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ADS L1090 or HPM 100's

Greetings,

Picked up a nice set of ADS L570's from this site a few weeks back. I like the speakers, very transparent. I have an old Marantz and looking for another set to pair with the L570's. I can pick up a set of L1090's and have a complete ADS speaker system. But..I have read more bass heavy models like the HPM's, Advents etc. work very well with ADS speakers being they lack some lows and are very pronounced in the low mids, and have tight bass. Soemthing tells me I would really like a more "bassy" speaker to go with the ADS L570's. I can also pick up a pair of DLK Mod 1's from the same guy selling the L1090's which also interest me. The wife is telling me she wants more bass and like the ADS speakers, but wants more an oldschool bassy tone....what to do? Anyone mix and match these models before?

Thank You,
ricplaya

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ricplaya OP
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Yes, sorry for coming off as a newb to audio... Cause I am!

Thanks for your reply
ricplaya OP
18 posts
 
Also I want to add, the question isn't regarding the performance of ads vs hpm 100; but what speaker would compliment the ads l570's being the hpms are more bass heavy and would eliminate the use of a sub. I never had a chance to hear either in action.
ricplaya OP
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Johnny and Loomis

Thanks for your reponses, very helpful
ricplaya OP
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My Marantz and the 1090s sound pretty sick. Image like a mofo is right. The music sounds like it's coming from the record player across the room. I experimented with the speaker placement a little bit and found the sweet spot and it's magical. I can see with these it's all volume and less eq, they do sound richer with the more juice you throw at it. They are a completely different animal then the L570s, there is no reason to run anything else with the 1090s. I can't imagine if they were bi-amped how good they would sound!
ricplaya OP
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I have more stupid questions.... Go figure!

Johnny appreciate all your expertise. I run 2270, so you think I need more power? I can just run the Marantz into a high powered amp, like a pre-amp?

I was thinking about the bennefits of a phono pre-amp, but your suggestion would eliminate that? I really like the warm phat tone of the Marantz. If I got another amp, wouldn't that really change the tone?
ricplaya OP
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I'm resurrecting this old thread

I just picked up a B&K AVR307

Would it be beneficial to use the Marantz as a Preamp for my record player?

Would it enhance the sound going into the avr307?

Thnx
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