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  1. Ron Resnick

    Avantgarde Loudspeakers: Solid-State or Tube Amps

    I am starting this thread to take the Avantgarde amplifier discussion off of the Magico M9 thread. Jeff Tyo interestingly pointed out that Avantgarde itself likes to drive their speakers with solid-state amplifiers. I personally find this totally baffling because, to my ears, I subjectively...
  2. Ron Resnick

    Horn Speakers at Munich High End 2016

    While I auditioned the Avantgarde Trios with basshorns last year at the Avantgarde factory in Frankfurt, I did not come away with a general understanding of what horns do well and not so well, or why their devotees are so passionate about them (finding them, typically, to be more natural and...

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