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the advent loudspeaker

VQLT

VQLT

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sorry about this post. I know there is alot of info. already on these speakers but this is my first pair and I need some help. which speaker terminal is the positive terminal? one of the terminals is marked with a small "o" just above the connector. How can I tell which model I have? the serial # starts with a "U". the speaker itself states "The Advent Loudspeaker, Cambridge Mass."
I will try and post some pics soon
 
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Quick way to check; use a 1.5 volt battery. Connect to the speaker. See which way the woofer cones travels and look at which terminals the battery is connected to. If the woofer goes out whichever lead is connected to the +ve terminal of the battery is the +ve terminal on the speaker.
 
based on the link you sent me, they look like the drivers in the middle picture except there is more space/distance between the tweeter and woofer
 
That'd be the New Advent Loudspeaker. (The Advent/1's in the pic used the same drivers in a smaller box.) Nice speakers. I've been listening to a stacked pair (or rather, two pair) here recently.
 
anything I need to watch for on these? I'm going to pull the drivers and clean all the connections and hopefuly clean the tweeter toggle switch located on the back
 
VQLT said:
anything I need to watch for on these?
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The woofers will need new foam if they've not already been done. Otherwise, no, not really. You might consider replacing the cross-over caps some rainy day. I might do mine one of these days...
 
okay, looks like I am all squared away on what model I have. now, just to clarify, the positive speaker terminal/post is the one on the left (if facing the back of the speaker) and there is a little "o" above the post. is that correct?
since I have the utility cabinet version which appears to be vinyl instead of veneer, is there any way to clean these up?
 
How much power are you running them off? Early tweeters could be finicky and possibly fry, but I'm quite sure by this model it was no longer a pressing issue.
 
I run mine with a 50 watts 'high current' (according to denon) and they do that well. If you read reviews, and articles on the internet, most people say that they can take 50 maybe 60 watts constant, but you'll be partially deaf when you actually give them 50 watts...

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
 
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