![]() 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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