Avantgarde Duo Primo XD Dubbed Avantgarde's 'best kept secret' the Duo Primo XD was revealed at the UK Hi-Fi Show Live Review & Lab: Keith Howard & Andrew Everard

摘要

Of late we've had some speakers through editor PM's listening room only describable as imposing, but nothing quite prepares one for the sheer visual impact of the Duo Primo XDs from Germany's Avantgarde Acoustics. Standing some 1.8m tall by 67cm wide, and weighing 185kg apiece, installing them is a matter of slotting the boxes together rather in the manner of building a PA stack - an appropriate analogy, as we'll discover - while the price-tag is similarly huge, at £79,500 a pair. But even that isn't what grabs your attention. Instead it's that huge, moulded-from-ABS midrange horn, the full width of the speaker, and the manufacturer's assertion that this is the compact, room-friendly version of its signature technology. Yes, really...