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Avalon Eidolon Diamond or Aerial 20T v2.

I am trying to decide between these two speakers and was hoping to get some input from anyone who has heard either of these speakers.

I realize the best thing for me to do is go and listen to them but it is tough for me to do. I have heard each speaker but wasn't at the store to listen to either of these in particluar. I heard the Aerials when demoing a subwoofer and they where the orginals not the v2. I only heard the Avalons briefly at a store being demoed for another customer about 3-4 years ago.

From what I'm hearing in talking to dealers over the phone and to a friend who has the Eidolon Vision the Avalon's give a more holographic sound (Wider and deeper soundstage)over most other speakers. The Aerial's I'm told are not as holographic and are alittle more in your face.
audiodreamer
mtdking
157 posts
 
Go listen side by side and report back...........

Audiodreamer heard both side by side so ask him.

semi
649 posts
 
if you want music, you should think twice about Avalon. I have not heard any ceramic midrange speakers to sound natural over the long haul. diamond tweeter or not, most critical is midrange and ceramic is just not the right material to many people's ears. what is ceramic? ceramic is essetially aluminum oxide and how often do you see aluminum used for midrange now a day? people have learned the disadvantage of aluminum midrange and stop using it long ago.

but Beryllium is a different story, I love the way Usher BE makes music in midrange.

a lot of things look good on paper, but they don't necessarily sound good in real life. I have heard Marten Design, Avalon, Lumen White, Gryphon, and Tidal extensively, all use ceramic midrange, all left me cold after half an hour.
bar81
791 posts
 
Wait. So you hate Avalons and were able to decide that you hate Ayre products by auditioning them on Avalons. You continue to be comedy gold.
rtn1
535 posts
 
I think Semi has a valid point. There is no perfect speaker. Perhaps there is price to be paid for the imaging and detail achieved by ceramic drivers. In addition, they tend to dip below 4 ohms, and need careful component matching. One has to prioritize what aspects of reproduction are truly musical. Semi seems informed to make that opinion.

I also think it is a bit hard to generalize about a material. I have heard silk-dome tweeters that were shrill to my ears.
mmike84
309 posts
 
Bar81 who are you talking to?
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