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In Reply to: RE: ADC 404 posted by xrayspex78 on July 03, 2012 at 14:39:33
couple of cogent threads at AK. One is linked to below.
all the best,
mrh
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I had heard that they were comparable to the original Advents, and I am pretty impressed with them. They only cost me $35 on kijiji, and the wood cabinets are in really nice shape. They are a bit dull, but that is the "east coast" sound I remember.
Prehistoric 4-Channel Lizard
I found a pair of 303ax speakers used, too, and ended up replacing the nonfunctional tweeters with spares from a pair of EPI 100s. That worked like a charm, and they dropped right in, sounded great. Ended up selling them to a friend who's still using them several years later. I preferred them to Boston Acoustics and AR4s.
"Trying to make it real ... compared to what?" - Les McCann & Eddie Harris, "Swiss Movement"
The tweeters in mine are working, but I have to believe that they would sound better with something better then paper cones. I have a pair of Heil AMT tweeters from ESS Tempest 3e bookshelves. I am tempted to try them in place of the paper cones, but it would mean cutting the tweeter opening to fit them. What do you think?
Prehistoric 4-Channel Lizard
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"Trying to make it real ... compared to what?" - Les McCann & Eddie Harris, "Swiss Movement"
Peter Pritchard's Audio Dynamics Corporation in New Milford CT had some pretty interesting speakers and an innovative tone-arm in addition to his well-known cartridges. I owned the arm and many of the cartridges (still have 2). I coveted the ADC-18 and 18A with their KEF drivers.
I bought a house in New Milford CT about 20 years ago and his stuff still shows up regularly at garage sales and flea markets.
Kal
with the B1814 woofers that were about 18" by 14 ". and then this was used in a 2way speaker with 2" hard dome tweeter.
The combo needed a midrange but, as a DIY-er, I wanted those two drivers to complement a good middie.
I believe KEF meant to produce a very nice mid that they only made a few of. John Crabbe held up his secong set of horns waiting for it. It was a 2 1/2" dome with double spider and a hole in the magnet structure that fed into a flexible tube a few feet long and filled with long hair wool. Sounds good even today. Wish someone would produce it.
There's an enticing sketch of that prototype in Martin Colloms' book.
Kal
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