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avantgarde loudspeakers

Hi all, are Avantgarde loudspeakers (horn design) the best in the world? They are very efficiënt, have excellent microdynamics and terrifying macrodynamics, beautiful instrumental and vocal timbre, truly you-are-there presentation of music, so what else do you want? I've always believe horn designs are outdated because they sound quite coloured and are not capable of giving a believable soundstage. But I could be wrong.
dazzdax
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
I think their looks could be terrifying too, especially if you had some guests walk into your room and they didn't know they were speakers.

Some people might mistake them for space robots from a 1950's flying saucer movie.
ed_sawyer
588 posts
 
They are better than most commercial horn designs, and not bad in their own right certainly, but they really they don't hold a candle to state-of-the-art in no-compromise DIY horn speaker designs and implementations. (esp. if factoring in price.)

-Ed
myraj
351 posts
 
Dazzdax,
In addition to be incredibly musical, and wonderful loudspeakers, I've actually had WOMEN, that nixxed other large speakers being in my main living area, go WOAH!!! ....those are BEAUTIFUL! Tis TRUE! Never had ANYone that saw them "in person" have a negative thing to say about the way they looked. (I've got RED Duos)
And the SOUND!!!!

Just thought I'd share my own actual personal experience.

Happy Listening!

audiogoon
68 posts
 
Ed, you raise a rather controversial if not intriguing idea, that someone building their own horn system can actually build a higher quality horn. If I recall the approximate cost of Ava tgarde trios was around 60k. Can you tell me where I could find parts/plans for a desing that could improve upons them for a fraction of their cost?

Thanks
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