avantgarde uno & duo

I have a pair of Klipschorns being driven by Cary 805C. For me that sounds very good. Although, I know there are horn speakers out there that sounds much better. Your question is about the AV Duo and Uno--Well I've heard the Duo and the Trios; to be honest I was not impress, I don't know what the big fuzz is all about. For others they might like it, I find them with a bit of "Coloration". I like speakers that are very natural sounding and revealing.

Glai
Don't get me wrong, at lot of people like coloration on their speakers. AV as being one of them. You have to remember AV's are not fully horn loaded they are hybrids. To answer your question--Absolutely. AV are less transparent and detailed than fully horn loaded speakers. If you ever get chance; see if you can listen to a pair of Edgarhorns Titans. Apparently they are one of the best if not the best sounding horn speakers out there.

Tubes108

Why do I feel like I'm related to you or something. Anyway, as I have said in the past, I've sat in front of a pair of Trios for a good hour or two and did not get that Live performance you are saying. But this is just my own opinion.

I do agree that Avantgardes if not properly set up will not preform to it's fullest. I think it would be safe to say "that all goes for any speaker". That being said, it would be very sad to say that those trios that I've heard was not properly setup or maybe they were, who knows--it was not my listening room. All I can remmeber is that the fellow who had them had an easy 150k of gears in that room. If you guys claim that my bad experience with AV was due to bad setup--then I would really like to hear them in a listening room with the right gears. I travel a lot and I will be in the Jersey, New York city area a week from now. Is there any dealers of Avantgardes in that area where I can have a listening session. Maybe my feelings for these speakers will change after all. Unless they are not properly setup again.

Thanks for your post TBG. At least I know I was not the only one who thinks that Avantgardes are not doing what others claim they can do. Just to clarify things, my opinion is just that--My Opinion.