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When visiting two of the most important High-End Audio shows, ‘High-End’ Munich and ‘Top Audio Milan’ I sensed an unmistakeable “buzz” and excitement in and around the rooms of one company. That company is Avantgarde Acoustic of Germany. The “Buzz” reminded me of the same excitement I experienced during the 1980′s at the London HiFi show when certain well known ‘High-End’ products from America were being demonstrated for the first time. People were crowding outside the room eager for a seat to experience these systems. The same is true today wherever Avantgarde exhibit, except the sound of the Avantgarde systems goes way beyond those early ‘high-end’ systems and way beyond most systems that are termed ‘high-end’ today. The experience of real musicians creating the music in the room with you is the experience of listening to Avantgarde Acoustic Systems. It is ironic that we have come full circle back to the earliest type of loudspeaker transducer ever created, the spherical horn, in order to achieve the highest level of realism. Of course, these contemporary horns from Avantgarde Acoustic could not have been created in the early days of audio, since they apply modern materials such as fiberglass and modern methods such as injection moulding and computer modeling, to create these contemporary looking pieces of acoustic art.

The company was founded by Holger Fromme, who was stunned by the approximation to live music of a horn system he happened to hear. This system had it’s limitations however; but being so taken with the obvious potential of horns he dedicated himself to learning more about the technology and attempting to create the ultimate horn speaker system. In 1985 he teamed up with Matthias Ruff a very talented engineer who already had experience in building horns. Together they built the first set of handmade fibreglass Trio horns. On May 17th 1991 Avantgarde Acoustic Lautsprechersysteme GmbH was founded by Holger and Matthias with the intent to bring this incredible technology to the world. The public response to their first Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin in 1993 was amazing. This public enthusiasm inspired the pair to take Avantgarde Acoustics further by opening a new facility where injection moulding techniques could be applied.

Since that time Avantgarde Acoustic have gone from strength to strength and public enthusiasm for their products continues to grow along with the accolades showered on them from the various Hi-end Review magazines and Web-sites across the world. Their full line up today consists of the Trio, with various true Basshorn options, the highly popular and easier to accommodate Duo Models and the smaller and even easier to accommodate Uno Nano’s, as well as the very compact and fully active Solo model. The Solo is perfect for smaller rooms or for use in multi-channel surround sound systems. All share the unmistakeable Avantgarde Hornspeaker sound, with the larger models obviously offering a greater sense of scale and extension than the smaller models. The model you select should obviously be commensurate with the size of your listening space. At the top audio show in Milan this year I once again picked up on the excitement generated by Avantgarde and decided I really must acquire these wonderful hornspeakers for Sound Galleries. We are starting off with the Avantgarde Duo Omega’s. Now you have a chance to join in the excitement and experience the uncannily close to live music sound of Avantgarde speakers for yourself. Visit Avantgarde Acoustic