HPM-100 -vs- ADS L-810

[dingus]

any HPM-100 owners in the Seattle\Tacoma area want to have a round of speaker wars against my ADS L-810's? my instinct tells me the HPM's cant hang with the 810's.

 

[Parky50]

Now that sounds like a "fun" proposition dingus !
If I were closer, I'd go a round or two... :yes:

It will be interesting hearing the results if ya get any takers.

Good Luck.

<insert ear plugs, now>

 

[Kegger]

Now c'mon Dingus that's just not fair! LOL!

At least disconnect one of the ADS woofers to give the HPM a chance!
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"note to HPM fans I have some and use them"

 

[bolly]

boy, would ever like to be a fly on the wall at dingus' place that day

 

[Squidward]

I have owned a lot of ADS speakers, but I've never heard the 810s. I have heard HPM 100s, and I own HPM 60s.

I would guess that the HPMs might sound better with "flea" amps, might be a bit more efficient. That being said, I bet the 810s would take the cake with the proper ammount of watts!

Hope you get a chance to do your experiment, I'd love to read about the results!

 

[shrinkboy]

what amp to use, ding? the SI/AR TDS? ding and i both know from using similar setups that the ADS/ SI/ AR TDS 202 set up is a flat shocker....

 

[bordeno]

They have different sound, which is "better" depends on what you want to hear. You're going to hear the bass more emphasized on the HPMs, and the Pioneers are going to be more efficient.

If you have unlimited power, the ADS's would be hard to beat. They have a beautiful clear sound with incredible highs. I had a pair for 20 years and they matched well with a Hafler DH-100.

 

[kfa888]

I think Charivari still has his 100's and lives semi close to you.

 

[Charivari]

Yeah, I live about 3 hours away, but it'd be difficult to figure schedules seeing how busy I tend to be on weekends.

In regards to one of the other posts, the HPMs do do decently well on the little Sonic Impacts. For the trip down to the Portland meet back in December, I had a pair of HPM-40s buckled into the jump seats of my extended cab S-10 and ran them off of a T-amp and a borrowed iPod. After dropping the HF level pot and stacking a couple of coats properly between them to keep the HF glare of the passenger side HPM from deafening me in my right ear, they worked surprisingly well in the function. I'd imagine HPM-100s would work quite well in a similar situation.

- JP

 

[Fast_Eddie]

Now that sounds like a "fun" proposition dingus !
If I were closer, I'd go a round or two... :yes:

It will be interesting hearing the results if ya get any takers.

Good Luck.

<insert ear plugs, now>

We ran my l810s back to back with Mike's HPM 100s at our Cheyene get together. I didn't think I would like the HPM 100s, but I was wrong. They are some really great speakers, and the two were more similar than I expected.

Having said that, I don't think it's much of a contest. I could be biased, as I own the l810s and not the HPM 100s. To my ears, the l810s went deeper, and had a more open sound than the Pioneers.

Anybody else from that get together care to comment?

Ed

 

[dingus]

They have different sound, which is "better" depends on what you want to hear. You're going to hear the bass more emphasized on the HPMs, and the Pioneers are going to be more efficient.

If you have unlimited power, the ADS's would be hard to beat. They have a beautiful clear sound with incredible highs. I had a pair for 20 years and they matched well with a Hafler DH-100.

what i want to hear is the same for every speaker; a clean, detailed, well balanced sound from top to bottom, with a well defined soundstage.

i have 3 receivers of varying wattage and a T-Amp that could be shuffled through in order to get a better overall result, plus whatever the challenger has.

i do think the deck is stacked against the HPM's, but it would be a lot of fun regardless.

 

[dingus]

Yeah, I live about 3 hours away, but it'd be difficult to figure schedules seeing how busy I tend to be on weekends.
- JP

whenever you get an open window......

 

[Charivari]

Well, I'm going to have to make it there sometime to pick up an Infinity Quantum 2 cabinet to mirror-image my pair, so I'll make it a point to get down there the same weekend.

Soon, hopefully.

- JP

 

[kfa888]

Well, I'm going to have to make it there sometime to pick up an Infinity Quantum 2 cabinet to mirror-image my pair, so I'll make it a point to get down there the same weekend.

Soon, hopefully.

- JP

Well yeah that and to hear Scott's mighty AR stack. Let me know when this is going down so I can invite myself.

 

[dingus]

Well yeah that and to hear Scott's mighty AR stack. Let me know when this is going down so I can invite myself.

Kelly, you have an open invite whenever you can make it.

 

[Charivari]

Well, Kelly, if you're going to show -- how 'bout Feb 29?

Actually, Yoko Ono's birthday might be a workable possibility.
- JP

 

[Parky50]

We ran my l810s back to back with Mike's HPM 100s at our Cheyene get together. I didn't think I would like the HPM 100s, but I was wrong. They are some really great speakers, and the two were more similar than I expected.

Having said that, I don't think it's much of a contest. I could be biased, as I own the l810s and not the HPM 100s. To my ears, the l810s went deeper, and had a more open sound than the Pioneers.

Anybody else from that get together care to comment?

Ed

Well put Ed... Geeze, I did not notice that your ADS speakers were the L-810's from our meet. Probably has something to do with all DayQuil I was taking that weekend. I thought they were very nice and clean sounding as well. Now, I wish we had pushed them a little harder like the HPM's to see how they responded to the watts. Either way... I would be proud to have either in my collection... :yes:

 

[wineslob]

I think that with the weather in your area, your speakers are all "soggy" sounding.

 

[dingus]

bump

still looking for any takers.

 

[kfa888]

bump

still looking for any takers.

I'll take the ADS L-810's, how much