AWARDS

CES Innovations 2003
Design & Engineering Exhibition - SOLO

Product Innovation

Top Audio Video Milan 2002 - DUO 2.0


image courtesy of EnjoyTheMusic.com's show report

Reviewer's Choice 2001

SoundStage! - DUO 2.0

Home Entertainment 2001

Tie for Best Home Theater of Show - TRIO & SOLO

Thomas J. Norton, Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, October 2001, page 54

EnjoyTheMusic.com

Product of the Year 2001 - UNO 2.0

Steve Rochlin, Editor/Publisher, EnjoyTheMusic.com 

Audio Video Interiors

Excellence in Design Award of 2001 - UNO 2.0

Tie for Speaker of the Year 2000


Stereophile - UNO 2.0

(sharing honors with the $85,000/pair Dynaudio Evidence)

Stereophile Class A Recommended Components rating consistently* since October 2000 - UNO 2.0

* To insure that such listings remain up-to-date when new iteratons of a Recommended Component have appeared, the magazine routinely performs follow-up reviews.

(to be eligible for unqualified Class A, a system must be full-range, i.e. feature bass extension to 20Hz. It must also be capable of reaching realistic sound-pressure levels without any feeling of strain. Otherwise it is downgraded into "Restricted Extreme LF Class A".)

In 2000 when the UNO 2.0 was first entered into this listing, Stereophile Class A consisted of 24 speaker systems. Of these, only 12 were considered truly full-range. Of these twelve, the median price was double that of the UNO 2.0. In fact, the UNO rubbed shoulders with the $85,000 Dynaudio Evidence,the $39,000 Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX, the $30,000 JMlab Utopia and the $22,000 Sonus Faber Amati Hommage.


How would the Avantgarde Acoustic DUO and TRIO be rated if the less expensive UNO already achieved a Best-of-Best rating?

The Absolute Sound

Golden Ear Award 2000

TRIO COMPACT

Hi-Fi News Hot 100 Products - UNO 2.0

"...immediacy, impact, emotional communication..."

(listed in every issue since May 2000)