Bass, soundstage, picture

Looks could be a little more refined, no bi-wiring.

Here is a speaker that performs (I owned the MKII version), well, very well. I didn't completely fall in love with them compared to the live in voices for example a Zingali can produce, but they are solid quality indeed with a beautifullly pictured soundstage, OK-voices, solid bass they can fill a room well with Music. No doubt about their quality. If you fall in love with them. These ar rather sturdy looking boxes I find, not so refined in that aspect, but who cares. I didn't stick with them long enough I'm afraid, looking forward to try another pair of others or Caldera's instead for example, and I can imagine the Virgo's can be.. well I don't know until I will have tried myself indeed. No, I don't like their looks too much, but better this than the other way around..
A definite should try.

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Zingali, Diapason (Adamantes), New Audio Frontiers, Tannoy, Ellipson, Bose, JK Acoustics, Jean Marie Reynaud

Airiness, soundstaging, imaging, focusing, resolution and overall balance.

VERY SLIGHTLY bass accuracy and dynamics.

Now Avanti III is at its best! Some updates has been made in the end of 2000, during the 2001 and 2002, and the result is very, very good. Avanti has rather easy impedance load now and its frequency balance is bettered. Bass and midrange are now very natural and well balanced. A slight miss in the accuracy of the bass is still there, but one can notice this only if you may listen to the very best speakers in this area(like Dunlavy SC VI) and those are much more expensive. Dynamics is very good, although I have heard slightly better speakers in this area. The soundstaging, focusing and airiness are absolutely the highlights of the Avanti!! One can say same concerning the resolution and transparency too! In these areas Avanti is among the very best speakers available. I changed my Virgo III's to the new Avantis and it was worth of it! I have now more and deeper bass, more natural vocals and more dynamics too. I think Avanti III is now the best speaker in its price class!!!

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Acapella LaCampanella, Fischer&Fischer 450.

Enormous soundstage, fast transients and very realistic portrayal of voice and instruments.

May need a subwoofer in big rooms.

I recently replaced my JBL 250 Ti's with a pair of Audio Physic Avanti III i's. Waving goodbye to the JBL's was a bit sad, but my new system with the Avanti's, and a Mark Levinson system with 380 preamp, 390s Cd-player and 432 amplifier with Madrigal and Nordost cables, certainly has renewed my interest in listening to music at home. The soundstage is enormous and transients are fast and clean.These loudspeakers present piano and percussion in a much more realistic manner that the Lansings. Before purchasing the speakers, I listened to BW 802s and Revel Studios and although these clearly are good speakers, the Avantis were the speakers for me. Highly recommended.

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JBL 250 Ti, IMF TLS 80 II,Rogers LS 3/5A, various models from Acoustic REsearch.

The sound, finish, size.

Require a BIG amplifier, I would say at least 150-200W pr. channel.

Maybe the first and only REAL speaker you can afford and that is small enough to have in an ordinary living-room. Its an extraordinary good speaker, you play with almost full power without distortions etc.

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Sonus Faber Grand Piano, Chario Accademy.

lively,soundstage,nutral

not really notised yet.

I have listened to them today in combination with marantz reference tubemonos,nagra pre-amp,vpi table,dcs digital. The systems price was far beyond the speakers pricerange,so they could show what they were worth for. First of all,the soundstage was really first class,big,tansparant and deep. The sound was thanks to the amps warm and there was really athmosphere. The bass was a little slow but this was becouse of the roomconditions.(wooden floor) For this money I really love the presentation. If you are looking in this pricerange,listening is allmost a must.

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Avanti III: soundstage, dynamic, rich sounding

not clean, too expensive

The Avanti III is a dynamic, tonally rich speaker with a very good 3D soundstage, but it sounds less clean, less homogeneous than the Caldera or even the Virgo, it can be a bit muddly, the bass is well articulated but can be cleaner, tighter. It's a very good speaker but for it's price it should be perfect.

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B&W Nautilus series, Kef RDM+Reference series, Avalon, Wilson Audio, Sonus Faber, Dynaudio, JM Reynaud, Vienna Acoustics, Thiel, Pro ac, Dunlavy, Martin Logan, etc.

Avanti model 3.Neutral, accurate, treble is first class, airy, very much deep, soundstage

Nothing

This speaker are one of the best what i have ever heard.(with Acapella, Avalon, Wilson, Mg 20 and Dunlavy )It is neural, big deep soundstage, fast and new tweeter is second best after Acapella's plasma tweeters what i have ever heard. I think whole Audio Physik's new loudspeakers are best buy for its price.Higly recommend

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Acapella,Avalon,Wilson, Mg 20, Dynlavy

straight bass, much detail without being agressive

needs a good and stable amp.

i wanted new loudspeakers and searched for a period of 4 months, but was never realy satisfied. then i've searched over internet (the ultimate medium) for 2nd hand.

when you get that more quality for about the same money, i wonder why it took so long for me to realize. thereby it is nice to hear from other guys like me and join experiences.

when you listen for a long time, the avanti 2 is never boring me. most of the speakers are boring me after a while, maybe due to coloration. these speakers are neutral, but give much detail without being agressive. i'm more happy with these speakers now that i've got them driven by sphinx project 8 (pre) and sphinx project 18 (power). now i'm looking for the right cables for the finishing touch.

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hgp corda, b&w cdm9nt, spendor 1/2.