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Jazzbolito

Jazzbolito

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I have a great set of Original Large Advents. Replaced the surrounds last year and they are just fine for my taste, powered by a Pioneer sx 850.. The problem is I moved and they are just too physically large for the space. I have a room 30x11x9. I need a set of speakers that give a similar sound and are roughly 1/4 to 1/3 less the physical size of the OLA's. Vintage is great as long as they are good to go. I don't want to break the bank on this.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jazzbolito
 
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yeah of course Smaller Advents immediately come to mind. 30' x 11' x 9' sounds more like a wide hallway than a room...
 
I assume 30x11x9' ceilings? sounds like a pretty good sized room to me, would think the OLA's could be made to fit. heck, our family room is 12' wide and I have some pretty big (albeit narrow) speakers in it (Acoustic Research AR312HO's).

the Smaller Advent loudspeaker was designed to match the LA's frequency response in a smaller package. it had to give up sensitivity to do that, so they made it 4ohm to get a little power back. I have them with a marantz 2230 in my office, and boy do they dig deep. my office is 12x12x8

Acoustic Research AR4x, 4xa, 6, 17, 25, 28S 38s, would be contenders, too....AR2ax, 14, 15, 48S, AR8's (10" woofer models) are a little smaller then the OLA....
EPI100's
not as vitnage, the Polk S6 and S8's

DIY check out the audiokarma indignia
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http://techtalk.parts-express.com/showthread.php?t=225010
internal dimensions of 10x9.5x16 (external of 11.5x11x17.5 if using 3/4" material) would yield the required .88 cubic feet...this is just slightly larger than the SA's 11.5x9x20


too bad you aren't closer...
 
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ads L-420 or L-520. Actually, they sound much better than the Advents, if'n you ask me. The 420 is downright small; the 520, not too bad.
 
You can't fit two Advents in that room?

Heck, I have eight of them (four stacks for quad) in a 25X14 with 7 1/2' ceiling.

Doug
 
mhardy6647 said:
ads L-420 or L-520. Actually, they sound much better than the Advents, if'n you ask me. The 420 is downright small; the 520, not too bad.
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Can't seem to find a link to these speakers.

I'd like to know the exterior dimensions and weight, as well as the components inside. Are they "east coast", "west coast" or "British" in sound.

Any help is of course apreciated.
 
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