Clarence Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I built a workshop downstairs for my "speaker lab" these Advent speakers just went through the works. Tweeters, woofer refoams, and a thourogh clean up. The sound is phenominal. They replaced the infamous insignias as my shop speakers. I am redoing a polk sub tomorrow. The amp you see is a Luxman "brid" with a tube front end. sounds like poo.[:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 Advent close up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 the "brid" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clarence Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 next is a polk sub refurbish. pics to follow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 The advents do sound great. Glad you got those sweethearts fixed up. The Luxman hybrid sounds bad? really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 heh heh Dee.. it sounds great! I put the [:|] there cause I was trying to keep a straight face. think jacksonbart. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 so who did the recone job on the advents? I get crazy with the glue sometimes too [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Do you really like the Advents? Boy, they were big around here in the Mid 70's, every shop was pushing Advents..............I never liked them, but that's just me, many guys had them and loved them...........what do I know? Lots of Stereo Stores back then, hard to find one now, Advents, KLH, Avid , Bozak, almost like Speaker Wars back then, cheap back then, too............Big Advents, $200. per pair, not today..................Carry On, old Prince of Blackness...............Keep busy and stay on track................Miss New York?........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 Who I did the refoam. It was pretty easy, actually. I have another pair of advents to do, I will take before, during and after pics. The hardest part was keeping the glue at the right volume, and getting the old glue off the basket. the cones were in great shape, as well as the dust caps. The one in the picture turned out better from an asthetics standpoint, but they both sound unreal. You wouldent belive the "fried egg" tweeter. It sounds so crisp, and has a huge response curve. I didnt have a camera when I started these, but they were in pretty rough shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Sweet job Clarence, Advent largers were the first set of real speakers I bought myself new in 1977. Sorry to hear you did not like these speakers Rob as they were and still are one of my favorite 2 way speakers ever (not counting the Jubs in this)! Drove mine with a Pioneeer SX-1050 and they could eat the whole thing up but Acoustic enclosed speakers can really take the juice. I eventually added a pair of JBL L-36's to this setuop before returning stateside. Looks like a good setup to work by[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 How it was when I left Germany[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 sweet pic! still have any of the hardware?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Sold it all and moved on but bought 2 more Thorens tables (seen on middle shelf) like the one I had back then[] System is a little different now[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Kaiser, did I see a Little Feat album there? Is that Goodbye Columbus? The Feats was pretty good....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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