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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    In fact, they are 45 watts PSETs in Kondo's price range with tag of 120K, and I don't think they are the best choice of tube amps for AGs. AFAIK, more pure SETs such as 45 or 2A3/300b are smarter choices for that efficiency and show more nuances with more agility and better overall musical...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I know, I meant Romy who hates single-drive back loaded horns.
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    Kedar's lack of interest in Duos reminds me of Romy, who knows and cares about AG brand only for its trios in his forum and doesn't like duos and other 2-way horns at all, but interestingly, Romy's first speakers before his trios were Duos, Also, he very much hates single-drive back loaded horns...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    But in order to achieve the performance of Trios, you don't need to spend $250K to get better than Duos, There is another option that I would call it "Trio Lite", which consists of trios and two REL subwoofers instead of Spacehorns, and it puts you at the border of $100K ($91k+$9k), and as Trio...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    The hORNS designer for Universum advises customers to choose a matte finish for the mid horn and a glossy finish for the tweeter horn for the best SQ. It seems that they recommended two types of finishes for two different wavelengths, mid and treble. Of course, the Universum uses the Le Cleac'h...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    Hello Todd, Do you think that detecting the sonic differences on the recordings with inverted polarity is directly related to the level of transparency and resolving power of the entire system? And do you think that with a sonic microscopic speaker like Avantgarde plus the sheer accuracy of the...
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    Visit to Todd (sbnx) Avantgarde Trio G3 in Parker, Texas

    I guess you heard the trio G3 in the Singaporean dealer's location (hifi.com.sg), right?
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    New Avantgarde Duo Mezzo G3

    I really like this new horn Blue/Grey color combination. BTW, if you have the active module (iTron) with the new Mezzo, it will be very interesting to compare it with Kondo Ongaku and tell us your opinion here.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    The point is that, like Roy, he also used both input and the output of daisy-chain BNC sockets (on passive xover part), for signal grounding with QKore unit. And the dedicated ground lug on the iTron module is apparently for the chassis grounding, which I guess Todd used CAD grounding in this...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Hello nirodha, No, it is related to the German distributor, I just put it as an example of small space and vertical Spacehorns. I hope I will get AG G3 in the future, either a duo mezzo or trios.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I think that if you upgrade to G3, you will no longer have problem of the large size of the previous gen Basshorns, because if you choose a pair of single-drive type Spacehorns and place them vertically, their depth will be even less than the REL subs (492mm vs 539mm), and they will easily fit...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I'm glad I could help. Actually, it should be like that, I just said it mostly for fun.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    From Purist Audio(FB) interviews with Jérôme Andre, Avantgarde's international sales manager. But of course I doubt that he is still in this job, because he's the same person (according to the photos sent by Uwiik) who admitted at the recent AG show in Indonesia that Kondo is much better than...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    The new Mezzo will be released soon. Also, Avantgarde has said about a secret project that it will be unveiled a few months after the new mezzo, I guess this project could be about a new iTron exclusive preamp which is also of the current drive type.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    G3 paird with analog gear (Esoteric Grandioso T1/C1X/E-02) and M1X SS power amps (300w). G3 paird with digital gear (Esoteric Grandioso K1X/PS1) and M1X SS power amps (300w).
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    The WBF humor and joke thread.

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

    I'm sure that he's in audio nirvana with G3 and it's hard for him to leave that heaven and come here to answer us, while in that heaven, Thomas Mayer is the god of his trios or iTron is still not clear.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    The Korean model Bakoon AMP-13R that you had is equal to the Japanese model 7511 mk3, which was released in 2013 and uses J-FETs transistors, but the new Korean models Enleum 23R, which are similar to the 7511 mk4 model, both were unveiled in 2022 and Their transistors have been changed to...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    That's a korean one, The Korean made amps are basically just the Bakoon Japan circuit designs made under license.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Comparing SETs with iTron is beyond the conventional comparison of SS vs SETs, because we are actually comparing current drive to voltage drive, and in current drive mode, due to the lack of speaker impedance and thermal compression of the voice coil, as well as the absence of passive crossover...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I think you have experienced Korean Bakoon, they are good, but not as good as Japanese Bakoon, and of course they have some differences, for example, Japanese bakoon uses R-core transformer in the power supply, but the korean type uses toroidal one.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    For the passive mode with G3, Before digging your bank account and buing Kondo G1000, I suggest you to test the Japanese Bakoon Products. They are much cheaper than Kondo and with that unique SATRi circuit developed by Nagai-san over 30 years, they can be considered the best solid state option...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I have also listened to videos of systems, some of which were taken with a pro mic And I thought some didn't sound like real music and didn't natural in tone and timbre but after listening to some in their places, my opinion completely changed.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I saw those two videos of Trios from the Helsinki show on your YouTube channel and the sound was unbelievably thin and bright! And both are apparently on digital/roon playback, Did you also hear Trios through the analog source there? (Bergmann’s Galder/Soundsmith Paua)
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Those videos are the initial demo of the Korean Purist Audio dealer, which were posted by the dealer after the first unveiling of the trio g3 in Korea in early 2022, after that the trios were taken to a bigger and better treated room, which you can see in the link below, and the latest videos of...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/triode-lab-2a3-p-set-rsr-monaural-amplifiers/ Those Triode labs 2A3s with big Hashimoto transformers, as stated in this review, can easily drive the Tannoy Westminster which is said to need at least 50 watts to be driven! The design of Triode labs...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    So on the records with less HF, the sound not going to be bright in the korean dealer's room..
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    The best sounding videos of the new trios are from the Korean distributor.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    I saw it somewhere on Facebook about 4 months ago, of course he still hasn't officially shown a picture of his new system.
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Jacob's new trios same color as his previous wamms

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