Nothing special, small office gear. Let me know what you think....

Knucklehead
Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
edited February 2010 in Electronics
Allied 395 receiver (circa 1969)
Pioneer CDP (1989?)
Baby Advent II speakers (1980's)

Trying to keep it a little retro. I cleaned all of the pots and switches on the Allied with de-oxit, replaced 2 bulbs. The CDP was something Ive had for a long time still works nicely. I found the Advents at a thrift store for $10.00 in need of a re-foam. This was my first attempt at a re-foam, I think it turned out ok. I used mortite on the tweeter openings as well as the speaker connector cup and the woofers. while I had the woofers out I applied a few small peices of Dynamat to the baskets.
Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
Mirage PS-12
LG BDP-550
Motorola HD FIOS DVR
Panasonic 42" Plasma
XBOX 360[/SIZE]

Office stuff

Allied 395 receiver
Pioneer CDP PD-M430
RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2010
    HAHA!!! Is that one of those Pioneer cartridge cd players?!?!

    That's so awesome. :D
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

    Living Room: B&K Reference 5 S2 / Parasound HCA-1000A / Emotiva XDA-2 / Pioneer BDP-51FD / Paradigm 11se MKiii

    Desk: Schiit Magni 2 Uber / Schiit Modi 2 Uber / ISK HD9999

    Office: Schiit Magni 2 Uber / Schiit Modi 2 Uber / Dynaco SCA-80Q / Paradigm Legend V.3

    HT: Denon AVR-X3400H / Sony UBP-X700 / RT16 / CS350LS / RT7 / SVS PB1000
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,182
    edited February 2010
    Sweet.
    My uncle had a set of those speakers and they always impressed me. He would not give them up.
    I have re-foamed a few speakers and it is always nice to feel the reward of fixing up some older gear. I want dibs on the Advents if you choose to sell LOL. Seriously.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    HAHA!!! Is that one of those Pioneer cartridge cd players?!?!

    That's so awesome. :D

    Yes, thats exactly what that is.:p
    Sweet.
    My uncle had a set of those speakers and they always impressed me. He would not give them up.
    I have re-foamed a few speakers and it is always nice to feel the reward of fixing up some older gear. I want dibs on the Advents if you choose to sell LOL. Seriously.

    Thanks, you have first dibs.
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • kellyedwards
    kellyedwards Posts: 1
    edited February 2010
    We had one like that before our house was hit by a flood and we had to throw it away because it looks nasty :(

    Kelly Edwards
    http://hometheaterlcdprojector.net/
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2010
    You have to watch those Advent tweeters on the Baby and Graduate systems. They heat up and depart very easily with lower-powered receivers, and Advent wants $21 a pop for them, which is a joke considering how bad they are. If you see more Baby or Graduate speakers and the tweets work, buy them for spares.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited February 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    Pioneer CDP (1989?)

    1989 sounds pretty close. I had one but it burned out and I tossed it a couple of years ago. I thought about keeping the cartridge in case someone needed it but I figured I'd never see another one again. Loud sucker whenever it changed disc.
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  • love2listen
    love2listen Posts: 172
    edited February 2010
    I still have a set of the Baby Advent speakers that I bought back in the 80's!!
    I use them as surround speakers and they blend in well with Lsi's up front. Its been over 20 yrs and they still perform and look great!! :)
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited February 2010
    Good job on the re-foam. I re-foamed a pair of Infinity SM-152's for a friend in DC a couple of weeks ago. I was happily surprised at how easy it was! She was going to toss the speakers and now she has her speakers back for 29.99 for a two-speaker kit. I'll be doing a second pair she owns in June when I go back.

    It just feels great to breath life into vintage gear doesn't it?
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited February 2010
    those baby advents look kewl.. very nice looking office system
    Main 2ch -
    BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
    TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.

    TV 3.1 system -
    Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2010
    I was thinking about picking up ths TT, is it worth it?

    http://norfolk.craigslist.org/ele/1585612598.html
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2010
    Nice work Knuckleh.... I hesitate to perform any fine speaker work of that sort, I just pay more and use a local guy who has a shop about 20 miles away (the Stereo Doctor). He does nice work on old and vintage equipment but he's a bit slow so if you need your stuff you'd better have back up?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2010
    Excellent.
    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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  • dvran
    dvran Posts: 280
    edited February 2010
    Advents were the shiot. They always reminded me to Altec Lansings.
    ~Dan

    Projector: Epson 705HD on 106" DaLite
    TV: Samsung 50" Plasma PN50B550
    Receiver: Onkyo 607
    Fronts: Polk 1000i
    Center: Polk Csi40
    Rears: Polk Fxi30
    Sub: Velodyne Minivee 10
    PS3 and Xbox
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