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  1. sbnx

    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    To make Avantgarde succesful the electronics needs to be low noise and the speaker placement needs to be spot on. This is true for all speakers but AG's will show you all the deficiencies in the system or setup. I hope you get to hear them setup well.
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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    I think they are $140K for the pair, but at that price point who's counting. I agree with you that 45W is probably a little extreme for AG's 107-109 dB efficiency. The distributor actuallly uses these amps to drive her Rockport Lyra's. We use the phasemation 300B amp on the Uno's. 10 Watts...
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    KeithR's "Dream Speaker" Search

    Agree with you on Fink. Although I like and own several of his albums. I did take requests. (As long as it wasnt too crazy). We even played Bob Denver “take me home, country roads” for one little girl. When it finished everyone clapped for her. Really nice. I hope you got to listen to what you...
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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    Nice Gilding. It would be hard to get it down into the throat of the horn. If they say brass then this is what is called Dutch metal or imitation gold. It is mostly brass but with a little more zinc. They had similar horns last year on the DuoGT. Definitely an attention grabber.
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    KeithR's "Dream Speaker" Search

    Curious which day you listened to the Stenheims? Each day was a different experience. Firday had some issues. Saturday was much improved and outstanding. I did not get to listen on Sunday but I heard reports that it was even better.
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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    For those interested, I set up the Mezzo G3's at AXPONA and the DuoGT's at the South West AudioFest. The Mezzo's are the better speaker as they should be. Here are some observations: The bass cabinet is much more rigid. It has thick aluminum plates on both the top and bottom as well as the...
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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    Hello, To add som clarity, in the US the retail prices for the speakers are: DuoGT: $60,050 with passive crossover and standard finish options Mezzo G3: $108,600 with passive crossover and standard finish options
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    Axpona 24’ Mike Lavigne pics

    Agree 100% with you. It is tough setting up a room. I don't think most attendees can comprehend the challenge. (But they don't have to). I went to sleep at 2:00am on Thursday night. Got up at 6:00am so I could get back to put some finishing touches on everything. That was with a team of...
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    Axpona 24’ Mike Lavigne pics

    I wasn't able to get out and see very many rooms at all. The ones I did visit sounded generally good. Lots of people have commented that the overall "average" sound at the show has improved. I remember 2022 when practically everyone thought everything there sounded pretty bad. Maybe it is...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Amen! That is exactly how I think about TT. Too fidgety and click pop that I would have to work to ignore. Ron did get me thinking about a R2R machine. I don’t have media for either.
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    Bloom is often associated with ‘blur’. The interesting thing about the B2 is yhat is actually seems to add clarity at the same time.
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    I have not experimented a lot with the ASI resonators at this point. The system has a lot of different elements that effect different things. Of course, I am planning on expanding this. But first things first. I need to get my DuoGT's in the correct spot and setup in my room. Of course, I...
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    Hello, Thank you for the picture. Your room is very beautiful. I see so many places to experiment with them that I am certain would produce a very positive result. Here are some of my thoughts. I see you have REL subwoofers. Place one on each subwoofer. I would put it about half way...
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    Layering in a Second Speaker System With Narrow Bandpass?

    Transparency is the absence of blur. Blur can be caused by many things. Acoustic misalignment, intermodulation distortion, lack of resonance control, careless handling of the signal (e.g. poorly designed equipment (even if it has dead flat frequency response), etc.
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    Layering in a Second Speaker System With Narrow Bandpass?

    I guess we will disagree on this. Transparency has little to do with the actual frequency response.
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    Neodio B2 resonance device

    I think 8 to 12 is a good number of them. They definitely interact with the room more than the equipment. Here is the strategy I typically use for them. If you have 4 then one on top of each speaker. If the top is not flat then on the floor in front of each speaker. If the rack is in the...
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    Layering in a Second Speaker System With Narrow Bandpass?

    IMHO, this would be a disaster. Extremely difficult to pull off even with the utmost care and precision. Most people can't even integrate a subwoofer at 40Hz let alone trying to get a second speaker, standing next to the original, to integrate at 5kHZ. Also, I would not try band pass. Just...
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    New Ethernet Noise Control from CAD

    Yes, he ordered one. the router and switch are each powered by their own LPS. The switch was silent angel pro. Ground box attached to switch. Audiophile grade eithernet cables to the switch and to the router. Switch externally clocked. Damping plates etc applied to seitch. Footers. Etc. i dont...
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    New Ethernet Noise Control from CAD

    So yesterday i was listening to a high oerformance sysyem (Stenheim Ultime 2, CH C1.2, custom amp, and a very well sorted network configuration.) I was doing cable compares. I brought the CAD eithernet control for the person to listen to. So at one point we plugged it in. The effect was...
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    New Ethernet Noise Control from CAD

    I think roy described it well in his review. I have beenusing the Aardvark and I think the CAD does a better job. It gets rid of the noise. I use it at the input of my Wadax.
  21. sbnx

    New Ethernet Noise Control from CAD

    It works well. RG wrote a review about it. https://gy8.eu/review/threes-a-charm/
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    This is an unfortunate reality of our hobby. People tend to take the dealer setup as if it is perfect and somehow set in stone. Then they try and tweak it from there using cables or swapping boxes or whatever. A favorite seems to be to fix brightness or sibilance with either speaker cables or...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    Did they have the speakers Toe’d in or generally pointed straight ahead? thanks.
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I am certainly not upset that Ked states his opinions. It is a free forum (as long as there is no personal attacks). He is merely trying to communicate to others that he has heard better sound from the O96 (and others) than the DuoGT. As Mike L. would say that is a data point for people to...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I don't think anyone expects a $30K Uno to sound as good as an $60K DuoGT. Nor do I think anyone would think that the $80K DuoGT would sound as good as a $250K Trio w/ Spacehorns. This same logic applies to most speaker brands. People have a budget and they have a certain amount of space to...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I will be in the AG room at AXPONA quite a bit. It would be great to meet a forum member. If you see me please stop by for a chat.
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I have not heard the mezzo. Not until axpona.
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    What are the Top Horn Speakers in the World Today? Vox Olympian vs Avantgarde Trio vs ???

    Ron, I forgot, what is the length of your listening space?
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    Not yet. They should arrive tomorrow and I will experiment with them with the Duo GT first. However, I do use the Neodio B2 with the Trios to great effect. I used to be in total denial about these types of devices. However, I have come to realize the power they have to sculpt the soundfield...
  30. sbnx

    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I am showing up Wednesday so I can help with setup on Thursday. But I imagine there will be a lot of cooks in the kitchen. I am just the lowly junior guy so I will defer to AG unless they ask for me to do something. It is their room.

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