Avant-garde speakers

@cbozdog used this very combo.

I was tempted to buy Uno and went to well set up listening room of authorized dealer. 10 min of listening to these speakers of randomly picked recordings gave me same fatigue as if I would listen loud live concert for few hours.

They look very cool though, but too pricey for souvenir 

I agree with czarivey that Avantgade speakers can sound harsh but, in my experience with Duo’s, that will be with the associated equipment rather than the speakers.

My Duo’s have sounded awful with a high powered SS amp, very good with an older Avantagde Model 5 SS integrated and really excellent with Atmasphere OTL valve amp.

They also REALLY benefit from time spent in setting up the listening position and siting of the speakers. Get Better Sound from Jim Smith was invaluable in getting my setup from sounding good to being a brilliant musical event.

My Duo’s are now 10 years old and have not changed since I bought them. Avantagrde speakers sound really good at both low and high volume levels. Before Avantgarde speakers I used to play my system much louder, however, the efficiency of the horns allow the dynamic rage of the music to be captured, even at low levels, that I’ve not experienced with other speakers.

Some people have complained of poor bass integration but that hasn’t been an issue for me. The size of your room shouldn’t be a problem, particularly if you play at low/mid volume. When they go really loud and shift a lot of air then you may neeed to calm down the crossover/gain settings on the speakers.

Hope that helps.

Owned AG horns prefer Altec  RCA etc