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A response to a thread that's five months old !.
Audiogon forumite Jaybo planted a thought in my head with his suggestion of the Large Advent and it sounded intriguing . I did a bunch of research online and it seemed like the concept was right for me . Purchasing them on the auction site was around $400 and up for a clean pair. But , they still are used speakers with some years on them . Then I decided to instead use my old existing Infinity Studio Monitor 100 cabinets and replace all drivers and Xover . The cabinets aren't the nicest looking , but are solid . I bought a pair of Morel 39 tweets and a pair of Morel 10" 1075's at Madisound along with their Leap design and the components for a new crossover . The Infinitys had no padding inside the boxes so I installed the nice foam that Madisound carries. The woofers were on sale for $99 each so for less than $400 I've got just the ticket for my needs and the retrofitted Infinity boxes now sound really fine . Not really too efficient , but nice tone . The next step is to eventually get some 2.0 cu. ft. cabinets built that are a little better looking and move the components inside those . I'm still under my budget limit and have definitely upgraded the sound of my hi-fi . The Cambridge M80's did get better sounding over time so they must have needed a little break=in time but they are redundant now with this new setup. Thanks Jaybo !
A response to a thread that's five months old !.
Audiogon forumite Jaybo planted a thought in my head with his suggestion of the Large Advent and it sounded intriguing . I did a bunch of research online and it seemed like the concept was right for me . Purchasing them on the auction site was around $400 and up for a clean pair. But , they still are used speakers with some years on them . Then I decided to instead use my old existing Infinity Studio Monitor 100 cabinets and replace all drivers and Xover . The cabinets aren't the nicest looking , but are solid . I bought a pair of Morel 39 tweets and a pair of Morel 10" 1075's at Madisound along with their Leap design and the components for a new crossover . The Infinitys had no padding inside the boxes so I installed the nice foam that Madisound carries. The woofers were on sale for $99 each so for less than $400 I've got just the ticket for my needs and the retrofitted Infinity boxes now sound really fine . Not really too efficient , but nice tone . The next step is to eventually get some 2.0 cu. ft. cabinets built that are a little better looking and move the components inside those . I'm still under my budget limit and have definitely upgraded the sound of my hi-fi . The Cambridge M80's did get better sounding over time so they must have needed a little break=in time but they are redundant now with this new setup. Thanks Jaybo !