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Audio Physic Avanti Century vs Avanti III

I have an opportunity to get some Avanti Century speakers, but I don't see much information on that model. It looks like it was fairly short-lived, replaced by the Avanti III's. Does anyone know what differences there are between them? It looks like a pretty big increment from the II's to the Centuries, but not much information is available for the next increment.
Thanks.
tkaiser
narrod
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The Century was a failure similar to the Libra. Neither remained in the line for very long. There is a newer Century that is supposed to be good but I've never heard it. The Avanti III is the best speaker I ever owned and one of the best I've ever heard.
tkaiser OP
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Thanks, but can you clarify what you mean by "failure"? Perhaps it wasn't on the market very long, superceded by the Avanti III, so it didn't have time to attract much attention? Or was there some aspect of its performance that led to its early replacement? If there are two version of the Century, does anyone know how to tell the difference between them?
narrod
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The Avanti III replaced the original Avanti which was a disappointing speaker. The Century was replaced by a later version. There was no direct replacement for the Libra. The Virgo II and Avanti III are special speakers.
In my opinion, no other Audio Physic model has surpassed them. Both the Libra and original Century did not have the same magic ability to disappear into the soundstage.
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