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Avantgarde Zero 1-XD availability

Anyone know of an Avantgarde dealer in the North East?  I have been wanting to audition the Zero 1-XD active speakers and can't seem to track any down.  I heard this speaker at a show a couple years ago and now have a suitable space.  Yes, yes I'm keeping my La Scala's + Revel B15's driven by the Coincident Frankenstein-II's.  If anyone knows of a used pair of Zero's for sale I might just take the chance without audition.
tinear123
ohlala
1,236 posts
 
I would ask these people. I believe Angie, whom I met at a show, is the NA distributor. Maybe you are not so far away from Richmond Hills, anyway. In case you are not yet aware, aware there is also a TA ("semi-active") version of the Zero. I really like the Zero system, so it is cool for me someone else actually is enthusiastic.

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podeschi
303 posts
 
I have a brand new pair (white) of current fully active fully optioned version never removed from boxes. I have been selling all my other gear (Zanden, Luxman, Berkeley Ref, Raidho, Magnepan 20.7, etc) and was going to end up using these.  Clear the clutter away.  But could be talked into selling them. I would sell them for what I paid for them which is 20% off retail. Unless you buy from a shady dealer there aren’t big markdowns on new ones.
tinear123 OP
241 posts
 
podeschi… thank you for the generous offer.  I had a chance to listen to a pair of Zero-1-XD's this week and while the sound was very nice the dynamics were just not "horn enough" for my tin ears.  And I am more or   less married to my Coincident Frankenstein-II 300B amps so I needed to be really wowed to break their hold on me.  Thus for now I'm staying with my La Scala's.  I did recently learn that Charney Audio is near by and am arranging a demo of Brian's single driver design.  The closest I ever got to buying a single driver speaker was at THE-2006 when I heard the Carfrae Little Horn... the one that got away.
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