Avalon Acoustics reputation

@petaluman . I agree with you. I believe there may be other small "boutique" exceptional quality manufacturers may be heading that way as Founders or chief technologist age out of working life. Any come to your mind? 

Over the years I have had five pairs of Avalons, including Diamond Eidolons.  They were great speakers, but I never had to use their customer service, other than an upgrade that went very well.  When I was with Wadia Digital, we used Avalon Eclipses to voice our products.

Avalon Eclipse 

what a beautiful sounding speakers.

i think it was the best model in their line up.

No experience with their service department.  I just think they're the Gold Standard for home audio.  I absolutely love how they sound.  I wish I could have afforded them.

I run a set of Linkwitz Orions, which to my ear, sound very much like the Avalon loudspeakers I've heard, so they're my "forever" loudspeaker.  The Linkwitz LX521 system would also be in that class.  Because they are a DIY system, you are your own service department. 

It's my intention to audition Avalon speakers as soon as i can.

One respected audio friend has the PM3, another the Osiris. Which are on my shortlist as potential replacements for my current Focal Stella Utopias.

In fact they might be the only speaker on that list that aren't dipoles or omnis.

In truth i love my Stellas so much i simply haven't gotten around to it.