New Monolithic Speakers in Da'House A/D/S Style
Dennis Gardner
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I am such a sucker for BIG vintage speakers that I have wanted in my rigs over the years, and these were on the wishlist..............ADS L-1230s 2-8 inch Stifflite woofers per cabinet, 2 inch dome mid, 3/4 inch dome tweeter.
+ or - 3db 30hz to 20khz, 6 ohm, 94dB SPL at 1 watt
Almost identical in physical size and so far as impressive in the fullness of their range as my trusty SDA-1Cs, they throw a soundstage as big as my wall and the bass from the dual woofers each in their own sealed cubby is as tight as you could ask for. Absolutely no flab in here! Of course the mid domes and tweeters are what ADS was known for throughout their line and as sweet as I recall. Those extremely sticky b*stards are dust free too, to my surprise.
The veneer will require some work, but the cabinets built on a contract with the Baldwin Piano Co. are some of the stiffest built cabs I have yet come acrossed.
Good stuff Maynard!!!
+ or - 3db 30hz to 20khz, 6 ohm, 94dB SPL at 1 watt
Almost identical in physical size and so far as impressive in the fullness of their range as my trusty SDA-1Cs, they throw a soundstage as big as my wall and the bass from the dual woofers each in their own sealed cubby is as tight as you could ask for. Absolutely no flab in here! Of course the mid domes and tweeters are what ADS was known for throughout their line and as sweet as I recall. Those extremely sticky b*stards are dust free too, to my surprise.
The veneer will require some work, but the cabinets built on a contract with the Baldwin Piano Co. are some of the stiffest built cabs I have yet come acrossed.
Good stuff Maynard!!!
HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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Nice! I'd like to get my ears on them.Political Correctness'.........defined
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For sure Mr. G!Dennis Gardner wrote:Good stuff Maynard!!! -
Outstanding speakers, dibs when and if broham.
Abernathy has a pair of those, or their big brothers, I forget the model number - and they've lasted longer in his rig than ANY other speaker he's owned so far. I got to hear them at his house, and was floored.
Cheers,
Russ
PS - Tracking info late today, early tomorrow for your preamp, finally.Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
Those are AWESOME speakers. Enjoy them. One of the best best speakers I have had the pleasure of owning.
RussDodd - Battery Preamp
Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
Outlaw ICBM - crossover
Beringher BFD - sub eq
Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..." -
I love ADS speakers and I've heard those before...classic.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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I know where I'm coming when I make it home for Christmas. I may just have to load up your 1C's since these are such good replacements
Tschüss
Zach -
As good as these things sound dirven full range, I have got to find the ADS C2000 active crossover to properly bi-amp these beasts. My Stratos on the bottom end with some 6L6GC monoblocks driving the mids/highs has got to be something to behold.
If anyone knows where I could locate one of these rare pieces, please clue me in or for that matter, any good quality active crossover would do as the biamp mode of these speakers totally disconnects the passive boards within.
Zach, let me know if you come up this way, these are really something to hear!HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable -
Those are gorgeous speakers... any interesting stories about how you managed to snag a pair?Lovin that music year after year.
Main 2 Channel System
Polk SDA-1B,
Promitheus Audio TVC SE,
Rotel RB-980BX,
OPPO DV-970HD,
Lite Audio DAC AH,
IXOS XHA305 Interconnects
Computer Rig
Polk SDA CRS+,
Creek Audio 5350 SE,
Morrow Audio MA1 Interconnect,
HRT Music Streamer II
