Tang Band 2145 in action

You're the official POPE of WBer Wide Band..

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hahaha good one
and its true, I am the offical LOUD speaker for WBers... 
But guess what, I'm done preaching WBers, 
ran out of things to say...
Now I am over on the amp page, preaching SET's as not only the best design, but the only design to consider  if you are after true high fidelity.
The Ideologue and Iconoclast
Guess its the german blood in me that makes me say these things with such conviction.

The only speaker thats going to beat my WBer is this horn system witha  845 tube

nada mas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2xJfZq1aw

How did you arrive at the Avantgarde Duo as the only better system?  I hope it wasn't via listening to a youtube video.  I like that system, but, I don't think it would be universally loved by horn aficionados.  

Also, how did you arrive at that particular amp in combination with that speaker as the best combination?  Even if you heard a vast array of systems, it would be but a small fraction of what is out there.  

How hard is it to see that your particular experience is extremely limited and cannot be extrapolated to encompass the universe?

How did you arrive at the Avantgarde Duo as the only better system? I hope it wasn't via listening to a youtube video.

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YT allows me to get a  glimpse of how  a  speaker will sound in my room.
I thought over the AG Duo 3.0 speakers,  
Yeah its very accurate, 
But the soundstage is wayyyy more that i want/need, /could live with.
Horns are very accurate, no doubt, But at 100+++ db sens, Not my cup of tea,
The sound is massive and overwhelming
This is what I came away with listening to the Avantgarde.
Lets say for 1) small listening room
2) near field
3) low /moderate SPL
 I see WBers are  not only the ideal musical experience, but really the best, wisest and only choice to fulfill the 3 requirements listed above.

Considering the Fostex 208EZ Sigma in a shootout with the DavidLouis.
Should be fun.
Just listening to Burt Bacharach/Elvis Costello  /painted From Memory,  Sept, 1998.
Davidlouis VX8
Really nice, laid back, could not ask anything more from a  speaker.
Horns compete with the big Sonus Faber, Wilson, Von Schweikert V55, Dali speakers
Compression Horns and WBers have little  in common. 

No, no, no. Youtube tells you nothing about the sound, much less the qualities you describe and the putative problems with nearfield, low level listening, and small rooms.  I have not heard them under these conditions, but, I’ve heard many horn systems under these conditions and they excel.  Horns are spectacularly good at low volume levels.  That is why Japanese audiophiles love them in their small apartments with thin walls and requirement not to disturb neighbors (Japanese are culturally polite and considerate).