Who uses ADS Speakers

I still have a pair of ADS L1290ii that I used for a couple of years.  I used a MINIDSP to biamp them driving them with a total of 350 Watts per channel while they sounded OK I could never get the sound out of them that I liked.  My other system used Dahlquist DQ12s and dynaco tube amps and I preferred the open baffle sound opposed to the sealed boxes even though the ADs had much better bass.   I have replaced the ADS with SpeakerLab corner horns and a SET amp.  I prefer this to any of my other systems.

It may be the amplifiers which are the same vintage as the speakers (Luxman and SAE) but I just couldn't make it work for me. 

The ADS are going up for sale.

In 2018 picked up a pre-owned pair of  vintage A/D/S/ L210B speakers for use in a breakfast room system matched up with a Bluesound Powernode N150.  Impressive little speakers.  

There are those who probably also remember the Nakamichi / ADS system in the metal flight case. …. I had parts of that in my Camaro back in the day… The ADS plate amp and speakers in particular w a Concord head unit….FUN

I had a pair of ADS car speakers on the rear tray of a 1965 Volvo P-1800S. Even with the metal grill covers they were pretty awesome, as was the car. But time and memory tend to make old things better than they really were.

I used Braun L200 and L300 in the late 70's which I think were similar/same to the ADS versions.

I also had a pair of Rogers Ls3/5a's, and a little later (1980?) the ABS1 add ons.

All were powered by an Eico integrated, MC30's or Dynaco ST70's in either stereo or mono mode.

The Mono 70's had an added TF (choke?) to the power supply, plus a few other parts added/removed. 

Preamps were the Dynaco PAS or the pre and/or phono section of the Advent 300.

Loved them and also sometimes used the 200's in my car via a 12V Advent 300 receiver and a small (playback only) Nakamichi cassettes deck.

In the early 2000's I puchased a pair of mint ADS L880's locally, but ended up selling them as I had switched to flea watt DH/SET amps paired with Reynaud and later on vintage wide range single drivers.

Listened the the 710's in other people's systems many times when they first came out and liked them (much better than the 700, IMO).

There was also a large 900 model that I heard a few times in nice systems (liked it a lot), but forget the exact model number.

DeKay