PAIR OF VERY HIGH-END, SENSITIVE (91.5dB), MODERN LOUDSPEAKERS USING VERY SOPHISTICATED DRIVE UNITS.  DIMENSIONS: 89 X 19 X 30.5 CMC (HXWXD) CHERRY HIGH QUALITY VENEER.  COST £2,000.  ORIGINAL PACKAGING. SERIAL NUMBERS: 40002/3.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY BRITISH AND AMERICAN REVIEWERS:   MARTIN COLLOMS IN HI-FI NEWS WROTE: " THE NP-2 PERFORMED WELL WITH PRICE-MATCHED COMPONENTS BUT ITS TRUE POTENTIAL CAME TO LIFE IN A £10,000 AUDIO SYSTEM INCLUDING A MARANTZ CD-7 PLAYER WHERE IT GAVE A VIRTUOSO RESULT.  THIS SLIM TOWER PLAYS RIGHT OUT OF ITS PRICE AND SIZE LEAGUE, WHILE THE WAY IT COMMUNICATES THE MUSICAL MESSAGE PUTS IT IN A VERY SELECT CLASS INDEED."......."WHILE OF SLIM SHAPE, THE AVALON IS SURPRISINGLY POWERFUL AND BOASTS WELL EXTENDED CLEAN BASS.  BEST OF ALL IS THE REMARKABLE CLARITY AND IMMEDIACY OF THE NP-2'S REPRODUCTION, THE EXCELLENT IMAGE DEPTH AND FOCUS, AND THE INTERESTING COMBINATION OF SPEED AND A SENSE OF COMMUNICATION."  OVERALL RATING 19/20. - HI-FI NEWS WINNER 2006 OF BEST LOUDSPEAKER UP TO £2,000.  " JOHN ATKINSON WROTE: "THE AVALON NP EVOLUTION 2.0'S CLEAN, GRAIN-FREE HIGH FREQUENCIES, EXTENDED, WELL-DEFINED LOW FREQUENCIES, SUPERB SOUNDSTAGING, AND ABILITY TO PLAY AT HIGH LEVELS WITHOUT STRAIN, ARE ALL COMMENDABLE."                              ROY GREGORY:  "THIS IS AVALON'S MOST APPROACHABLE SPEAKER YET, IN EVERY RESPECT; TREAT YOURSELF TO A LISTEN."

MICHAEL GALVIN: " MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AVALON ACOUSTICS NP EVOLUTION 2.0 IS UNEQUIVOCAL.....THEY ARE SIMPLY, COMPLETELY, AND ASSUREDLY MY NEW REFERENCE."