Hi CLF. Sorry about the extremely belated reply but I hardly ever spend any time back at my own system posting and just saw your inquiry. The answer is none. Only Atmas have driven my system since day one. I auditioned the Duos at Jim Smiths house before buying and he used Cary monos (805s I believe) and, briefly, the little Pass Aleph cube amp. Those were onetime listens so I can't claim enough exposure to them to have any aural memory/opinion of the combo 13 years later.

Now as far as other amp/speaker combos featuring neither of my personal inventory, I, unfortunately, have not had any exposure to any other systems that are nearly as ambitious as mine because no retailer in town stocks anything of the sort and none of the guys in the audio club here are quite as lunatic fringey as me. Or shall I say my compadres are more "reined in" by practical considerations and sig. others. And I don't fly because of a medical condition so if it ain't local, I don't hear it.
Certainly, there are some very nice systems in town but, generally, they are less full range and smaller scale than what I have assembled. I do play loud and I do value dynamics and scale, among other things.

acresverde April 06, 2013 22:17

Hi Acresverde,

Nice system :-) Congratulations!

I'm curious...what other amp/loudspeaker combos have you found satisfying in addition to the A-S/Avantgarde?

Best regards,
Sam

c1ferrari November 24, 2011 21:07

Hi DBoy,

For some unknown reason, when I listed my system, only the cable names transferred over without the accompanying description as to what they were (ICs, speaker, PC, etc.).

The SPMs I have listed serve as jumpers between the tweeters and subs on my Duos so speaker cables per se, they are not.

Howvever, I am using Valhalla bi-wire currrently and these did replace SPM bi-wire about 6 years ago or whenever it was that Valhalla debutted (I was an early adapter).

My recollection would put SPM in the same basic camp as Valhalla (very clean, very quick and very detailed) but somewhat less fulsome in overall weight, but not much. This is not the choice for those who value euphony over accuracy. Brands such as Purist and Kubala Sosna would probably be good examples of cables whose design philosophies would put them at the opposite end of the spectrum.

acresverde July 16, 2007 19:21

Hello. I'm looking for opinions of Nordost SPM speaker/interconnect cables. Can you describe them or compare them to others you've tried? A response at your ealriest convinience would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Luka

devilboy July 15, 2007 03:22

any pics? .nice setup!

flg2001 April 23, 2007 18:30

Thanks for looking although there isn't anything to actually look at, further complicated by the fact that all the wire descriptions (ICs PCs speaker cables, etc.) have turned up AWOL. I am the virtual Fred Flintstone of the computer world, do not own a digital camera and wouldn't know how to download if I did. And further, I hate to prevail upon friends, although one has volunteered his services. Maybe I'll check into it if it's no big deal.

acresverde October 28, 2006 15:41

WOW All I can say is too bad no pictures, you have so many great products in your rig its hard to tell where to start patting you on the back!

chadnliz October 28, 2006 02:01