treed: your moniker sounds like you're a possum, hangin' by its prehensile tail and shiverin' all over while the hounds bark menacingly below. BTW, nothing you guessed about me or my upbringing is correct. it's you, sir, who lacks manners or any manifestatation of ever having a mother, much less learning anything of polite discourse from her. it ain't polite to call someone "boy" or "christian," particularly when you've no idea whether i'm an african american or a muslim, or both. now, if you care to tell us all why you think avantgarde uno's are wonderful, please do so. that's what this threads about, to which you've contributed not a speck. i have listened to uno's and duo's in a number of enviroments, including particularly a first-rate sound room with which i am very familiar. moreover, i have heard the speakers driven by both tube and ss electronics, analog and digital frontends. in every listening experience, my impressions were the same. the speakers are bloated in the lower-to-middle midrange, lack low-bass coherence and have an unnaturally-sized image. the presentation of single female voices is strident and massed voices smeared. of the 15-20 speakers i've critically auditioned in the past year, i'd rate the avantgarde uno's no better than 10th or 11th. there are a number of competitors out there who produce a better-sounding transducer at the same or lower price than the uno's. 'course that's just my opinion. what's yours, possum-man?
