Hi Rem,
Thanks a lot for your compliments. I really like your room too. Can I ask where you live - it doesn't look like USA from what I can see on how your walls, etc. are constructed.
I really love my AVG Duo's too. They just sound better and better with every system change I make - although, building a new purpose built room was by far the biggest upgrade I've ever made.
I bought my Duo's as dealer demo's, from my local guy, who was once an AVG distributor with Jim Smith, here in the USA. They have some interesting differences from stock - all wiring and binding posts is Cardas. They have Black Diamond cones and disks for bottom spikes, and the PC's are Cardas as well.
I've thought about adding some sort of damping material (Dynamat?) to the tubes, but have never gotten that one together. have you noticed much of a difference with your from this?
I dream of Trio's some day
Yes, this is in Germany. The house is partly timberframe from 1740 and in 1911 its got an enlargement with massive stonebricks but still a lot of wood on the inside. (can post a pic if you want, it's quite funny to look at)
It's also very small, the Avantgardes are just under 3m from the listening position. It's intimidating, beeing so close to the speakers
This is also the reason we're building on the attic, where our livingroom /musicroom will be in the future. It will be around 35m² and it wil be 4,2m in height. Hopefully it sounds even better there. Intergration should be a lot better. Bass is great now, as the speakers are in the middle of the room now and have no roommodes.
I've bought my Uno's second hand in a beautyshop in Berlin, where I saw them 3 weeks in a row, as I was in Berlin for work. I eventually contacted the owner of the shop and because she didn't use the speakers, she sold them to me, as she wanted them to be in good hands
The price I payed will not be told, as it was so incredibly dirt cheap....and these speakers were new, as she only used them 2-3 days per year!
I've dampend the tubes of the Uno with Reckhorn ABX, which did help the sound to become more neutral, as I could easilly hear the resonances from the tubes. It helped cleanup the mids and the treble was more even. As I also changed the internal cabling, these effects go hand in hand. But the silver cable needed some 100 hours to break in...
Oh I forgot that I also use Soundcare spikes under the Unos as these are a good upgrade over the original ones on my bouncy wooden floor.
In your room you could enjoy Trios as it is big enough. My new room would not be big enough for them. My wife and I were at the first clubmeeting at Avantgarde Acoustics HQ in november. last year We had a factory tour and listened to the big Trio with 6 basshorns....incredible!!! My wife asked me if we could buy them
She was very disappointed that they won't fit (physically and moneywise)
Regards, Remco