I can audition Tannoy Westminster SE if I want but there is no way I can audition Avantgarde Duo. By the way, I am not considering Kingdom Royal anymore due to the fact that it’s not Dual Concentric.
As far as I know after spending some time with the Canterbury SE, Dual Concentric design is by nature able to fill up the room in 3D manner (able to sit sideway while still having good sound effects). Considering that my mancave is designed with multi orientation seating position, I think I am now leaning towards Dual Concentric design so everyone inside the room can enjoy good music regardless of their seating position.
During my first couple of days, I thought the Canterbury feels veiled/mudded particularly on the high and bass and I had a feeling that the sound signature will be too much alike to my Ktema upstairs (not saying that Ktema is veiled, far far away from that) but after spending some more time and cable tweaks I realized I couldn’t be more wrong. With the Canterbury SE driven by my Kondo Ongaku and Kondo G70 I actually starting to understand when people said “music”. Yes the treble is not as crisp as my Ktema, yes the bass performance is not even close to my Ktema, but the combination of what’s coming out of the Tannoy feels like “just music” to my ears. With the Tannoys I just stopped criticizing my latest system and just listen the sweet sugar music I am longing for, thanks to the Kondo amp-pre and Kondo all silver cables that sweet sugary sound coming out from the Tannoy is definitely NOT tubey at all, it is still very fast and precise despite the sweetness, a rare feat in any tube amplification IMO. The all silver all Kondo cables also IMO managed to rid the veiled feeling from the Tannoy.
If anybody can confirm that horns speaker is very directional, demanding one and only seating position for good sound and everyone else on sideway seating position will get bad sound I think I will stop considering Avantgarde and decide on the Tannoy, Westminster SE or GR perhaps.