Is it just me or do others really miss A/D/S?

I had the 810's many moons ago and thought them to be outstanding. The owner of Aerial Acoustics worked for ADS so you might give them a listen!

I remember buying a pair of the ADS 810 speakers back in the 70's. I went to some audio store in Boston to hear them and was really impressed. I thought the midrange and tweeter looked cool too. I ended up buying them and taking them back home to Rhode Island to listen to them in my bedroom. At first, I thought I liked them but I had to keep telling myself that the ADS 810's were better than the Rectilinear III speakers that I sold to purchase the ADS. I was using Kenwood's top of the line integrated amp which put out 80wpc and a Thorens TD165 turntable, Shure V15 Type 2 cartridge and a Teac A450 cassette deck with the speakers. It was an excellent set of electronics and turntable for its day but I never could get the speakers to sound as good as I thought they did in the store.

I sold the ADS to a friend 3 months later and bought the newer Rectilinear 7 speakers but the magic was lost.

The ADS-L1290/2 was always the speaker to replace my Magnepan-SMGa but being a young adult I was never in the financial position to upgrade. It wasn't until I heard the Mirage M5si that an affordable speaker was competitive with the ADS.

Not to fret, ADS speakers still hold their own quite well! I have the L1290/2 and L1590/2, and have no thoughts of ever getting rid of them, because what else can you find that sounds so goooood for the money? And the magic is still there!