Confession. I have always found the Avalon's the most visually appealing speakers on the planet, fell in love with a Radian / Spectral setup in the 90s, and owned Eidolon Visions for a while. Even made an offer on a pair of used Times that was not accepted and ended up with Evolution Acoustincs MM3. I love my current speaker, but find the looks questionnable and they are just so damn big in my small room.
So now a pair of Time's shows up for auction on audiogon, offering the opportunity to may be scoop them up very cheap and give them a whirl. Few questions:
Do you think they can even hold a candle to my MM3's (I do recall going from Eidolons to MM3s was not the huge step I was expecting - much better mid-bass mainly)
I once blew a pair of mid range drivers playing the Eidolons too loud. Would I be similarly output limit constrained on the Time's.
Given the recent issues and customer services problems at Avalon, should I even consider trying this. EA support has been phenomenal - hate to end up left hanging to dry by Avalon if I have a problem.
I'm heavily leaning towards passing (not least because of the sheer logistics involved in this transaction if I decided to proceed with it, but I am open to persuasion...
So now a pair of Time's shows up for auction on audiogon, offering the opportunity to may be scoop them up very cheap and give them a whirl. Few questions:
Do you think they can even hold a candle to my MM3's (I do recall going from Eidolons to MM3s was not the huge step I was expecting - much better mid-bass mainly)
I once blew a pair of mid range drivers playing the Eidolons too loud. Would I be similarly output limit constrained on the Time's.
Given the recent issues and customer services problems at Avalon, should I even consider trying this. EA support has been phenomenal - hate to end up left hanging to dry by Avalon if I have a problem.
I'm heavily leaning towards passing (not least because of the sheer logistics involved in this transaction if I decided to proceed with it, but I am open to persuasion...