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Is the Rockport Avior II an Endgame Speaker?

This past week, I spent about 90 minutes listening to a number of my favorite tracks through Rockport's Avior II speakers. For the most part, I found them to be accurate and musical, but with one shortcoming (maybe). To me, the most bottom end on some tracks with deep bass sounded a little over-emphasized in that realm. Of course, that exaggeration could be due to an anomaly in the streamer/DAC or the amplifier, and not the speakers themselves. I just don't know, which is why I am asking other Audiogon participants familiar with the Avior II to let me know their impressions of this speaker gained from the experiences living with -- or at least listening to -- them.

This will be my last purchase of speakers, and I want my decision to be as educated as possible. Thanks!

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soix
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I don’t remember reading that the Aviors emphasized bass in any reviews, which makes me question speaker positioning and room issues as maybe being contributing factors where you heard them.  Just a guess. 

larryi
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The pair I heard, and in that particular setup, did not have excessive bass.  It did a very good job with imaging and was reasonably smooth and detailed.  It does deliver quite the level of warmth and sense of "weight" I prefer, nor the dynamics at low volume that I particularly prize, but then again, conventional high end speakers don't excel in these areas (horns and other high efficiency speakers are generally needed to achieve the level of these qualities that I like).  Overall, I liked the speaker although I cannot say how it ranks among other high end brands trying to achieve the same sort of sound like YG Acoustics, Exelon, etc.

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audphile1
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Have you searched the virtual systems? You can PM the owners.

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elliottbnewcombjr
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I cannot imagine they would be the choice for your system. I'm not a fan of rear ports, I suspect their output/mud was what you were experiencing

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