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ADS-910's

I saw those too and the pricing was fair .. i just didnt think i had a nice enough pair to go into them that far :) now i am anxious to hear how you like the different versions of this set up :-)
 
michigannick said:
I saw those too and the pricing was fair .. i just didnt think i had a nice enough pair to go into them that far :) now i am anxious to hear how you like the different versions of this set up :-)
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How could I let these pass? Probably would NEVER see them again.
It may be a while before I have another amp to bi-amp these, but who cares! These are so rare! Got a package deal price.

Reading about the 910's on the net since I got them, these cards come up over and over, guys searching for years and never finding them. Many say they never ended up making them, they don't exist.

Glenn
 
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Where did you find them?
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By a fluke. A guy in Canada.
I was searching pics of the 910's so I could re-glue the badges in the correct position. There was a pic of one of the cards and click, click....

A deal was made, waiting for the shipping cost.

My eyes bugged out when I saw the whole set!

Glenn
 
The deal is done!:banana:
Should be shipped next week. Don't know if I will use them at first, but it will be interesting to have the option to bi-amp, or maybe tri-amp these beasts some day.

I'll post pics when I get them.
I'm still amazed these surfaced, with all I've been reading that they were never made or sold, guys searching for them for years.
 
Had a six hour date with the 910's today,

These speakers are incredible! Six hours with tubes and an iPod, cranking tunes in the cave. They are so seductive, so natural, so smooth, so deep I don't even know where to begin!

My A-X9 is fixed and should be able to pick it up this week. I am stoked the hear these with 3 times the power, and A/B them with my other favorites as well as with my freshly restored KLH Twenty Threes.

If you ever have the opportunity to get a set of 910's do it without hesitation.

Damn I'm having fun with these!

Ok, I'm done now, just had to share.

Glenn

Also, the LED's, bi and tri-amp cards will ship this week!
 
as in the JVC A-X9? http://www.thevintageknob.org/jvc-A-X9.html

Looks interesting. You will find pretty much all of the ADS Line up with the sticky dome tweets and Mids have that magic .. and on the low end will have a very precise controlled bass I have yet to hear an ADS speaker I did not like considering "what it is" obviously i wouldnt take a 200 over a vandersteen 2 .. but id take any of the larger ADS over the 2s for instance. Even some of the later models that people dont seem to rave about the M12s and M15s are very very nice sounding speakers .. these replaced the L1290s and L1590s, if you are in love with the stick dome tweets and mids then the m series are a more polite speaker but in some ways more accurate to my ears and with slightly more harsh electronics more forgiving
 
michigannick said:
as in the JVC A-X9? http://www.thevintageknob.org/jvc-A-X9.html

Looks interesting. You will find pretty much all of the ADS Line up with the sticky dome tweets and Mids have that magic .. and on the low end will have a very precise controlled bass I have yet to hear an ADS speaker I did not like considering "what it is" obviously i wouldnt take a 200 over a vandersteen 2 .. but id take any of the larger ADS over the 2s for instance. Even some of the later models that people dont seem to rave about the M12s and M15s are very very nice sounding speakers .. these replaced the L1290s and L1590s, if you are in love with the stick dome tweets and mids then the m series are a more polite speaker but in some ways more accurate to my ears and with slightly more harsh electronics more forgiving
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Hi Nick,

Yes, that's the amp. Superb sounding in my opinion, not at all harsh, like all my JVC gear.

Interesting thoughts about the M series. I'll have to look them up.

Glenn
 
Grill fabric sources?

I contacted Richard So regarding grill cloth, but he has none. He recommended cloth on fleabay or a fabric store.:scratch2:

Anyone able to find original cloth, or something very close to the original weave?

PO's cat loved the grills!:sigh:

Thanks!
 
I had started a thread about this at one point about the metal grills .. i do belive they are a nice way to go .. lots of suppliers of that type of material but a pain to find the one that looks how you want it to look.

Honestly the acoustically transparent stuff that Parts Express has on special right now is not bad, i used it for some time windows and they look fine .


The thicker cloth would be most like the original .... http://www.parts-express.com/mellotone-premium-black-speaker-grill-cloth-yard-64-wide--260-332

however

I think the thin woudl both sound better and look better and be cheaper http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-speaker-grill-cloth-black-yard-70-wide--260-335
 
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michigannick said:
as in the JVC A-X9? http://www.thevintageknob.org/jvc-A-X9.html

Looks interesting. You will find pretty much all of the ADS Line up with the sticky dome tweets and Mids have that magic .. and on the low end will have a very precise controlled bass I have yet to hear an ADS speaker I did not like considering "what it is" obviously i wouldnt take a 200 over a vandersteen 2 .. but id take any of the larger ADS over the 2s for instance. Even some of the later models that people dont seem to rave about the M12s and M15s are very very nice sounding speakers .. these replaced the L1290s and L1590s, if you are in love with the stick dome tweets and mids then the m series are a more polite speaker but in some ways more accurate to my ears and with slightly more harsh electronics more forgiving
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While Nick has both L1290's and the M12's, I only have a pair of M12/90's. They are spectacular sounding and give off a huge soundstage. I have a pair of original L810's that I most likely will not keep in the long run, as I would prefer some L710's or L910's (yeah baby!). Has anyone here seen or even better heard some M30's? I would be willing to bet that those are cat's meow. There certainly are more exotic speakers out there, but for me ADS sure knew how to design/build awesome sounding speakers that have stood the test of time.
 
GD70 said:
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over and over, guys searching for years and never finding them. Many say they never ended up making them, they don't exist.

Glenn
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I will be interested in your report on the LED cards. Just don't crank your system too loud with them, the cards introduce distortion into the tweeter/mid section. That's why they were taken off the market. The biamp & triamp cards were made as service replacements into the 90s for customers that wanted them. Not in the black boxes though, those are early on in the L910 life.
 
soundmotor said:
I will be interested in your report on the LED cards. Just don't crank your system too loud with them, the cards introduce distortion into the tweeter/mid section. That's why they were taken off the market. The biamp & triamp cards were made as service replacements into the 90s for customers that wanted them. Not in the black boxes though, those are early on in the L910 life.
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Hi soundmotor!

I probably will not install them. It was that they were available! The seller offered me a package deal for everything, which I couldn't pass up!

Interesting about the bi & trip amp cards. When I knew I was buying these, I did as much research on the web as possible. The cards were mentioned many times, not available, were never made, searching for years etc... I just assumed they never made it to the public. I figured they were used at trade shows for demo purposes, maybe a few employees got a few sets, but not the public.

Being they were available as service replacements, I'm surprised ADS owners were unaware of this.

Anyway, I'm excited I found them. Oh, they are not in the black boxes.
 
michigannick said:
I had started a thread about this at one point about the metal grills .. i do belive they are a nice way to go .. lots of suppliers of that type of material but a pain to find the one that looks how you want it to look.

Honestly the acoustically transparent stuff that Parts Express has on special right now is not bad, i used it for some time windows and they look fine .


The thicker cloth would be most like the original .... http://www.parts-express.com/mellotone-premium-black-speaker-grill-cloth-yard-64-wide--260-332

however

I think the thin woudl both sound better and look better and be cheaper http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-speaker-grill-cloth-black-yard-70-wide--260-335
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Thanks for the links nick!
I'll check it out.

Cheers!
 
GD70 said:
Hi soundmotor!

I probably will not install them. It was that they were available! The seller offered me a package deal for everything, which I couldn't pass up!

Interesting about the bi & trip amp cards. When I knew I was buying these, I did as much research on the web as possible. The cards were mentioned many times, not available, were never made, searching for years etc... I just assumed they never made it to the public. I figured they were used at trade shows for demo purposes, maybe a few employees got a few sets, but not the public.

Being they were available as service replacements, I'm surprised ADS owners were unaware of this.

Anyway, I'm excited I found them. Oh, they are not in the black boxes.
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There is a lot of horseshit on the internet unfortunately. What was never made were plug-in amplifiers for the L910 but the biamp & triamp cards were always available. Sometimes it might take a few weeks to get new boards and build them out but they were always shipped. All of that stopped when ADS moved to Arizona in the mid 90s, all of the parts stock was dumped from MA, and none of the legacy products were serviced after that.
 
soundmotor said:
There is a lot of horseshit on the internet unfortunately. What was never made were plug-in amplifiers for the L910 but the biamp & triamp cards were always available. Sometimes it might take a few weeks to get new boards and build them out but they were always shipped. All of that stopped when ADS moved to Arizona in the mid 90s, all of the parts stock was dumped from MA, and none of the legacy products were serviced after that.
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Thanks soundmotor. I enjoy reading your comments and knowledge about ADS.
Much appreciated.

Cheers, Glenn
 
michigannick said:
For those that may know. I can say for me I always hoped that Dr. Godehard Guenther would step back into the speaker world. unfortunatly we lost him in October of 2014 after a battle with cancer https://soundmatters.com/soundmatters-announces-passing-of-founder-dr-godehard-guenther/
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He was one of the most maddening yet inspirational people I've ever met. We'd hear about some new direction for product or company focus and be grousing or confused about it then we'd have a meeting in the sound room where he would explain it. Go in dead set against and come out "Hell Yeah!". It was not coincidence that we sometimes called him "Mein Fuhrer".

The guys in engineering had it the worst. He would often call them after 5PM on a Friday and whomever would pick-up would be dragooned into brainstorming/prototyping whatever idea he'd just plopped out. It happened enough that anyone left in engineering started to drop what they were doing when the phone rang late on a Friday and leave immediately.

Godehard got wise to that though. One time I was up there when the phone rang and the engineer I was with said "We gotta go NOW!" and ran out the front door. Godehard was right there in the purchasing department next to engineering with an evil smile on his face. My friend was there most of the evening. Godehard was a magnetic personality, truly a pioneer/visionary in audio and I was very sad when I heard he passed.

Side note: I could imitate Godehard's voice well enough over the phone to wreak havoc with the engineers. When Godehard was out of the country I would call up to engineering and ask whomever answered for something difficult. There was nothing better than to call up, lay down the task, and then hear the dread when they would reply thinking how their whole weekend just went to hell. The key was ludicrous yet believable because... Godehard.
 
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