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Dynaco A25's and A35's ... Stack?

grafxdesin

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I have an opportunity to pick up a very nice looking pair of A35's soon, I already have the A25's and love them. I was originally purchasing the A35's out of curiosity against the A25's, but then a crazy thought creeped in. Could I stack the A25's with the A35's? Not sure if anyone has done this but I believe they are the same tweeter and woofer, just different boxes and maybe crossover's.
Thoughts on this? Stupid? Do it? Why not?
 
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You won't hurt the speakers by doing it. Depending on whether you hook them up in series or in parallel, you might stress the amp since parallel will give a lower impedance, which not all amps can handle, but if you start at sensible volumes and listen for distortion or signs of distress, and feel the amp to see how hot it is, you shouldn't have problems with any decent amp if you are just trying it out - long term might be different. I suspect that you will have more, but not neccessarily better, sound. But the whole stacking thing, which came about with stacked Original Advents, seems to have been genuinely worthwhile.
Here is my experience: The A 25s are remarkably good sounding speakers for their price, size, and age. I listened to them when they were current and have had several pairs over the decades, and my experience of them was more or less the same. The A 35s I picked up twenty years or so ago didn't impress me much, ditto the A 50s and A 10s, though the A 50s were certainly fine - the A 10s were a big disappointment. My suspicion is that there were aging cap problems with them. Why the A 25s didn't suffer the same problem I don't know, though I suspect I may have been hearing what I expected to hear. At any rate, I'd recap the A 35s, and maybe the A 25s before solidifying any opinion about stacking.
 
Yes, recap. In one quad system, I run A35's in front and A25's rear. They sound very similar. The 35's, to my ears, have smoother more extended bass. They should stack about as well as anything.

My A10's sound great for their size and cost, but they have been recapped. They are also more sensitive to placement IMO. My first hifi speakers were A50's, wish I still had them.
 
I've been running stacked Advents on my solid state rig for close to 20 years, and I love the synergy. I have A-25s on my tube rig, and I have a pair of A-40XLs that need rehabilitated. But I don't think I'll be able to use them together, as my tube amp is a Dynaco ST-35 with the original iron, so no 4 ohm tap.
 
I ran the very same combination stacked with a Heathkit AA-29 for about 3 or so years back in the mid 70s with no issues. I liked how the A35s sounded and looked better than the A25s.

Larry
 
With the exception of some D-5 Cerwin Vegas and the aforementioned Large Advents, stacking has always been a failure in my book.

But, that's my tastes and ears. Yours could be different.
 
I plan to stack 2 pairs of Rectilinear III's if I ever finish the refurb.

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Stacking will give you some comb filtering or similar interference effects. With one of these per side, you're already getting that, so maybe I will just embrace that beast.
 
I plan to stack 2 pairs of Rectilinear III's if I ever finish the refurb.

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Stacking will give you some comb filtering or similar interference effects. With one of these per side, you're already getting that, so maybe I will just embrace that beast.

I've got two pair of the Rectilinear III Highboys as well and was also curious how these would sound stacked. Then, I've still got the Mini III and Micro III to stack on top of those! :naughty:
 
Tried 2 pair of A-25 years ago and it was not good…cannot explain why or how the Double Advents work together so well as I was not impressed by the single due to the murky midrange.
 
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