Avalon Sentinel

Why did they nix the Osiris speaker? The Osiris seems ultra versatile in that it requires an outboard crossover allowing one to use up to 5 stero amps to run them. Now they have the Sentinal that uses a proprietary sub amp that comes with the system. The system is no longer even bi-wireable. This seems to limit its versatility, but is still a kilobuck speaker. Any feedback?

Linkster: You certainly are not serious. If so, that would definitely be one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard.

I am not sure Linkster are completly ludicrous. The Eidolon Diamond might very well have better mids and highs and maybe even midbass! Diamond tweeter and a newer design, might do the trick.

So Linkster, has anyone actually HEARD the Eidolon Diamond yet, in comparison to either the Eidolon or Sentinel, and can anyone comment on the differences? Or are these discussions still just based on specs?

Flex-A whole lotta folks heard the new diamond at Audio Unlimited like a month and a half ago. I partially agree with linkster's statement-meaning that from what I(and MANY others) have noticed is pretty much all avalons have a similar sound(be it a 2 way design, a 3 way design, etc...) you either like it or you don't. Saying any avalon is far superior to another is kinda hog wash- the only thing that I feel you benefit from is freq. response(which to some is very imortant). So I am in fact saying that say an Arcus sounds similar to an Eidolon-you just pay a lot more for the lower octaves- a lot of folks claim that the bigger ones sound "more life-" or more "musical" me and a few of my buddies find just the opposite. In regards to the chap selling the sentinel's- there are more then a few speakers in that price range that I would rather own over the sentinel's- when one reaches this price bracket they are either filthy rich and have no clue or are discerning listeners and are looking for the best value, sort of funny thinking of value in this price range but to some(including me......well one day!) it would be worth it.
~Tim