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GD70 said:
I'd be happy with that, even once every other month or so. Akers in my area are scattered all over the place.
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Neither of these friends are AK members. One does not even have his '70's stereo set up. I've offered him BA A100 speakers I have to replace the Jenson's he has, if he wants to set it up. If at his house we're listening to CD's through a Bose Wave radio. Their nice as far as a clock radio goes.
 
Surprised your buddy hasn't taken you up on your offer. A Bose Wave radio.....meh...
 
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I've had some friends over to demo these, and what's amazing to me is the LASTING impression these leave on them.
I talk to them a week or two later, and they are still thinking about how good they sound. Besides their amazing sound, the impression they make on people is remarkable! More than any other speaker I have.
 
I have a musician friend (plays organ and piano for chrurchs) had a bose radio at th house ... i picked up a 35$ black face Onkyo from about 2003 and dvd /cd player at a garag sale (surround sound) and started with 2 of the cheap Dayton 40 a pair book shelves and an old kenwood ht subwoofer that i swapped out the woofer for a car sub. hooked it up turned on some orchestra and first words out of his wives mouth were why did i think that bose thing sounded good.. a couple weeks later i migrated the Daytons to rear channels for him and hooked up some DCM Cx-17s and the jump from the daytons was huge and in the next garage sale they sold the bose and bought me dinner with the extra money after covering my costs lol they never looked back and .. frankly that stuff was junk and it still smoked the radio .. .. that statement "as clock raidos go, they are really nice, albit stupid expensive" I blame the old Paul Harvey ad after ad for this
 
michigannick said:
I have a musician friend (plays organ and piano for chrurchs) had a bose radio at th house ... i picked up a 35$ black face Onkyo from about 2003 and dvd /cd player at a garag sale (surround sound) and started with 2 of the cheap Dayton 40 a pair book shelves and an old kenwood ht subwoofer that i swapped out the woofer for a car sub. hooked it up turned on some orchestra and first words out of his wives mouth were why did i think that bose thing sounded good.. a couple weeks later i migrated the Daytons to rear channels for him and hooked up some DCM Cx-17s and the jump from the daytons was huge and in the next garage sale they sold the bose and bought me dinner with the extra money after covering my costs lol they never looked back and .. frankly that stuff was junk and it still smoked the radio .. .. that statement "as clock raidos go, they are really nice, albit stupid expensive" I blame the old Paul Harvey ad after ad for this
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You get a certain joy out of opening up peoples eyes and ears to really good sound, not colored by heavy marketing which is Bose's forte. It's obviously worked though. A lot of my friends and some from back in college had pretty good systems and still have an appreciation though some have strayed to the surround 7. 8. 9. whatever systems. When they hear my good old 2 channel stereo systems, it makes them feel good! I hope it inspires them to put together a nice vintage system that frankly can be dirt cheap.
Glenn
 
GD70 said:
You get a certain joboom box. f opening up peoples eyes and ears to really good sound, not colored by heavy marketing which is Bose's forte. It's obviously worked though. A lot of my friends and some from back in college had pretty good systems and still have an appreciation though some have strayed to the surround 7. 8. 9. whatever systems. When they hear my good old 2 channel stereo systems, it makes them feel good! I hope it inspires them to put together a nice vintage system that frankly can be dirt cheap.
Glenn
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One of my wife girlfriends was looking for a stereo to replace a boombox. She found one. I gave her an extra set of 6-1/2" two-way JBL's I had with stands to try with it. Also, have introduced her to some jazz. It's fun to introduce people, even in thier 60's, to something new. I find nice stereo stuff at garage sales so it cost me nothing.
 
She says they sound fine. I told her if they sound too bright, I have another pair she could try. Have some dual 6-1/2" woofer 2-way Mission speakers. She said no reason to change.
I'm trying out a pair of Baby Advent 2 speakers this evening, 6-1/2" 2-way. I got them today at a church rummage sale for $10. They were made after Jenson aquired Advent. They sound pretty good for 17" tall boxes. Not very efficient though. I have a hard time turning down decent speakers at garage sales.Back up to nine sets again.
todd
 
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I know how you feel. I'll check out yard sales, but if there's some speakers, they need to be worth the effort to recap and restor. For the last couple years, I was obsessed with the hunt, but really tried to police myself with what I brought home. I'm currently pretty content, have some Maggie SMG's to restore. They should keep me busy for a while.
 
Last week I garage saled a Marantz 2245, have since deoxited. FM still needs aligning and two bulbs out. May replace with led's. Same sale got a Thorens td165 tt. Needs rebuilding. Missing dustcover. Should give me something to do.
 
Wife and daughter will be away today and most of tomorrow, that means time to crank the 910's again!
I am so addicted to these right now it's sick!
 
I had to drive to Massachusetts and back today for work. As I drove, I daydreamed of listening to my 910s, and thought about how I was planning to bring them upstairs from the basement some day to replace a pair of ADS L710 I have in the parlor (I live in a Victorian). Then I wondered about bringing the L710s down to the basement and stacking them on the 910s. Has anyone tried stacking ADS speakers? You could say I am trying to make a set of pretend 2030s. Anyway, I will not get a chance to try this out until the weekend, but will report on how it sounds.

Glenn, I was cranking the 910s the other day and leaned against a lally column in the basement and was surprised by how much it was vibrating. It is a concrete-filled steel 4" dia. tube, and the 910s were causing it to vibrate like a guitar string. Good thing I do not have any nearby neighbors.
 
Yeah, the 910's bass is impressive.
STACKED with 710's? You'll see cracks in those columns! That I would love to hear!
 
I tried stacking L710s with 910s. The sound is bigger, and was a bit too bright when playing CDs. I had to turn the treble down just a little. Overall, however, the 910s produce such a big sound that the L710s did not add that much more (other than too much treble). The L710s are upside down.

For my next experiment, it would be interesting to see how this would sound if the signal to the L710s was delayed, and maybe move the L710s somewhere else in the room.
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Comparing the mids and tweeters, the ones on the L710s are smooth and shiny, whereas the 910s are dull and the coating is a bit lumpy. I need to get Richard So on the case.
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Hanleyster said:
Boy this thread sure has some life to it! Every time I come on to this forum its still riding high! lol
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Every post gets an answer. Keeps the topic fresh. Sure am glad the softwhere works so I don't have to reread the whole thing.
 
I have found without exception so far that stacking inceases the wall of sound whwhile lways dimishing imaging especially HF imaging and often midrange id things are not close enouth and in line to make a good MTM configuration
 
I suspect stacking certain brands works better than others. Stacked my KLH Six's, and Six's with Seventeens. Both sounded great! Many love how their stacked Advents sound.
Fun to experiment, sometimes it works!
 
Aptone said:
Comparing the mids and tweeters, the ones on the L710s are smooth and shiny, whereas the 910s are dull and the coating is a bit lumpy. I need to get Richard So on the case.
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I noticed you have the stand hand screws for the stands on the 910's. This is interesting as you don't have the stands. You would think they would also be missing, gone with the stands.
 
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