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| Experience with the new Avantgarde Duo Omega Soldering is only required for the internal cable from the mid horn to the binding posts - the original cable must be de-soldered at the binding posts, then the new one soldered in place after the driver is replaced. Be sure to get some good solde... | |
| Experience with the new Avantgarde Duo Omega Further impressions with more break-in: all of the benefits I noted earlier remain, but in addition there is better integration & authority in the upper bass/lower mids - the new mid horn drivers are obviously more responsive at the bottom of ... | |
| Experience with the new Avantgarde Duo Omega OK, here's my first take after only a couple of days' break-in (maybe 10-12 hours of music time):- treble is significantly better; simultaneously more air & detail, but w/LESS glare. Amazing, like an electrostat with balls.- definitely more ov... | |
| Experience with the new Avantgarde Duo Omega Cost is $7K. Four new drivers (108dB sensitive, 18 ohm, Alnico magnets), pair of new high-pass crossovers for tweeters, and all new internal cabling and hardware. There's a lot of very high quality stuff here...wait 'til you see the magnet structu... | |
| Experience with the new Avantgarde Duo Omega I am installing the upgrade this coming weekend...will post thoughts once I've formed some impressions. Grapevine is very positive on this... | |
| Zu Definition, AG Duos orCoincident Total Victory? Undertow is way off base in two regards - since horns have limited dispersion, they are actually LESS sensitive to sidewall reflections, and in fact have GREATER placement flexibility than speaks using dome tweeters. Secondly, although tubes are t... | |
| Avantgarde Duo set up. Cmo's suggestion #4 is right on, for toe-in. But you need to be at least 12 feet away for best integration. I'm tall and simply mount both horns in their highest positions. The distance between speakers (measured to top dead center of tweeter horn... | |
| Lamm ML1.1 & ML 2.1 No detectable distortion here, either - PLENTY of headroom with 18 watts, at any sane (or somewhat insane) volume level. Enjoy! | |
| Anyone using the Clear Audio Virtuoso Wood? Agree in every respect with 4yanx, including the seller recommendation. A no-brainer at this price. | |
| Is it Audio, or is it Art? Why can't it be both audio and art? To behold something which one finds beautiful while listening to beautiful sound is very natural. If you can afford both, why not? "Either/or" questions in the contexts of discretionary spending and the apprecia... | |
| SLP98 mods and upgrades I have the oil caps and direct coupling, on my dealer's recommendation (he does massive Cary biz and has a great relationship with Dennis)...have not heard the stock preamp, but it's a giant killer as modded and tube-rolled -in my system (Lamm ML2... | |
| Any system ever moved you emotionally like this? Yep, the first time I heard Avantgarde Duos at the US distributor's place - rest of system included Audiopax 88s, DcS digital stack and a Viva preamp (cannot recall the model). I had him play the live version of "Little Wing" from Hendrix In The W... | |
| Lamm ML1.1 & ML 2.1 Tele smooth plates. | |
| snell fans Overhang - sounds like you've really done your homework and gotten the best out of the B. It's one of the few speakers I used to own that I still miss from time to time. When they first came out, I was working for a Snell dealer which sold a ton o... | |
| Avantgarde Duo 2.2 Amplifier Match. The classic choices, as others have noted, are the Audiopax 88s and the Art Audio PX-25; their gain structures are particularly well-suited to the Avantgardes. But do yourself a favor and listen to Lamm ML2s or the newer ML2.1s...noise can be an i... |