Avalon - Symbol speakers, who has heard them?


I have listened to Avalon's new symbol speaker and was very impressed. I have an opportunity to buy a pair of demos at a great discount. The speaker will work great with my amp and the size of my listening room would be prefect for this speaker. Has anyone else listened to them? What did you think?
bobheinatz
i've been listening to symbols since before they were publicly released. i've heard them in systems with two to six channels. they are a rare bargain in the highend at retail. if you can get a nice discount, you should consider yourself fortunate, indeed. -cfb
Thumbs up -- go for it. Avalons not only look beautiful, they sound great. The Symbol is a real bargain, especially if you gan get demos that are in good shape. The other advantage to the demo pair is they are already broken in, since break-in on Avalon products can be rather disheartening. They sound really bad until you log 300-500 hours on a new pair.

Agreed on the break-in comment - they do take a while, and the manual calls this out (150 hours). I was a Symbol owner for many years, and hooked them up to a Cayin A-88T integrated tube amp. Had the gray tweeters (not the black ones), which were probably sourced from Focal. They are designed as a mid/treble satellite btw so you really need to use a sub to fully enjoy them - I had a REL T9 which sounded perfect. Wonderful speakers, even looking back now in 2021! I gave the rig to my brother as his first system, after an upgrade - and to be honest, would gladly welcome them back. Great for apartment sized spaces (one pair with a small sub) or a larger 5.1 setup.