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Re: Unos, Duos, Trios

Mr. Walker,

> > > Can you elaborate on what it is about the TRIOs that doesn’t carry over to the DUOs (or vice versa) and confirm that this wasn’t just a case of hearing poorly set up TRIOs? < < <

For me, there is something about a plasticy midrange that seems to irk me. i have heard the Trios at shows and two different setup/tweaks systems. Maybe i also like the way of straight line vertical alignment of the Uno and Duos as well.

As i grew up loving the old circa 1969-70 Tannoy Gold Monitor dual concentric (tweeter mounted inside the woofers center) and also the KEF 104/2 (D'Apolitto design) there are times i want for even the Duos to be more point source (like the Beauhorns are). Kurt Strains angling of the midrange is very helpful at reducing the vertical stretching of the image to my ears in my system. i have ben playing around more and more with the Duos and right now i made some wrong turns. i unangled the mid and used loudspeaker wired that have silver in them. The result, stretched images and there seems to be some clouding. This weekend i hope to restore the angling and put back the Nirvana S-L loudspeaker wire and jumpers.

The more i play around with the setup, the more i can understand how crucial EVERY DETAIL of setup is with the Avantgarde Acoustic loudspeakers. They can sound like crap, or totally mind blowing IMHO. i believe the F1 analogy used earlier in this discussion thread is correct. When you get close to, or right on the optimal setup you have a world-class vehicle (to be transported into the music). A few bad setup moves and you come in near last in the race (somewhere around the ever hopeful Jaguar team).

Maybe i need to do more research on the Trios, but then again my bank book simply has its limits, too, and i have other hobbies such as medium format photography and collecting timepieces so... i agrew with the other Steve that it is best to insure a top qualuty front end over just upgrading to the Duos over the Trios. For now my fritn end is the Clearaudio Reference Gold (wood body), VOYD turntable/custom arm, cj Primiere 17LS, assorted amplification so i hope this is high enough quality. In the end what REALLY matters is that YOU...

Enjoy the music (VH1 right now at 6:20am, they are playing the Red Hot Chilli Peppers),

Steven R. Rochlin


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