My Avantgarde Duo XD - simply incredible....

[Paul]

Lol........not yet......staying clear on the other side of the Sunshine Skyway bridge..........must resist! :eyebrow:

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[joeinid]

You would also need to swap out the Diablo 300 for the new Viva integrated. You know you want to.

I bet that Viva 300b integrated is wonderful.

 

[Jack]

At the very least it is great to look at. I wonder how Vinnie's hybrid LIO integrated would do with the AG's? If you stayed away from the DHT preamp version the preamp tubes should last thousands of hours.

 

[joeinid]

After hearing Vinnie’s gear on Voltis a few years ago, I’m sure it would be superb on my Duo. That’s one demo I hope to make happen.

 

[jadedavid]

After hearing a LIO, not sure if it would be sweet enough for the AG's.

 

[jbtrio]

Joe, see if you can get your hands on the new First Watt SIT-3 amp, if there are any left.
Probably work better than your XA-25 on the AG.

I use the Franks and SIT-3 on my Hornings and both are excellent.
The SIT-3 is really a great sounding amp. It has beautiful rich tone somewhat like my SET amp but has the control of SS.

 

[KeithR]

any better pictures now joe?

 

[joeinid]

After hearing a LIO, not sure if it would be sweet enough for the AG's.

Interesting, my recollection on the Volti was great but that could be the speakers to a large part. My Luxman MQ300 will probably be center stage for a while but I am looking at a few other amps. My first priority is a better or matching preamp. While I love my LTA MZ2, I cannot help but wonder what a different preamp will bring to the equation.

 

[joeinid]

Joe, see if you can get your hands on the new First Watt SIT-3 amp, if there are any left.
Probably work better than your XA-25 on the AG.

I use the Franks and SIT-3 on my Hornings and both are excellent.
The SIT-3 is really a great sounding amp. It has beautiful rich tone somewhat like my SET amp but has the control of SS.

I have the SIT-3 on order but no time frame for delivery. I’m looking forward to hearing it.

 

[joeinid]

any better pictures now joe?

Sorry. Not yet Keith, hopefully soon. I’m still doing a lot of experimenting and am procrastinating on the new rack.

 

[jbtrio]

That’s good because they are only making 250 units. Hopefully you get one! Nelson Pass said that they work best with 4 to 8 ohm speakers. I think your Duo are 18ohm. You might shoot Nelson a email to ask him.

The Audiophiliac tried them with Zu speakers 16 ohm and they didn’t gel. I think Nelson told him to try a 16ohm 10 watt resistor across the speaker terminals and they sounded much better, FYI

You can check it out on YouTube The Audiofiliac (Steve Gutenberg) He was highly impressed with the amp.

 

[joeinid]

Thank you for the additional information. I assumed lower power output for my Duo, but wasn’t thinking about reduced sound quality. I’ll ask.

 

[Gravlund]

Hi Joe
Congrats with your AG Duo speakers.... looks awesome in the orange color :celebrate008_2:

 

[joeinid]

Thank you so much Michael.

I absolutely love these speakers and with low power amps, they are divine. Totally immersive sound that I still can not believe.

Hi Joe
Congrats with your AG Duo speakers.... looks awesome in the orange color :celebrate008_2:

 

[Gravlund]

Great. I have heard them and the Unos and prefer the sound of the Duos. But I am not sure if my room is too small for the Duos (16x22”).
Have a great time with the Duos . Enjoy

 

[Mike]

Great. I have heard them and the Unos and prefer the sound of the Duos. But I am not sure if my room is too small for the Duos (16x22”).
Have a great time with the Duos . Enjoy

16 x 22 will be fine. My Duo Mezzo’s are in 14 wide x 22 ish room.


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[Jim Smith]

Great. I have heard them and the Unos and prefer the sound of the Duos. But I am not sure if my room is too small for the Duos (16x22”).
Have a great time with the Duos . Enjoy

Way more than enough for DUOs. :congrats: