I owned Avantgarde Uno’s in 2002 & then upgrade to the Duo’s in 2004 ( or so). Their macro & micro dynamics were so much better than anything I had ever heard in anything close to their price ranges. They sounded excellent at any volume level & could easily fill a big room w/ rich full bodied, life like music. I then moved to another house & could never really get their powered subs to integrate just right. They always seemed a slight bit behind the big midrange horn. I think Avantgardes are now offered w/ their amplification & digital processing which is probably worth giving a listen to.
I sold them & got into a very surround sound system w/ all Dynaudio Contour speakers & sub w/ Anthem electronics as I was watching a lot movies as well as listening to music but eventually I decided to return to high sensitivity speakers. I listed to all of the Klipsch models but settled on Volti Audio Rivals. They are a good balance of big, dynamic, “live sounding”, highly sensitive speakers in a “ reasonable “ sized, not crazy looking, simply but very nicely finished cabinet.
I have listened to the smaller Volti Razz which are also quite good & give you much of the Rivals sound in a substantially smaller & less expensive option. Both of these are worth either a trip to TN to visit Greg Roberts or the next show that Volti exhibits. I also know he is working on a new cartoon of his top of the line Vittoria speakers that will probably be amazing if they’re in your price range.