems only have single-ended outputs. The newly designed 8-inch woofers use a stronger motor structure, stiffer frame, and larger suspension to achieve higher SPL's with less distortion. The woofers have a 12% longer throw than the older G5.2 woofers. This results in the 3 woofers moving as much air as the older 4 woofers in the G-V. As they are also lower-distortion motors, the bass section on the new G5 is better than the bass section of the G-V.

The G5 is a diminutive giant. Other full-range speakers are behemoths - they are taller, wider, deeper, or just plain BIG. The G5