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My New Large Advents

OH MY GOODNESS!! I bought a pair of re foamed Large Advents on Ebay. Just unpacked them and hooked them up to my reference system (MacMini, Amarra, Rotel DAC, ARC SP17, ARC VS60, Nordost Purple Flair, Shunyata Power) in place of my Golden Ear T2s. I can't believe how good these crazy 37 year old speakers are. And no subwoofer!!! Do they image as well? Not quite, but not bad. The highs seem a little bright in extended mode but not bad in normal. If I had bought these back in 1973 when I bought my first system, I might never have traded for anything else. They are really dynamic. Very efficient. My room is 32'x18' with a 20' cathedral ceiling and these things with 60 watts of tube are rockin like crazy.

So has anyone done a mirror image mod on the tweeters and if so, did it accomplish anything?
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markpao
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Those were my first pair of (shall I call them high end?) speakers that got me hooked on this crazy hobby back in the 70's. Hooked them up with some Dynaco gear and an AR turntable, life was good.
I'll never forget that wonderful sound they produced.
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mapman
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Those are classics. Enjoy!
schubert
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Back in the day they were the go-to speaker for rockers.
Still all you really need for that.
The Dynaco A-25 was the preferred box for classical fans .
Those will good ears often used KLH-17, which was the cheapest really good speaker around.
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mapman
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Surprise, but I preferred OHM L or H to all those for all kinds of music. They sounded most like the Advents by design. L for similar performance in a smaller package and H for taking things a bit further. C2 was a bit on the bright side for me. Es were a reasonable approximation for less cost at lower volumes but with less bass.
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rja
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A lot of people had a lot of fun with those speakers!
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