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kajguy03
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I usually don't go for lower powered Receivers, but I've heard very positive things about the Advent 300 Receiver. Are there any owners here who care to comment? What is a realist price for one?
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kajguy03
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Originally posted by dgwojo
I had two of them, the eBay buyer was very happy with them, I don't know what a fair price is for them, mine were still in the box and went for over $200 each, they really sounded great, I have pics of the insides if you're interested.
I love the minimalist design and would love to see the insides!
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kajguy03
Guest
This might be one case where the Orion values are in line with the real world:
1977-1979
Retail
MSRP: $300.00
USED: $150.00
Wholesale
Mint: $85.00
Average: $49.00
1977-1979
Retail
MSRP: $300.00
USED: $150.00
Wholesale
Mint: $85.00
Average: $49.00
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kajguy03
Guest
I believe it was designed by the designer of the Tivoli....Henry Kloss....who I heard just passed away recently.
Toasted Almond
RIP 1952-2016
Anybody finds more of those 300's, feel free to contact me. Still in the box? Just come right to the house, no call required. I'll be there.
Toasted Almond
Toasted Almond
ddarch
Super Member
I used a 300 exclusively as a phono preamp for about a year. It performed wonderfully. I think i read somewhere it was designed by someone who was high up at Carver...I want to say Holman...anyone have the scoop on that??? Supposedly a unique design.
I still have the unit...went to use it about a month ago and it wouldn't produce any sound. I am hoping it will still function as a preamp...didn't get to check it that day.
Dave
I still have the unit...went to use it about a month ago and it wouldn't produce any sound. I am hoping it will still function as a preamp...didn't get to check it that day.
Dave
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kajguy03
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Tomlinson Holman was one of the designers, according to my friend Tom Ishimoto, former Chief Engineer of Marantz.
Brian
An Old Geezer
Well, finally found an Advent 300 supposively in excellent operating condition being used in a second system and the owner is moving to a condo. Local pickup. Unit is 1 that was assembled in Mexico and would have preferred 1 of the Cambridged assembled units but they are rare. Will be seeing it Thursday. As the preamp is excelent, I want to try it on the H-K 630 and also, use the 300 with its 15 watts on the Wharefedale W70s.
Nakdoc
nakamichi spoken here
I have repaired millions of 300 receivers. I wouldn't give a nickel for the power amp. The tuner seems to stay misaligned, but the phono preamp is nice. Holman designed the 300 for Henry. It was built in America from American parts. Kloss loved the tuning knob, though his real old 'n rare KLH tuners look much better.
Price wise I wouldn't go over $50 without looking inside to see how many times it has blown up and been repaired.
Price wise I wouldn't go over $50 without looking inside to see how many times it has blown up and been repaired.
Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Peanut Head
Back in the 70's a local record shop had a 300 receiver, a pair of the small white plastic Advent speakers and a AR manual TT. The 300 stayed on 24/7 for more than a decade without incident...that is until they closed for remodeling. It was switched off and never, ever powered up again. Their sister store repaired audio gear and basically told them it "was a goner". I guess the magic smoke escaped.Nakdoc said:
Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Peanut Head
Here's a website with some pics and info...
http://www.davidreaton.com/Model_300_receiver_main_page.htm
http://www.davidreaton.com/Model_300_receiver_main_page.htm
Fast_Eddie
Upper-middle fi
Whitehall said:
Yes.
The power amp isn't anything to write home about either in terms of power or sound. But it a very nice pre amp. In fact, I should start using it for that!
Take care,
Ed
Brian
An Old Geezer
The tuner and preamp are the strong points while the power amp is decent for the power and designed for low level delivery. I will be interested in seeing how it performs on the Hersey IIs that do not require goobs of power. I expect in the end either to use it in the office with the Maximus 7s or drop it on top of the H-K since it is small enough and will not look as odd as the Soundcraftsman. We sold large numbers of these with the Smaller Advents for apartment dwellers looking for decent FM in the Boston area. We found the quality of sound to be as good as competitively price units from overseas and the phono preamp is as good as it was told to be. When the switch was made to Mexican assembly we had for some time a large number of returns due to quality control. If not abused and still working I'm not worried any more about its reliability than any othr vintage unit of about the same age.
If worse comes to worse, I can always use it as a front end for my McIntosh MC250.
If worse comes to worse, I can always use it as a front end for my McIntosh MC250.
It was very nostalgic, revisiting the 300's literature-- thanks for the links-- and great fun following Holman through the twisties of designing a simple phono stage that's easy to manufacture yet addresses all the nagging problems peculiar to phono stages. It was Ed Gately, I believe, who had to pick his way through the same forest just a few years later for Hafler's DH-101 preamp. In fact, it would be interesting to compare the two. Does anyone have both?
Footnote: Holman shows the importance of buffer stages in his paper, but Hafler's DH-101 didn't have them. The improved version, the DH-110, did. That calls for a 3-way phono shootout.
Footnote: Holman shows the importance of buffer stages in his paper, but Hafler's DH-101 didn't have them. The improved version, the DH-110, did. That calls for a 3-way phono shootout.
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