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ADS-910's

Commodore999 said:
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Yes, I've seen photos where ADS has called the speaker L1530/2, for example. I have not seen that on the 910 series but it may be that all the 910s I've seen are series I.

Or ADS might not have marked the series II in an easy to find way. It might be that they noted the change on the specs, but put no marking on the speakers. That could be the reason we are having a hard time telling one series from the other.
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I too haven't seen any 910/2 labels. Driver, crossover changes are the visible changes are what helps differentiate them I believe.
 
GD70 said:
I too haven't seen any 910/2 labels. Driver, crossover changes are the visible changes are what helps differentiate them I believe.
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Have you seen 910 Series 2 speakers and IDed them by their parts differences and seen that there is no /2 on the model number, that is the big question in this thread at this point. We are looking for the answer. Should be good for another dozens pages.
 
Tom Tyson describes the differences between eh L1590 and L1590/II versions in his thread on the 1590 over at CSP. Pretty much driver changes.
 
Drugolf said:
Tom Tyson describes the differences between eh L1590 and L1590/II versions in his thread on the 1590 over at CSP. Pretty much driver changes.
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More to it than that. because of the driver changes the mid is no longer fused and the tweet is polyswitch controlled not fuse. And they moved the connections to the bottom on the /2 cabinet, but soundmotor did state that there were /2s built in the earlier cabinet that had the PA-1 hole in the back until ads ran out of earlier cabinets.
 
GD70 said:
I know mine are early by the serial numbers. Also the cabinets have walnut veneer on the backs, the woofers have smaller dust caps.
Hope this is somewhat helpful!
Cheers, Glenn
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Hey Glenn, check out the ADS bc8 broadcast monitor speakers. I googled pictures of ads 2030 speakers, and along with the 2030's there's pictures of other models and that's where I saw the bc8's. Very cool speakers. But I've realized my utopian dream, the ADS 2030's!!!!!!!!! There's a picture I saw with a pair of 2030's in front of a Volkswagen beetle, kinda funny really as they are 60 inches tall. They are the top of the mountain for sure. I'm looking at a pair of L-730's and if their still there tomorrow I might get em. Waiting on a pending sale of my L-470's and my L-310w's to be able to afford them. And if all goes as planned, I will be picking those babies up tomorrow after work. Wish me luck brotha, Will D.
 
Yes, 2030's would be a fantastic goal to reach. The cost to Richard So to refurbish the drivers would be something! I like that little bitty dome tweeter.
 
will d said:
Hey Glenn, check out the ADS bc8 broadcast monitor speakers. I googled pictures of ads 2030 speakers, and along with the 2030's there's pictures of other models and that's where I saw the bc8's. Very cool speakers. But I've realized my utopian dream, the ADS 2030's!!!!!!!!! There's a picture I saw with a pair of 2030's in front of a Volkswagen beetle, kinda funny really as they are 60 inches tall. They are the top of the mountain for sure. I'm looking at a pair of L-730's and if their still there tomorrow I might get em. Waiting on a pending sale of my L-470's and my L-310w's to be able to afford them. And if all goes as planned, I will be picking those babies up tomorrow after work. Wish me luck brotha, Will D.
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Keep us posted and hope it works out!
Those BC8's are way cool! I've never seen or heard of this model. Look to be extremely rare? When I googled them, an AK thread popped up from 2012 about them.
Thanks for the heads up on these!
Glenn
 
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Not going to try for an epic thread about any ads I have tried so I'll just post it here since Glenn will be around in a few minutes to appreciate the addition to this thread and agree with the issue.

Playing the 1590/2 with about 185 wpc per side and a Sade CD. Not full volume. I'm standing in the kitchen cutting an apple and stuff around the house is rattling from the bass. I don't have that happen much at home but in the car with a pair of 10s firing through the back seat rocking ads power amps, it happens all the time. This is something I don't get at home with the Time Windows or the Magneplanars without a sub. Nice to have a nearly full range speaker use the power it is given and shake my world.
 
Took Glenn less than three minutes to get into that post above. Has he got this thread on an RSS feed?
 
Blue Shadow said:
Not going to try for an epic thread about any ads I have tried so I'll just post it here since Glenn will be around in a few minutes to appreciate the addition to this thread and agree with the issue.

Playing the 1590/2 with about 185 wpc per side and a Sade CD. Not full volume. I'm standing in the kitchen cutting an apple and stuff around the house is rattling from the bass. I don't have that happen much at home but in the car with a pair of 10s firing through the back seat rocking ads power amps, it happens all the time. This is something I don't get at home with the Time Windows or the Magneplanars without a sub. Nice to have a nearly full range speaker use the power it is given and shake my world.
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Sorry, I get a little long winded at times :-)
 
Blue Shadow said:
Not going to try for an epic thread about any ads I have tried so I'll just post it here since Glenn will be around in a few minutes to appreciate the addition to this thread and agree with the issue.

Playing the 1590/2 with about 185 wpc per side and a Sade CD. Not full volume. I'm standing in the kitchen cutting an apple and stuff around the house is rattling from the bass. I don't have that happen much at home but in the car with a pair of 10s firing through the back seat rocking ads power amps, it happens all the time. This is something I don't get at home with the Time Windows or the Magneplanars without a sub. Nice to have a nearly full range speaker use the power it is given and shake my world.
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Yeah, I would love to hear a pair of 1590's some day, and playing Sade!. How close are your neighbors?
 
GD70 said:
Yeah, I would love to hear a pair of 1590's some day, and playing Sade!. How close are your neighbors?
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My apologies to all of you karmanites for having to read my long and boring epic threads, I shant post more of the same rhetoric. Y'all have nice life's now, ya hear? Maybe audiokarma will revoke my membership. Naw, that's ok, i'll do that myself :-) BYE.
 
will d said:
My apologies to all of you karmanites for having to read my long and boring epic threads, I shant post more of the same rhetoric. Y'all have nice life's now, ya hear? Maybe audiokarma will revoke my membership. Naw, that's ok, i'll do that myself :) BYE.
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Ahhh, there's plenty of long winded threads, can't you tell? ;-)
 
Commodore999 said:
Here's an update-

I wound up buying that second pair of 910s. I had a friend pick them up for me, so I haven't seen or played them. For moment, I just have the photos. The serial numbers look to be 1010 and 1003.

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Very nice and with the stands, and very early serial numbers! Do you know their history and any paper work?
Do you plan to have both pairs in the same space? That would sound epic!
Please post pics once you have them. Seems the more photo documentation on the 910 the better.
Also noted the badges are missing. Did the seller still have them?
Congrats!
 
Ok badges, what are thier value??? a friend of mine (a retired ADS dealer) has a number of them nos in original Packaging. Trying to talk him into selling them.
 
I've been looking on the web for any history, dates of purchases etc.
This link has an original owner of 910-II's he bought in 1976, over 1K each.
http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?22888-A-D-S-L910-II-Reference-Speakers

This site has a chronological list, some dates and pics missing. The 910 is dated 1976, makes me wonder if the 910-II mentioned in the above link has the wrong date, also 1976.
http://www.audiocircuit.com/Home-Audio/ADS

It seems pics of the II's have black backs, as well as the woofer variations with the larger dust caps, which some are the same color as the cone, others are darker than the cone. I've also noticed the stands have raised edges, not flat surfaces like the earlier version.
 
2chman said:
Ok badges, what are thier value??? a friend of mine (a retired ADS dealer) has a number of them nos in original Packaging. Trying to talk him into selling them.
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Hard to say. Can your friend send you a pic of them?
An AKer has some repro plastic badges, and we received permission to reproduce them in metal, but haven't heard much about the status of those.
I would be in a set of originals if available.
 
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