ADS-910's
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GD70
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Party on I will, but am I getting carried away? There's something about the ADS sound that you are well aware of with the 1590/2's, which I would love to hear some day. Every time I listen to the 910's, I want to talk about it and how good they are. Maybe it will inspire others to search and try to get one of the big ADS speakers! I'm addicted, can't help it!
Cheers!
Cheers!
DrumminDaddy
Hit it, Baby !!
^^^ your enthusiasm is well received here. 
Ooooh exciting!
So, I biamped my 910s about a month ago or so. Well literally the second time I went to listen in biamp mode the amp that was powering the woofers started acting up. The amp is in the shop and I have been too lazy/pressed for time to switch back to single amp mode and drag a different amp into the basement from upstairs. On the good side, The DQ-10s are getting some love. On the bad side, I MISS THE 910s!
I also have the rebuilt mids and tweeters back from Richard So, but they are also still in the box. Would it be better to listen to the old drivers and then make the switch so as to better appreciate the Mr. So magic, or to swap now so when they come back online I will be even more impressed?
I also have the rebuilt mids and tweeters back from Richard So, but they are also still in the box. Would it be better to listen to the old drivers and then make the switch so as to better appreciate the Mr. So magic, or to swap now so when they come back online I will be even more impressed?
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Rock on!
GD70
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Tough call, but maybe leave the old drivers in until the amp is back in action, listen, then swap in the rebuilt drivers. This way there's no lag time. By the time you get the amp back from your tech, you may not hear a huge difference because it's been a while since you last listened to them.
Yeah, I would like to listen to new and old back to back to see if I can hear a difference. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and now I want to hear the 910s again. OK, sounds like I will have to bring a substitute amp down to the basement for some system re-configuring tomorrow night.
will d
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I always wanted a pair of 910's going way back in time my friend. Bought my first pair of ADS in 1977 from Magnolia Hi-Fi here in Seattle, L-700's. A year later I traded them back to Magnolia ( because they actually had a one year trade back for a more expensive pair of speakers regardless of what brand, and would give you what you paid for them a year pryor towards the new ones. How cool was that? Well I was married then, and the wife was not happy that I was spending more money on the stereo. So I got the ADS L-810's in 1978. And man, what a giant leap for mankind! I could not believe the difference in sound, it was huge. Five years later I got robbed and didn't buy again until 1985. Bought a pair of ADS L-570's from the same store and I still have them today in mint condition. But i'm only using one as a center channel speaker. My fronts are ADS L-7802's and my rears are ADS L-300e's. My subwoofer is an M&K mx-70b. I'm running the speakers with a Parasound 1205a amp and Parasound avc1800 preamp. The nice thing is , I can put the preamp on two channel stereo and just run the L-780's for that three way ADS sound. But it's nice to have the option. All of the ADS speakers are factory black. A friend is really into speakerlab speakers, and he just finished his sixes and is selling his four's. He tells me their like ADS on steroids. And that may be so, but I like my system and i'm not making any changes now. Unless maybe I find a single ADS L-780 2 in black. But i'll never forget the sound of those L-810's and could only imagine what the 910's sound like. I'll be 64 years young at the end of this month, and I think it's so cool that young people are listening to the brand I first bought when I was 24, and I still am! May the force ( of the ADS of course ) be with you, and to all a good night. Will D.
GD70
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Hi Will!
Great story! I wish I had been exposed the ADS back in the day and feel blessed I acquired these from the original owner, and were my first exposure to ADS! They blew me away from the first time I listened to them and obviously still do a year later!
BTW, in about to turn 59, so no spring chicken here!
I heard the 810's at a Frankenfest gathering last year. They were excellent, and the space is not condusive to good sonics being in an old turn of the century brick factory.
I bet your system sounds fantastic too!
Cheers. Glenn
Interesting opinion by Will's friend that the Speakerlabs are like ADS on steroids. Not so sure about that. He's probably not been in front of the higher numbered ADS.
That trade up deal would be fantastic to take advantage of for sure. I think some of the boutique companies may do that.
Welcome Will!
That trade up deal would be fantastic to take advantage of for sure. I think some of the boutique companies may do that.
Welcome Will!
will d
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Check out a pair of ADS on the bay, ADS LA-10a's. They've got the Braun and ADS name on the back of them, with the old screw on speaker post's the silver ones. A friend of mine says they sound really good. My smaller system in the basement, consists of ADS B-7's on stands as fronts, an ADS mv-10c center channel speaker, and another pair of ADS L-300e's as rears, with a modest Harman Kardon avr154 receiver. I was running all paradigm's in that little room, but sold the studio 20's and in the process of selling the cc-370 and the micro v2's. I just love ADS, and the mv-10c has two ADS tweeters and two six and a half inch midwoofs. It weighs almost 30lbs. I've also got two more pair of L-300's and a pair of L-470's. So call me crazy,,,, but I'm coo-coo for coco-puffs. Like Tower of Power sang, It's in the blood. Over & Out. Willy Wonka
GD70
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Hey Will,Check out a pair of ADS on the bay, ADS LA-10a's. They've got the Braun and ADS name on the back of them, with the old screw on speaker post's the silver ones. A friend of mine says they sound really good. My smaller system in the basement, consists of ADS B-7's on stands as fronts, an ADS mv-10c center channel speaker, and another pair of ADS L-300e's as rears, with a modest Harman Kardon avr154 receiver. I was running all paradigm's in that little room, but sold the studio 20's and in the process of selling the cc-370 and the micro v2's. I just love ADS, and the mv-10c has two ADS tweeters and two six and a half inch midwoofs. It weighs almost 30lbs. I've also got two more pair of L-300's and a pair of L-470's. So call me crazy,,,, but I'm coo-coo for coco-puffs. Like Tower of Power sang, It's in the blood. Over & Out. Willy Wonka
Took a look on fleabay, didn't see the listing.
You have a fun bunch of ADS's!
will d
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I forgot to mention, if type in their search bar ADS speakers, they won't come up. BUTTTTTTTT if you type ads in vintage, that's where I found em. In that section there's a bunch of ads car amplifiers and speakers. There's one pair of ads car speakers going for$3500.00, and they look really cool. So new and cool they should be in the Smithsonian museum. Why they have to separate them into different categories I don't know. There's also ads in electronic's. Go figure eh?
will d
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ads in vintage electronic's
will d
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Also try typing ads like this if all else fails, a/d/s. And they have a/d/s in vintage electronic's and gps. GO FIGURE!
It's in Vintage Electronics (a sub category of Consumer Electronics, intended to cover home audio vintage stuff), also in Car Electronics and GPS which encompasses all car audio whether "vintage" or not (some might argue not much in car audio qualifies for that designation).
The LA10A listing you mentioned should be listed as ADS / Braun LA10A but people love to use that inaccurate a/d/s designation (early stuff has no / in the brand, later stuff does but there is a / at the end i.e. a/d/s/).
Those 641px speakers going for $3,500 are super rare pieces, and were very expensive when new. That price wouldn't make any sense unless you were just collecting rare car audio; there is better sounding stuff for a heckuva lot less. That series was all about the mystique and the fact that it was highly collected over in Asia had a lot to do with how it was priced. I think this guy started with two sets, if it's the same seller I saw a few months ago.
John
The LA10A listing you mentioned should be listed as ADS / Braun LA10A but people love to use that inaccurate a/d/s designation (early stuff has no / in the brand, later stuff does but there is a / at the end i.e. a/d/s/).
Those 641px speakers going for $3,500 are super rare pieces, and were very expensive when new. That price wouldn't make any sense unless you were just collecting rare car audio; there is better sounding stuff for a heckuva lot less. That series was all about the mystique and the fact that it was highly collected over in Asia had a lot to do with how it was priced. I think this guy started with two sets, if it's the same seller I saw a few months ago.
John
Commodore999
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Does anyone know what the differences are between the 910 Series I and the 910 Series II? Is it a different crossover? I can't seem to find much information on line. Thanks.