![]() ![]() A big part of the change was more output from a redesigned tweeter to take advantage of the less-hashy HF reproduction offered by newer transistor electronics of the later '70s (it's all relative!) The reviewer's concern of the missing high frequencies would have been much less-so with the 'new'. The side-by-side difference was not subtle, with a far more open and less-congested midrange on the 'large', along with obviously deeper more defined bass from a 2" bigger woofer.īoth speakers were redesigned in '79 (?) and renamed the 'new' (small/large) advent loudspeaker. The recent stereophile review was of the 'smaller 'old' advent loudspeaker', which was a dumbed-down version of the 'large' model. I tried double advents with a friend, but the Sansui 717 amp always popped its breaker after 5min. I had auditioned mine from time to time with top-notch electronics of the '80s and they only sounded better. Because they were inexpensive speakers, they were too often paired with cheap gear of the '70s and the awful sound was blamed on the speakers. I replaced the electrolytic crossover caps with much better poly caps. I drove mine fine for years ('79-'89) with a modded Advent 300 receiver. The spec for the 'New Large' Advent loudspeaker was 89dB/W/m.
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