Awesome system pics (doesn't have to be your own)

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Beautiful pics of beautiful gear for sure, but anyone else notice a common trend of large speakers in too small a room, too live a room, or speakers too close to the wall?
Of course, these are generalizations, but as far as rule-of-thumb goes, many of these systems could use some/more room tweaks.
$300,000 system without even first reflection treatment seems silly to me...
 
Mike L.'s room is one of my favourite rooms i've seen (virtually online) that i would model a dedicated listening room after if i could. Just amazing!


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Wouldn't say it was a killer pic, but the system does OK with music... :rolleyes:


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Former room with TRIOs - early 2005...


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Hi Jim, hope you are well. What are the rough dimensions of your room? Interesting to see the transition from Trios to Canterbury - I have been considering these of late.

Jim Smith said:
Wouldn't say it was a killer pic, but the system does OK with music... :rolleyes:
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ACHiPo said:
Need to listen to Tannoys some time. I fell in love with Avant Garde 15 years ago, and if you moved on from them the Tannoys must certainly be special.
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That's why I carry both now: Avantgarde and Tannoy. Similar, but different. I love both.


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kstirman said:
Hi Jim, hope you are well. What are the rough dimensions of your room? Interesting to see the transition from Trios to Canterbury - I have been considering these of late.
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ACHiPo said:
Need to listen to Tannoys some time. I fell in love with Avant Garde 15 years ago, and if you moved on from them the Tannoys must certainly be special.
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The original room was about 19' x 17' x 8'.

I never had the Avantgardes in the new room, which is 21.5' x 18.5' x 8.5'.

Some background:

I was the North American Avantgarde distributor from late 1999 until December 2005. My company was Avantgarde-USA.

In late 2005, Holger Fromme (Avantgarde Acoustic's Managing Director) and I had a bit of a disagreement about US pricing. The eroding dollar vs Euro exchange rate was causing the US prices to continue to rise when no significant change in the product line had appeared since late 1999.

Although we were continuing to sell product at a satisfactory rate, I was becoming exceedingly uncomfortable with the much higher prices for the same product (which I liked very much - and I liked the folks at Avantgarde Acoustic as well). Anyway, I had an "outside the box" idea that could dramatically drop our North American prices, but it would require a change in how we handled the distribution. Holger wanted to keep things as they were, so I resigned as distributor.

I sold off my inventory in 2006, and although I tried more than a few loudspeakers, I never really found a speaker that I liked better in all respects than the Avantgardes (when set up properly).

Then, on a voicing trip in 2010, I voiced a pair of Canterburys, and l fell in love with their musical involvement. I later bought a pair. The Avantgardes simply do some things better (for example, their sheer sense of "liveliness"). But I also love the Tannoys' lifelike reproduction of Tone/Timbre.

So I wouldn't say that the Tannoys were an upgrade - they just appealed to some things I also like. I could be happy with either.

Sorry for the long reply - just couldn't think of a short answer re Avantgarde/Tannoy.
 
Jim - I enthusiastically applaud you for such an honest, straightforward answer.

Mike


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Jim Smith said:
The original room was about 19' x 17' x 8'.

I never had the Avantgardes in the new room, which is 21.5' x 18.5' x 8.5'.

Some background:

I was the North American Avantgarde distributor from late 1999 until December 2005. My company was Avantgarde-USA.

In late 2005, Holger Fromme (Avantgarde Acoustic's Managing Director) and I had a bit of a disagreement about US pricing. The eroding dollar vs Euro exchange rate was causing the US prices to continue to rise when no significant change in the product line had appeared since late 1999.

Although we were continuing to sell product at a satisfactory rate, I was becoming exceedingly uncomfortable with the much higher prices for the same product (which I liked very much - and I liked the folks at Avantgarde Acoustic as well). Anyway, I had an "outside the box" idea that could dramatically drop our North American prices, but it would require a change in how we handled the distribution. Holger wanted to keep things as they were, so I resigned as distributor.

I sold off my inventory in 2006, and although I tried more than a few loudspeakers, I never really found a speaker that I liked better in all respects than the Avantgardes (when set up properly).

Then, on a voicing trip in 2010, I voiced a pair of Canterburys, and l fell in love with their musical involvement. I later bought a pair. The Avantgardes simply do some things better (for example, their sheer sense of "liveliness"). But I also love the Tannoys' lifelike reproduction of Tone/Timbre.

So I wouldn't say that the Tannoys were an upgrade - they just appealed to some things I also like. I could be happy with either.

Sorry for the long reply - just couldn't think of a short answer re Avantgarde/Tannoy.
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Jim,
Thanks for the reply. That really helps!
AC
 
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