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Avantgarde Uno/Duo

Hi All,

I have couple of questions on the Avantgarde horns:

1. I have heard that the Uno and Duo have integration issue between the mid and bass drivers. Is there a fundamental problem with the design or this is a speaker placement issue (eg, you need to sit further away from the speakers)?

2. Are the tweeter and midrange drivers in Uno/Duo time aligned?

-apogeediva
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apogeediva OP
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Whart, thanks for sharing the experience. I wonder if the right approach would be position for best driver integration, then find the best electronic to achieve best bass performance. I have noticed that Avantgarde recommends using solid state amplifiers for their horns. Perhaps, they think SS amplifiers give better performance in the bass.

I don't understand why some speaker manufactures don't pay much attention to the effects of driver time alignment.
apogeediva OP
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The Duo Omega has a lower mid-range crossover frequency which can help to reduce mid to bass integration issue. If you don't listen to vinyl, I think a digital processor can also help. In addition, the digital processor can also correct the driver time alignment. If I do get the Duo, I will use my Tact 2.2XP to set the crossover between the sub-woofer and mid-range horn. I suspect digital processing is one of the directions that Avantgarde is heading as can be seen in their introduction of Zero One.
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