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Wondering if anyone can identify the speaker in this screen grab

Rick Beato recently interviewed Keith Jarrett at Mr. Jarrett’s home in New Jersey. At one point there was a brief and partial shot of what I think is the loudspeaker they were listening to. (it appears above Mr. Jarrrett’s shoulder in the screen grab)

I’m wondering if anyone knows what speaker that might be ? Mr. Jarrett is well-known for being very picky about the playback equipment he uses - just wondered what he might be using in his own home.

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seerm114 OP
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Ah - yes - maybe the Avalon Idea MK2. Interesting - thank you.

(oops - looks like this has been discussed on Audiogon before ; in this article he specifically talks about the "Avalon Eidolon Diamonds")

I was just listening to the set that came out in 2016 - "A Multitude of Angels" - 4 concerts from October 1996 that were the last long-form improvisations he ever did (he already had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at that time). In that case, he also recorded the concerts himself, using a pair of transformer-less microphones and a Sonosax DAT Recorder.

seerm114 OP
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That article is pretty detailed (it's originally from 2005)  In it, he says "what I’ve been using for quite a while is a high-end tube preamp from Convergent Audio Technology with very good transistor monoblocks [BEL 1001 Mk III] "

seerm114 OP
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So - if he is still using the Avalon Eidolon Diamonds then he has had those for a very long time. But - at that price (over 30K I think) - hopefully you wouldn't get the urge to swap them out in a year or two.

That Rick Beato interview is quite good by the way - Jarrett actually plays a few things with just his right hand (after his strokes, he no longer has the use of his left hand). 

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