Hi elberoth2,
Now I have them at home, i can definitely confirm that I totally love them.
The stereophonic image is quite perfect : very large, deep, precise to the extreme and realistic.
The ceramics mediums and high are excactly what i love : fast detailed and natural sound.
And the invisibility of the indra's box is remarquable.
I really don't see any flaw for a speaker of this size.
It's quite an achievement.
The only thing that I miss is deep, deep bass for orchestral recording (it create an aven more larger soundstage and more body)
When I say bass it is really bass (not mid bass which are detailed and precise on the indra -contrary to wp8 for example).
It is impossible to achieve this kind of bass with speakers which are not VERY large, so it is not a flaw just a physical limitation.
I have tried subwoofers, it work in a way but not completely (nothing original ;)
I really love the avalon sound, i just can't think about anything else but with more bass.
So i have called my favourite dealer and i'm gonna try at home the Isis.
They are expensive, but for now I don't have heard anything that sound as an isis : tonal accuracy, SLAM (in a realistic way), and the very last bottom octave extension that I miss.
But for now i just try them, because the price is an important consideration for me.
The problem is that i know them well and I'm affraid that i will not want to let them go !
I know by an US dealer that Rockport is going to put a new speaker on the market (between the mira grand and the Altair) so maybe another path to follow.
But honnestly they have to bring something REALLY exceptionnal to compete with the Isis which is the best speakers that Avalon have ever made...and the best speaker that i have ever heard.
