Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves


Has anyone ever seen an actual impedance curve plot for the Avantgarde Trios? I am about to acquire a 3 year old pair and need to find a great amp to drive them. I suppose conventional wisdom would be to use an SET of some kind. However, to perform their best, SETs really require a relatively flat impedance curve. So, I guess what I'd like to know is how badly does the Trio impedance fluctuate with frequency, and/or, empirically, what amps have Trio owners used that have rendered awesome performance?

How about it, Trio owners, any advice for a new Trio guy? Any feedback would me most appreciated!

Dean
theloveman
For my TRIO Omega with a pair of Basshorns, I am using a pair of Antiphon Monolith 300B SET monoblocks. The Antiphons produce 7.5 perfect watts with lots of current reservoir (its power transformer is 600 watt capacity) Due to its enormous power reservoir and huge damping factor, it can drive a speaker with a very difficult impredance curve. I have directly and indirectly tried many amplifiers for Avantgardes, but nothing comes even close to the performance of Antiphons when it comes to driving a highly efficient speakers with huge drivers (15 inches or larger)such as Tannoy Westminster Royal HE, etc.
One of my friend is also using the Antiphons to drive his pair of Wilson Watt/Puffy speakers(known as a very difficult impedance load despite of its good efficiency at 92dB). The Antiphons surprisingly replaced his former amplifier, Boulder 2060 stereo amplifier. My other firends are satisfactorily using the Antiphons for Avalon Eidolons and Rockport Technology Antares.
As you can denote from the above instances, the Antiphons are outstanding at driving a speaker with highly fluctuating impedance curve.
If you want more reference or photos, please let me know.
Tron 300B amps are ok match for avantgarde Trio,but you will clip 300B tube, 8 watts, not enoughpower for trios complex load, this speaker withdemanding music can easily handle 50 watt peaks.
With my Trio 2.2s, later upgraded to Trio Omegas (huge difference, btw, like removing stuffed cotton from the horns), and using a pair of 225 subs in an 18 sqm room, I have tried Jadis 845, Zanden 300B, Hovland Sapphire, Lamm ML2, and Audion 300B power amps. The Lamms sound by far the most dynamic and detailed with full top to bottom extension, all other amps sounded somewhat anemic/rounded off though perhaps richer/more musical in some aspects. I have yet to find the sound I am looking for, but am sticking with the Lamms while I continue to tweak the rest of my system.
Has anyone tried the ART PX-25 or Wavelength Cardinal with Trios. Anyone else have any comments on 45 SET's with Trios.
I have a friend with the ART PX-25- its not bad on the Trio at all. There are no 45-based SETs that can drive the speaker- try as you like, 0.75 watts is not enough...

Most people I know that are driving the speaker successfully use surprisingly large amplifiers given the efficiency of the speaker. This is probably due to the impedance curve, which is tricky for a lot of zero-feedback amps (which otherwise will be the best sounding on a speaker like this).