Wondering if anyone can identify the speaker in this screen grab

+ 2 for Avalon Ascents.  Is that Robert Trollinger facing the camera?  I believe that Robert is the CEO of Avalon Audio.

Avalon Ascents?

Could be Gershman or Linkwitz.  Might be a little more in line with Keith's taste.

that's the first thing I thought of Avalon

@seerm114 

He may be picky about equipment...but there's a helluva lot of glass in that listening room!

Regards,

barts

@soix 

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09-18-2023 at 12:17pm 

I’m impressed.  Many musicians have garbage systems.  Wonder what he’s driving them with?

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HAHAHA! man aint that the truth! thats where i come from. man, it cracks me up...band guys will spend forever dialing in their tone, fiddling with knobs, etc...theyll sweat minor tweaks and changes during playback...then listen to music at home on some BPC they got off the side of the road. 

hahaha

Definitely Avalons.  I used to have a pair of Avalon Ascents that were about that size, but Eidolon Diamonds is more likely - more recent.

It is hard  tell it could be a Avalon ,or the maker who changed the name it’s been awhile.

It is hard  tell it could be a Avalon ,or the maker who changed the name it’s been awhile.

Definately Avalon Idea speakers.

TMR Audio has a pair on eBay

@soix 

Many musicians have garbage systems.

A garbage system that can sound good enough to verify quality of the recording. That is usually the case. To describe an entire situation a second phrase might help a lot indeed. Not all musicians have budget of Taylor Swift and not all musicians have budget of even an ordinary IT specialist. 

So - if he is still using the Avalon Eidolon Diamonds then he has had those for a very long time. But - at that price (over 30K I think) - hopefully you wouldn't get the urge to swap them out in a year or two.

That Rick Beato interview is quite good by the way - Jarrett actually plays a few things with just his right hand (after his strokes, he no longer has the use of his left hand). 

That article is pretty detailed (it's originally from 2005)  In it, he says "what I’ve been using for quite a while is a high-end tube preamp from Convergent Audio Technology with very good transistor monoblocks [BEL 1001 Mk III] "

I’m impressed.  Many musicians have garbage systems.  Wonder what he’s driving them with?

Avalon is the first thing I thought of. also.

Ah - yes - maybe the Avalon Idea MK2. Interesting - thank you.

(oops - looks like this has been discussed on Audiogon before ; in this article he specifically talks about the "Avalon Eidolon Diamonds")

I was just listening to the set that came out in 2016 - "A Multitude of Angels" - 4 concerts from October 1996 that were the last long-form improvisations he ever did (he already had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at that time). In that case, he also recorded the concerts himself, using a pair of transformer-less microphones and a Sonosax DAT Recorder.

Verity Audio?

DeKay

Looks like an Avalon.