Avantgarde Acoustics Duo GT

[nirodha]

First serious review: https://gy8.eu/blog/take-two/
hope to hear it soon

 

[nirodha]

And the follow-up:

Coup de Foudre… - Gy8

The Avantgarde Duo gets active (and finally comes of age)!

gy8.eu

 

[Gregadd]

I kind of miss the old version which was quite imposing in real life. Everything must change.

 

[nirodha]

I kind of miss the old version which was quite imposing in real life. Everything must change.
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Compared to the new one, this one looks from the stone age. If you want imposing, check out the new one

 

[sbnx]

The new one looks much more "polished". Roy certainly gave a stellar review of them.

I thought the sounded good at AXPONA. In fact, I think the Duo sounded better this year in that room than the Trio's did last year. Maybe turning the system 90 degrees was a good thing.

 

[Kozak170]

Roy Gregory has also heard Avantgarde G3 with Kondo Ongaku and he thinks that iTron is completely superior in terms of dynamics, accuracy, timing and presence.
Now the question arises, is this Curret Drive system also able to compete with the best SETs in terms of tone color and texture? And do better than them with new AGs?

"Oh, you’ve got an Ongaku (or some other, fabled SET)? I don’t care: the iTron will kill pretty much any standalone amplifier – and it will do it at a fraction of the price! It’s faster, more accurate, more dynamic, more precise and with far more natural timing, presence and immediacy than any voltage amplifier at anywhere even close to its price"

 

[nirodha]

I heard the iTron with the new Trios ánd Unos. It IS a revolution. But don’t worry, it is only used by Avantgarde because they are the only ones who pulled it of. .I am going to hear the iTron Duo GT this month. Will keep you posted. BTW, I think other manufacturers are crying and laughing at the same time. Crying because they know they cannot beat the iTron/Avantgarde sound quality. Laughing because they know that sound quality is second to prejudices within the audiophile community. Some are shouting I HEAR HORN COLORIZATION before the first note has been played, others won’t accept that their ueber power amp is trumped. And finally, the industry likes to make a lot of money: selling power amps, preferably mono blocks is the way to go