Advent 300 owner
I bought a 300 new back in the day. It put the lie to Julian Hirsch's statement that "all receivers under $500 sound the same". I never had faith in his opinions after that. It was advertised as a 15 watt/channel receiver that, unlike others, delivered most of its power to the speakers. The phono section, while quite good, was not a giant killer. I replaced it with an early P.S. Audio phono which was much better. However, the phono section of the 300 was probably much better than the competition - other receivers of the era. The tuner (FM only) was a surprise - it was excellent, except for a tendency to drift. I also used the 300 as a preamp for a while, but you need to use it with a sensitive amp. It put out too little power as a preamp to run any of the Dynaco amps I had. If you don't mate it with a high-sensitvity amp, you might think that either the amp is weak or the speakers demanding, when neither may be the case. It had the schematic printed on paper that was glued to the bottom. NAD came along after the 300 was discontinued and filled a similar position in the hifi world. Never heard a comparison between the rwo. I've moved on, but I still keep a pair of 300's around for shop duty and "just in case". Don't know if this is in time to help.
