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    Avantgarde Duo XD

    I sold the Uno XD’s we had in the store and decided to replace with the Duo XD’s with the new shiny gloss cabinet. It’s gorgeous.




















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    Avantgarde Duo XD

    Look amazing Mike! I'm so glad you went with the gloss finish horn instead of matte finish!
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    So it is a conventional cone driver for the midrange and a compression driver for the tweeter? How heavy are the horn portions?
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by nc42acc View Post
    So it is a conventional cone driver for the midrange and a compression driver for the tweeter? How heavy are the horn portions?
    Yes.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
    Look amazing Mike! I'm so glad you went with the gross finish horn instead of matte finish!
    Thanks Paul.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by nc42acc View Post
    So it is a conventional cone driver for the midrange and a compression driver for the tweeter? How heavy are the horn portions?




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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Look nice Mike
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Who else got this beauty? sniff sniff
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Fantastic Mike - as an ignoramus , I'd love to be educated - what do horns sound like with big amps like the Constellation and SS vs tube?

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Bobolaclune View Post
    Fantastic Mike - as an ignoramus , I'd love to be educated - what do horns sound like with big amps like the Constellation and SS vs tube?
    Good, but best (by a mile) with SET tubes. 300b SET is perfect. 45 SET is nice, but at 0.8 watts, it’s a little light. 300b at 8 watts is perfect. I’m just using SS to pound the sh!t out of them for 150 hours to break them in.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    I’ll be stopping by for a listen!
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    I’m just using SS to pound the sh!t out of them for 150 hours to break them in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    They're black & blue..mission accomplished...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    I’ll be stopping by for a listen!
    Me too.

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Congratulations Mike, what a beautiful finish.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
    I'm so glad you went with the gross finish horn
    Gross? Gosh, that seems kind of harsh. I think the finish is quite nice.

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by kevinkwann View Post
    Gross? Gosh, that seems kind of harsh. I think the finish is quite nice.
    Hahahaha. Fixed.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    I listened to a pair of the UNOs in Haarlem Netherlands last week that were powered by the store owners own DIY tube amps. I only had a short amount of time to listen to them before my wife dragged me out of the store, but what I heard sounded great with a very spacious and balanced sound. I wish I had had more time to listen to them even though they are way more than I could afford. I am assuming these are even better sounding...

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Like the gloss cabinet, improves WAF quite a bit IMHO.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    https://youtu.be/Z2ybYXSAXJA


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    One minute later!!

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Today I brought over my D’Agostino S250 to Mike’s store. Yes, the S250 is SS but I wanted to see if my amp would be a good match for the Duo XDs. Boy I’m I glad we held this listening session.

    Readers digest summary, the musicality, detail, texture and stage were superb. The not so positive, the amp needles did not move even a MM.

    Yes, the DAG S250 and the Duo XDs can play extremely well together.

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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    I will be doing a similar test on the weekend: auditioning the Duo XD with a T+A PA3100 HV.

    Will be interesting to hear the results. The amp runs in class A up to 10W, so I guess it will be class A all the way.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuoppis View Post
    I will be doing a similar test on the weekend: auditioning the Duo XD with a T+A PA3100 HV.

    Will be interesting to hear the results. The amp runs in class A up to 10W, so I guess it will be class A all the way.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
    If you can use tube pre to pair with T+A please do so. I heard T+A and Esoteric Class A amps and both sounded much better with VAC pre.
    Thanks Paul, I concur and will try.

    When I auditioned the Uno Fino XD, we first heard it with a SS and then a tube amp. Tubes were better.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Today I brought over my D’Agostino S250 to Mike’s store. Yes, the S250 is SS but I wanted to see if my amp would be a good match for the Duo XDs. Boy I’m I glad we held this listening session.

    Readers digest summary, the musicality, detail, texture and stage were superb. The not so positive, the amp needles did not move even a MM.

    Yes, the DAG S250 and the Duo XDs can play extremely well together.

    Thx Mike!
    Why is that a negative? It just means your amp is loafing and that is a good thing.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Why is that a negative? It just means your amp is loafing and that is a good thing.
    Mark - Don't you like to see the needles dance a little bit? It's really not a negative.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Today I brought over my D’Agostino S250 to Mike’s store. Yes, the S250 is SS but I wanted to see if my amp would be a good match for the Duo XDs. Boy I’m I glad we held this listening session.

    Readers digest summary, the musicality, detail, texture and stage were superb. The not so positive, the amp needles did not move even a MM.

    Yes, the DAG S250 and the Duo XDs can play extremely well together.

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    I'm sure you could get them to recalibrate the meters for less wattage.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by the professor View Post
    I'm sure you could get them to recalibrate the meters for less wattage.
    The meters in my M400's don't move while playing my X2's unless I overload the room with sound. Pretty normal.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Today I brought over my D’Agostino S250 to Mike’s store. Yes, the S250 is SS but I wanted to see if my amp would be a good match for the Duo XDs. Boy I’m I glad we held this listening session.

    Readers digest summary, the musicality, detail, texture and stage were superb. The not so positive, the amp needles did not move even a MM.

    Yes, the DAG S250 and the Duo XDs can play extremely well together.

    Thx Mike!
    I wish you could have connected your Dag up to the 101MK II's. I have wondered how that pairing would sound.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by still-one View Post
    I wish you could have connected your Dag up to the 101MK II's. I have wondered how that pairing would sound.
    If the 101e mk2’s work with CJ, the D’Ag would surely work IMO and no worries about the meters not dancing.

    I tried the 101’s with the Gryphon Colosseum and it was superb,


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by KeithR View Post
    Did you compare with a tube amp in the shop?
    No, no comparisons made. I have heard the AGs at Mike's quite a few times. Most of the time with tubes and they sound superb but not will all tube amps. The purpose of this listening session was to experience the AGs with the DAG amp. Not only did the combination did not disappoint, it was outstanding!
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by still-one View Post
    The meters in my M400's don't move while playing my X2's unless I overload the room with sound. Pretty normal.
    Jim - That is the case with my Alexias. I've discussed it with Bill but I'm not sending this heavy amp to the factory to adjust the needle sensitivity.
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    Avantgarde Duo XD

    Today I had an opportunity to audition the AG Duo XDs, also the screaming orange kind (Lambo-licensed).

    - Treble: Very positive, very good retail retrieval, but never sharp. Did not hear any sharpness in the horns, nor funnel effect in the vocals which can sometimes occur, courtesy of the construction principle.
    - Mids: Very nice and even, great vocal reproduction. This is where the music lives and it was handled very well.
    - Bass: This was the most surprising area. I liked the bass, it had detail, it had attack, it had depth. Even though I am used to Magico bass, I did not feel it left much to be desired. The 2 x 12” paper woofers and 1000W on each side did their job nicely.

    Detail retrieval and imaging were superb. The horns were fast and the musical experience rather immediate.

    The Duos were jazzy with all kinds of jazz, they did classic well and vocals were great (both popular music and opera), and they grooved when playing pop. A very nice audiophile speaker.

    The only thing they did not do as well as I would have liked was to rock. Attack and growl of distorted guitars was too polite. That might have had to do with the bass DSP settings, which was set at -3 db flat (factory setting) to balance out some room modes. I however learned that any room can be measured at different spots with a microphone, and when the data is sent to AG they will send you new settings back, optimized for your room.

    In comparison to the Uno Fino I heard last week, a much better speaker, as I find.

    I liked them quite a bit.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Mark - Don't you like to see the needles dance a little bit? It's really not a negative.
    I like to see the VU meters swing from -20 to +3 on my tape deck because then I know I have some real dynamic range. If the meters on your Dag were reading peak power instead of average power, they would be dancing. I have the same *issue* with my Ref 75. Even listening at loud volumes with my JBL 4345s, I rarely see the meters on the Ref 75 hit one watt. It is misleading because you aren't seeing peak power demand, but good nonetheless because your average power is so low.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    EQ them right, and they’ll do it all.

    Edward has mine at 115db playing Ozzy.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuoppis View Post
    Today I had an opportunity to audition the AG Duo XDs, also the screaming orange kind (Lambo-licensed).

    - Treble: Very positive, very good retail retrieval, but never sharp. Did not hear any sharpness in the horns, nor funnel effect in the vocals which can sometimes occur, courtesy of the construction principle.
    - Mids: Very nice and even, great vocal reproduction. This is where the music lives and it was handled very well.
    - Bass: This was the most surprising area. I liked the bass, it had detail, it had attack, it had depth. Even though I am used to Magico bass, I did not feel it left much to be desired. The 2 x 12” paper woofers and 1000W on each side did their job nicely.

    Detail retrieval and imaging were superb. The horns were fast and the musical experience rather immediate.

    The Duos were jazzy with all kinds of jazz, they did classic well and vocals were great (both popular music and opera), and they grooved when playing pop. A very nice audiophile speaker.

    The only thing they did not do as well as I would have liked was to rock. Attack and growl of distorted guitars was too polite. That might have had to do with the bass DSP settings, which was set at -3 db flat (factory setting) to balance out some room modes. I however learned that any room can be measured at different spots with a microphone, and when the data is sent to AG they will send you new settings back optimized for your room.

    In comparison to the Uno Fino I heard last week, a much better speaker, as I find.

    I liked them quite a bit.


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    Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad hear that your experience was better than last one Was the Duo is a brand new pair?
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
    Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad hear that your experience was better than last one Was the Duo is a brand new pair?
    That I am not sure about, Paul. Anything I could say, would be guesswork.

    I would be surprised, if adjusting the DSP settings a bit would not give rock guitars a bit more “thump” and “growl”.

    The resolution and detail retrieval was very impressive though. On Mark Knopfler’s “Tracker” you could hear at the beginning of the first track “Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes” that Knopfler is recording the guitar though a mike placed in front of the amp, instead of going direct. That’s impressive.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuoppis View Post
    That I am not sure about, Paul. Anything I could say, would be guesswork.

    I would be surprised, if adjusting the DSP settings a bit would not give rock guitars a bit more “thump” and “growl”.

    The resolution and detail retrieval was very impressive though. On Mark Knopfler’s “Tracker” you could hear at the beginning of the first track “Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes” that Knopfler is recording the guitar though a mike placed in front of the amp, instead of going direct. That’s impressive.


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    I really hear things I never heard on previous speakers

    However, the -3 db flat (factory setting) is so wrong.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
    I really hear things I never heard on previous speakers

    However, the -3 db flat (factory setting) is so wrong.
    How have you set up yours, for comparison?


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuoppis View Post
    How have you set up yours, for comparison?


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    I can post the pic later once I get home. I use same as what Mike uses with a bit of tweak since our rooms are very identical.
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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quite a nice speaker demo, and well played.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNbw29XVaZE

    I think I will ask for a home demo of the Duo XDs, just for the fun of it. I like my Magicos, but I am also intrigued by the immediacy of horn sound.


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    Re: Avantgarde Duo XD

    Quote Originally Posted by Kuoppis View Post
    Quite a nice speaker demo, and well played.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNbw29XVaZE

    I think I will ask for a home demo of the Duo XDs, just for the fun of it. I like my Magicos, but I am also intrigued by the immediacy of horn sound.


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    Sounds like fun. Make sure you get a sweet SET amp too. I can email you my XD config as a starting point.


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    Sounds like fun. Make sure you get a sweet SET amp too. I can email you my XD config as a starting point.


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