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A.T.  didnt even know the name of AVANTE GARDE in his initial post about AXPONA. Probably the first dealer I have run across that never heard of them. Then again...anybody that would set up shop in Jersey City which is the armpit of NJ obviously has questionable judgment and business sense. Has to come on Audiogon and do the used car salesman sales pitch because there isn't enough foot traffic. Would you risk getting mugged just to check out some speakers? Don't forget to wear your Kevlar. Make sure you don't miss future store openings in Camden, Trenton, Patterson and Perth Amboy

As for the 3F Persona's he is the only person from Axpona that says they sounded good. The most often used term I have read is "Shrill". Hardly a positive endorsement.

No Rib61 it is called synergy.

Imagine you are building a race car from scratch, you can choose the engine, the transmission, the tires, wheels, the braking systems.

Now imagine you have a competitive team also building the same kind of car now imagine you have two identically skilled drivers.

One team wins the other loses. Why? Because the car which all the parts work better in unison means that the particular car will work better and win the race.

Whenever you are building a system which has moving parts and those parts have different sonic attributes then you will produce different sound.

One pair of speakers on a tube amplifier will sound different on a solid state amplifier.

One set of cables may be brighter than another one could roll off the highs and sound duller.

The concept of cables influencing sound is simple cables can act like a capacitor and thus alter frequencies.

Dave and Troy

Audio Doctor NJ

Riaa lets get some facts straight, sorry couldn’t think of the name of the Avante Gardes, sorry we all have our brain fart moments, however used to sell the speakers, just didn’t take the time to look up the brand as everyone knows the speakers we were discussing.

As per Jersey City being like Camden or Trenton, here is some news for you, Jersey City is the fastest growing city in the Northeast with real estate pricing going insane. What part of the country do you like in?

As per being mugged doubtful, but Jersey City is still a large City so anything is possible, we have had a customer drive up to our shop in his McLaren and it was totally safe. Our shop is in a huge tree lined street in the old mechant part of Jersey City Heights. Houses here sell for $800k to $1.5 million so hardly a bad part of town.

Our median housing pricing is $518k and 780 foot condos are going for over $600k. Every major builder is building high rise condos buildings here where prices go in the millions.

As per the Persona 3F sounding Shrill neither of these reviews said anything like that:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/paradigm-persona-3f-loudspeakers-anthem-str-integrated-amplifier

https://hometheaterhifi.com/features/show-reports-film-festivals-concerts/axpona-2019-sponsor-highli...

Paradigm Persona 3F, Persona SUB, and Anthem STR Integrated Amplifier (Room 374)

Perhaps one of the most exciting demonstrations at AXPONA 2019, between Paradigm’s Persona Series and Anthem’s STR Series, the product lines sampled in this room have garnered a dozen product of the year awards—and for good reasons.

The Persona speaker’s beryllium mid-range and tweeter offer up audio magic with their ability to render a soundstage with extraordinary nuance.

The sturdy Persona SUB, with six 8-inch woofers and 3400 Watts (peak) of power on tap, provides plenty of punch at remarkably low-frequencies down to 12Hz.

Anthem’s STR Integrated Amplifier, being used with music streaming from an Aurender A100 music server, does a remarkable job (with its built-in Anthem Room Correction system) at integrating the speakers and subwoofer within the challenging hotel room while managing to deliver a demonstration with tons of dynamic energy and rich detail.

Last point do you honestly think that a pair of Persona 5F at $17k being driven by $50k worth of Jeff Rolwand gear, a Doshi Phonostage a $25k Vpi Avenger and a $20k open real tape deck wouldn’t sound good?

The point we were making was how good the Persona 3f were sounding with a real world priced $4,500.00 Amp and dac combo, yes that is $14,500 for the speakers and the electronics, vs $50k Rowland Stack plus $15k speakers.

Where the Persona 3F/Anthem Room had a few pairing issues that would exacerbate the highs we would have made a few changes,  and this system would have sounded even better.

Dave and Troy

Audio Doctor NJ Persona dealers