ADS Speakers question - help needed

[Krosya]

Hi All,
SInce we have so many ADS experts here, I hope that someone can help me out. I picked up a pair of ADS L10 bookshelves. Nice speakers, but one seems to have a blown woofer. It looks like its a 7inch woofer, number 206-3015. Thats all I know. I cant seem to find a replacement, so my dilemma is - if I cant find one like that - are there other woofers that would work? It looks similar to the one on my L710 sizewise, but not sure if it would work as a direct replacement. Or just part them out/Or sell as they are and have less troubles looking for a woofer?
What do you guys think? Any ideas/advice will be helpful to me. Thanks!

 

[Dennis Gardner]

You might get good info from http://www.adsspeakersservice.com/ Richard So will know whether he has replacement parts for that speaker or whether
another ADS woofer will work.

 

[Blue Shadow]

206-0315 can be replaced with the 206-0342. These were used in the 400, L420, L10/320 based on the 92 interchange book that jdurbin1 put on sportsbil.com

Richard So may be able to rebuild it for you.

 

[mike0565]

Check the bay'. There's always people parting out ads speakers. Calling Richard So is also an option.

 

[Krosya]

Thank you for all the help. I did exchange emails with Richard. I seem to get better help here. Another question - are these ads even worth saving? I mean, one that works sounds fine, but hard to judge without the second speaker fully functioning. Anyone knows this L10 model to advise ? Thanks.

 

[GD70]

Thank you for all the help. I did exchange emails with Richard. I seem to get better help here. Another question - are these ads even worth saving? I mean, one that works sounds fine, but hard to judge without the second speaker fully functioning. Anyone knows this L10 model to advise ? Thanks.

Looks like it would be a nice near field speaker for smaller rooms. There's very few ADS speakers with poor reviews, and I would think these would be worth fixing.

 

[soundmotor]

Their original mission was as the ambient speaker set for the ADS Model 10 system. At some point someone within ADS noticed they also made the L200, L300, & L400 which came with wall mount brackets & optional stands. Those worked just as well and had more mounting options, key for the ambient speaker role. Personally I'd part them rather than repair. The parts are used across many other models. Paradoxically a broken set is likely worth as much or more than a repaired & complete set -

Good tweeters: ~$30 ea.

Good woofer: ~$35

Logos: ~$10 ea.

Terminals: $3 ea. (same terminal used on L200 & L300)

Total: ~$137

 

[wajobu]

Richard So has done great work for me. I even have a spare set of tweeters for my ADS L-910s....uh, just in case?

 

[mfrench]

Thank you for all the help. I did exchange emails with Richard. I seem to get better help here. Another question - are these ads even worth saving? I mean, one that works sounds fine, but hard to judge without the second speaker fully functioning. Anyone knows this L10 model to advise ? Thanks.

I own a pair. I abused the heck out of them, and blew one of the bass drivers; voice coil rubbing. I bought a second hand parted out replacement for it, and, am back in action.
I love these speakers. They play my live recordings magically.
I had them tucked away for a few years, and recently broke them out, and placed them on top of my pair of Bozak B302a, to give the L10 some height. I was immediately drawn back into them, wondering why I took them out of rotation.
I'm now setting them up as bedroom speakers out from the foot of the bed.
Anyway,... sort of late to the party here,.. They are a lot more speaker than their small size suggests. They are not hard rocking turn it to 11 speakers; rather, they are great for jazz, classical, chamber, folk, live, and I've run a million hours of live Grateful Dead recordings through them as well. Reallly nice sounding speakers. I've loved mine since around 1984, when I bought them second hand.