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Mods for Avantgarde speakers
sdrsdrsdr, the avantgarde construction is a bit flimsy for speakers so expensive. the new g2 series looks more solid. no doubt any damping helps the sound. before you change the internal wire just make the effort to solder all internal connections... 
Mods for Avantgarde speakers
Chadeffect,using some sticky black bitumen stuff for the dampening of the cylinders. Did that tweak some 10 years ago. don't remember the brand. it was stuff used in cars in dampen resonances. keep the original foam in place inside the cylinders. ... 
Mods for Avantgarde speakers
Cmo, yes cap upgrade was done after the omega upgrade 
Mods for Avantgarde speakers
there are many modes I did to my duos from 2000. Omega upgrade a few years back.soldering all internal connections with silver solderreplacing the mundorf tweeter cap with teflon v-caps.replacing the internal wire with audio note silver wire.repla... 
Music Server- SSD drives
besides noise and heat the main benefit of a ssd is the lack of vibrations. a hd spins quite fast and cause a lot of vibrations! 
Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?
I have listened to some of the best turntables on the planet, clear audio statement, continuum labs, rock port series 3 (hope I remember all those names correctly).what always bothered me even with quite new records was the noise levels namely pop... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
michaelvv,when I replaced the mundorf silver/gold in my omega duos a few years back with teflon v-caps it was an ear opener. the v-caps are in an entirely different league than the mundorfs. it's like going from a 911 to a F1 car! 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
a few years back I replaced the 3,3 uF mundorf silver/gold in my omega duos tweeter xo with the v-caps. this is one of the best upgrades I ever did and literally transformed my speakers. chris put them on the cable cooker for 4 days before sending... 
Where R U?????
on lombok island/indonesia next to bali island. warm weather all year 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
lrsky,I always heard the discontinuity in my omega duos between the horns and the built in subs. one problem is the dynamic discontinuity and the other one is the time alignment (the horns are 2-3 ms ahead of the subs) solved that problem by emplo... 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
IMO horns can also be enjoyed in medium sized rooms like 25 m2 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
I think it was measured at 1 m distance, at a typical distance of 3 meters the volume would be down by a few db so the measurement was not that unrealistic. Guess he had to crank the volume up that much to get any thd to measure.IMHO horns even pl... 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
regarding distortions of horns I remember a very old stereophile review of the original duo's from '97.martin collums measured THD at 110 db! the midhorn had only around 0,1% THD and the tweeter 0,3%. I doubt even a speaker like wilson's alexandri... 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
regarding bass integration of the horns with the powered subs I'd like to comment. using duos and later omega duos, highly modded, since many years. the problems some people are hearing are real regarding bass integration. it's a time delay thing.... 
Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator
check out pure power latest regenerator, the 3000 model.can handle 2000 watt continiously and peaks of 3000 watt afaik. should be sufficient for your system.