Yes, I got a pair of L710's about 1980. I always enjoyed them. I recently had the tweeters replaced and gifted the pair to my daughter and son-in-law for Christmas.
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Dear @bstbomber : Thank’s @sbank . Yes, I’m a proud owner of a pair of L-2030 ADS Monitors. ADS made extraordinary loudspeakers and in the L-2030 was ADS directly whom build the speaker drivers that are just unique and as you said accurated not analitycal but with high accuracy that’s need it in the professional recording studios.
In those old times Telarc LP manufacturer used an ADS special speakers monitor custom made for the Telarc needs and these ADS monitors were runned by Threshold electronics and Audio Technica cables and was from those monitors where came out my L-2030 designed by M.Kelly who left ADS yeras latter to start designing and manufacturing speakers by his own: Aerial Acoustics, very good quality performers indeed. So, several of the Telarc LPs were monitored with the L-2030. I still own it and through the years I made several modifications to compete today and not bettered by names as Magico, Wilson, YG or Soundlabs: you name it and my L-2030 just does not give up. This is the reason why I don’t own any other speakers today. Every time that I change audio electronics, cables, cartridges, tonearms, CDs, etc. etc the speakers always tells me the quality differences. Telarc needs were for speakers that truly goes deep in the bass range and when they used the L-2030s ADS had to design a dedicated crossover to bi-amp the L-2030, the crossover was the C-2000 that I dont use any more. Here the today status ( its modifications. ) of my ADS:
" This is a Full Range Professional Monitor that I own for many years.
I was in touch twice with M.Kelly looking for his advise. Good that you were a proudly ADS worker where with out nothing of today technology, parts, materials, etc, etc, ADS still today is a challenger for the best today speakers through the ones I own. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R.
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I had a pair of L810 back in the early 80’s. I liked the sound but they were quite inefficient and didn’t sound good at low volumes so I sold them. I did have all ADS speakers in my car audio system back then with 3 huge Soundstream amps. Unfortunately, the car was stolen Dec25, 1991 and was totally stripped. There was nothing left but the car body minus the interior and tires sitting on milk crates near some housing project. That was the end of my car audio days and ADS. Also, I only had liability on the 7 year old Nissan so I lost my shirt. |
Like Imaninatural above, I bought ADS L710s in 1980. I had saved enough money from my first decently-paying job to replace a KLH model 5 (the portable one) that had been stolen from me three years before. Kept them more than 30 years before trading them in at Echo Audio here in Portland for a pair of used Harbeth M30s. Thanks for the post. |
A/D/S L-810s were the first pair of home audio speakers I purchased in 1981, and I owned them almost 20 years till I stupidly sold them. I also had a full car audio system with (I believe) 300i speakers, and I would often get comments such as, “this is the first car system I have heard, that sounds like a home system”. I still use a pair of metal L-300s in my garage system and they are still going strong. After trying to live with a variety of speakers, I bought a pair of Aerial Model 9s about 16 years ago, since Michael Kelly formerly of A/D/S is the Aerial Acoustics owner/designer. I found the Model 9s reminded me of the great tone and dynamics I remembered from the L-810s. With Michael’s help, I have migrated from the 9s to a pair of LR5s with a pair of SW-12 subs and will probably never change, except maybe to add another SW-12 sub or two. I really enjoy the great tone and dynamics of the sealed box LR5s and agree 100% with Michael Fremer’s review of those speakers. |
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