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Avantgarde Acoustic TRIO G3
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Professional Reviews 94/100
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Sound Quality
96/100
Build Quality
95/100
Value for Money
88/100
With vast dynamics and an uncannily lifelike midrange, the TRIO G3 sounds closer to live music than most statement speakers. Paul Seydor praised its effortless scale and tonal consistency, while Jacob Heilbrunn highlighted its high resolution, low-level finesse, and concert-hall realism. It’s a towering horn system for rooms that can let it breathe.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Delivers exceptionally wide, effortless dynamics that stay coherent from whisper-quiet to full scale.
Keeps voices and acoustic instruments natural and stable across volume changes, giving midrange realism a standout edge.
Produces convincing concert-hall scale with strong imaging and a vivid sense of presence.
Avoids the honkiness and shoutiness often associated with horn speakers, making the presentation easier to enjoy.
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Cons
Requires a large room to show its full potential, according to the reviews.
Some horn coloration may remain, even if it was described as non-intrusive.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 96/100
Reviewers describe a speaker that sounds strikingly close to live music in tone and presence, with an overall balance that falls within 'acceptable neutrality' while still sounding vivid and tactile. The consensus is that it combines unusually transparent, lifelike timbre with effortless scale and a very expansive presentation.
Bass
96/100
The supplied reviews describe exceptional low-end authority, especially when the system is paired with the SpaceHorn woofers. Reviewers praise the impressive midbass solidity and the ability to reach 'death-defying sound pressure levels,' with no sign of bass thinness in the comments provided.
Mid
97/100
This is one of the speaker's clearest strengths in the reviews. Voices and acoustic instruments keep their tonal character unusually well across levels, and the midrange is repeatedly described as highly realistic, immediate, and vividly present.
Treble
94/100
Reviewers say the treble avoids the usual horn problems such as honkiness or shoutiness, and any horn coloration is described as non-intrusive. The top end is presented as refined and easy to enjoy, though the reviews stop short of claiming it is completely free of horn character.
Soundstage Imaging
96/100
The stage is described as uncannily lifelike, with a strong 'you-are-there' quality and convincing concert-hall scale. The reviews emphasize width, realism, and the ability to project orchestral crescendos with exceptional conviction.
Dynamics
99/100
Dynamics are presented as extraordinary, with one reviewer calling it the widest dynamic range they have ever experienced from a home system and noting effortless behavior at both loud and very low levels. The speaker is also described as able to ramp up to full orchestral scale without strain.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
95/100
Reviewers frame it as a flagship all-horn system with serious engineering behind it, and the substantial active/passive implementation options are presented as part of a highly developed platform. The comments supplied focus more on performance than cabinet craft, but the overall impression is of a thoroughly serious, heavily engineered design.
Value for Money
88/100
At $109,000 per pair, this is an obviously rarefied purchase, and the optional electronics and SpaceHorns push the system much higher still. Even so, the reviews present the price as tied to genuinely extraordinary performance rather than as a casual indulgence, and they position it as compelling for listeners who can accommodate and exploit it.
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- The ASOC Gallery of Fine Audio — in-store — Stratford, Ontario, Canada (website)
- Alpha High End — online and in-store — Brasschaat, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium (website)
- American Sound — in-store — Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (website)
- Audio Concept - Luxembourg — in-store — Gare, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (website)
- Audio Gallery — in-store — Las Rozas de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (website)
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- Auditorium — in-store — Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany (website)
- Aug & Ohr — in-store — Zürich, Zürich, Germany (website)
- AURA HIFI — in-store — Stadtbezirke II, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (website)
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