Avantgarde Acoustic Duo XD - Ruby Brilliant Red

Avantgarde Acoustic Duo XD (Ruby Brilliant Red) 2-Way Horn Loudspeaker System

• 107 dB efficiency
• 18 Ohm drivers with Alnico magnets
• 670 mm spherical midrange horn
• CDC system w/o passive filter
• 100 V CPC crossover design
• subwoofer with DSP control
• 2 x 12 inch bass drivers
• 1000 W bass amplifier

The Duo XD is the actual version of the Duo, a horn system that is in the product portfolio since 1994. Featuring the same phenomenal spherical horn assembly combined with the significantly more powerful SUB231 XD subwoofer module. Born of the same heart, but with a different spirit. Darker. Sportier. Tauter.

Horn Technology
Horn loudspeakers are the oldest and most natural physical principle for rendering sound. Their functionality until today has undeniable advantages over other loudspeaker technologies.

• MAXIMUM DYNAMICS: As distortions stay at negligible levels, compressed dynamics simply do not occur.
• ZERO DISTORTIONS: To avoid typical distortions of horn drivers, Avantgarde Acoustic designs omit the usually applied compression chambers in the midrange section.
• HIGHEST EFFICIENCY: By applying horns, membrane excursions are easily reduced by a factor of 10-50, for the same SPL output!
• 100% BIONIC: The curvature of the Avantgarde Acoustic horns is calculated with ultimate mathematical precision.

Avantgarde Acoustic: Purity Meets Performance
Functional design which arises imperatively from its application. Plain, stringent and without alternatives. Bionically formulated technology, geared to the funnel shaped physics of the human ear, allowing the most ingenious principles of sound transduction to unfold.

• PURITY:
  The mindset - Functional design which arises imperatively from its application. Plain, stringent and without alternatives. Bionically formulated technology, geared to the funnel shaped physics of the human ear, allowing the most ingenious principles of sound transduction to unfold. Enduring, precise and incredibly powerful. And last but not least a listening experience with an originality and neutrality which is utterly faithful to what actually took place in the studio or on the stage. Whether it´s a violin sonata in minor or a heavy metal guitar riff. This is purity.


• PERFORMANCE:
  The passion - To build systems which are best in class within the world of Super-Speakers today. To adhere faithfully to natural principles and take them to their limits. To surpass physical restrictions by inventing unexplored electronic circuitries. Unremittingly optimising each and every component and their interactions within the system to all-time perfection. To question part by part. Stripping away as much as possible. And by doing so, gain so much more. In just two decades making the name of Avantgarde Acoustic™ the voice of the audiophile upperclass. This is performance.