Another Advent stacking question

[deaner33]

I recently got a pair of New Large Advents (thanks davidb!) and would love to have a set of stacked Advents, but I have space issues in my listening room - the ceiling is too low for stacked Large Advents. Has anyone stacked other smaller Advent models with the Large Advents. I have stacked my Advent/9's on my Large Advents and are running them from the A & B speaker outputs on my SX-950. I am interested in the Small Advents but they are 4 ohm's and am worried that might not be a good idea to stack them with Larges. Any opinions/advice/warnings?

 

[archie2]

How low is your ceiling? 2 stacked Large Advents = 4.3 feet + 8 inch stand = 5 feet. I have doubles and am going to attempt triples but unless I start on the floor it'll be dicey at best, not to mention the instability of 3 stacked speakers. My ceilings are 7.5 feet. You sould be able to accomondate 5 feet of double large which includes an 8 inch stand.

 

[MarkAnderson]

...the ceiling is too low for stacked Large Advents.

What do you have, like 4' ceilings?

Your concerns about stacking the 4 ohm and 8 ohm speakers are justified. Your 950 may not like the resulting impedance load.

 

[deaner33]

It's a room above my garage and the ceiling is essentially A shaped. What about Advent 1's? How much smaller are they? The Advent/9's don't sound bad stacked with the Larges, but the 9's have an 8 inch woofer and I was wanting a little more punch.

 

[MarkAnderson]

Advent/1's would prolly work nicely. They're a good bit smaller. I can measure mine when I get home, if you like.

 

[Deang]

Build some short stands, and stack them horizontally with the tweeters facing out. Also works really good for those who like to take them to the ceiling -- say four or five pairs.

 

[MarkAnderson]

Advent/1's - 22 x 13-1/4 x 9-1/4

 

[deaner33]

Advent/1's - 22 x 13-1/4 x 9-1/4

That'll work, thanks for the measurements. I'll keep an eye out for the 1's. Were they all utility cabinets or were there any wood veneered ones?

 

[ekmanning5]

I have Large Advents and Advent 3's stacked tweeter to tweeter. Advent 3's appear to be about 18". They sound awesome to me.

 

[MarkAnderson]

There were/are wood veneered ones and they're very good-looking, IMO. They do seem fairly rare, however.