I have a pair of L400's, with said push button connects. I had the last 1/2 inch of my speaker wires soldered and that did the trick for me. No more frayed strands not making it into the hole.
At least the connectors are right side up.
I have a pair of L400's, with said push button connects. I had the last 1/2 inch of my speaker wires soldered and that did the trick for me. No more frayed strands not making it into the hole.
To revive an old thread. What do you vintage ADS lovers use for speaker wire connection. The push button on my last 300 lie at a weird angle making even bare wires tough. Admitted I’m a doofus but do you guys go with pins for best connection
And yes I’d love to swap out the push pins but I’m not very good at diy
To revive an old thread. What do you vintage ADS lovers use for speaker wire connection. The push button on my last 300 lie at a weird angle making even bare wires tough. Admitted I’m a doofus but do you guys go with pins for best connection
And yes I’d love to swap out the push pins but I’m not very good at diy
The 300s and, I think, the 200s, have the worst wire posts. They’re upside down and a bitch to get to. And they don’t take very large wire. But once you get them hooked up they sound sooooo good. I need to pull out my old 200s and see if can make them new again.
These were one of the worst ergonomic / mechanical design screw-ups possible. On the earliest L200/L300, they used either the same push-in (or near identical) connectors JBL did and just as bad. A good solution is to bend stranded wire into an "L" and tin it. Having a 3rd hand is useful too.
JBL -
Who. The. HELL. Ever thought that was a good idea. Just looking at them makes me angry.
Any ideas on safely rmoving it?
Beautiful!
Not much said, because they are rare. In my opinion, their mids and highs are just a bit better than my 910's, which have rebuilt mids and tweeters. The 980's are original. I can only attribute this to them being a newer improved design.
Also, the only ADS with a 12 inch woofer. The 910's will still beat them in the low end and have an overall bigger sound. Both are spectacular!
Glenn
Beautiful!
Curious for your opinion, did you hear a big, or subtle improvement after the rebuild?
On my 910's, I could hear an improvement, a bit more airy, and detailed, but not an oh wow difference.
Cheers, Glenn
Well mine are now powered by an MC-2100 and they are really impressive with the SS power (versus the Fisher 500c). The bass output is very deep and clear. I’ve only had them on the 2100 since yesterday, but was able to crank them up for a couple of minutes today. They are super at high volume! Not something I do frequently, but wow!
As far as pecking order goes, extremely rare, only bested by the towers or 910's...IMHO
2 things i've noticed since rebuild...bass is much better,
Armor-All the surrounds too.