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Avalon Eidolon Diamond or Aerial 20T v2.

I am trying to decide between these two speakers and was hoping to get some input from anyone who has heard either of these speakers.

I realize the best thing for me to do is go and listen to them but it is tough for me to do. I have heard each speaker but wasn't at the store to listen to either of these in particluar. I heard the Aerials when demoing a subwoofer and they where the orginals not the v2. I only heard the Avalons briefly at a store being demoed for another customer about 3-4 years ago.

From what I'm hearing in talking to dealers over the phone and to a friend who has the Eidolon Vision the Avalon's give a more holographic sound (Wider and deeper soundstage)over most other speakers. The Aerial's I'm told are not as holographic and are alittle more in your face.
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rtn1
535 posts
 
I think Semi has a valid point. There is no perfect speaker. Perhaps there is price to be paid for the imaging and detail achieved by ceramic drivers. In addition, they tend to dip below 4 ohms, and need careful component matching. One has to prioritize what aspects of reproduction are truly musical. Semi seems informed to make that opinion.

I also think it is a bit hard to generalize about a material. I have heard silk-dome tweeters that were shrill to my ears.
mmike84
309 posts
 
Bar81 who are you talking to?
bar81
791 posts
 
The post above mine by Semi. A while ago he went on and on in another thread about how much he disliked the Ayre reference gear spouting a bunch of borderline ridiculous "observations". The audition was using Avalon Isis speakers so I'm just noting his continuing credibility issues.
semi
649 posts
 
because Bar81 is very defensive of what he owns, everyone can tell
semi
649 posts
 
for the record, I have heard all the speakers I listed above mated with Boulder, Ayre, Lamm, BAT, Burmester, Einstein, Gryphon, EAR, and others. long enough for you? stop wasting bandwidth and go hide in your own cave if you have nothing concrete to offer.
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