I too had Advents in 1975 & then a stacked pair. They were way better than their very reasonable price would suggest. They of course had excellent bass & pretty decent mids & highs if not the most open, extended & detailed in comparison to today’s good speakers. I had Lots of fun w/ them.
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I find it funny that so many people listen at levels where their amps, even with very inefficient speakers, are barely putting out a watt or two or maybe 10 on peaks. What’s the point of having big powerful solid state monsters if that is so? Someone should make a high quality solid state amp that puts out 10 watts / channel but it seems that only Nelson Pass has the confidence to do so w/ his 25 watts class A amp & integrated amp & his First Watt products. There are many tube based amps that do so very well. For myself, if you don’t play great rock music, up loud at least 90db at your seat, you’re not getting the whole effect the artist intended to portray. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” by the Stones up loud in a big room on a good system is an experience that is unforgettable. You understand what they were all about & how powerful yet nuanced their music was as well as many other great rock bands of that era. |
@jrareform - if your room is sufficiently large & your speakers / amp combo can handle it, I find my ears start to overload around 103-105 peaks assuming the music is well recorded. I listen at that level very occasionally just for laughs. I know my speakers/ amp combo can play all day louder than that undistorted as they are highly sensitive, can handle lots of power & I have a pretty powerful tube amp. |
Ghdprentice -are you telling me that a high quality solid state amp that can put out 300 watts / channel will sound better than a high quality 100 watt / channel amp when they’re only driving an 89 db sensitive speaker to level of 70 db’s & thus not even using a watt of power? I have my real doubts as does Nelson Pass & thus his believe that class A amps sound better when putting out lower wattage as do high quality low power amps ( his First watt line) w/ the right speakers at reasonable volumes. If you’re actually using 40 or 50 watts average & thus peaks of of a few hundred watts, then I would think the higher power would sound better. |
I would be very curious to hear an A/B demo of a variety of speakers only playing at lower volumes, say 70 db, with both high quality , high power solid state amps vs high quality, low powered tube amps. I would not be surprised if the for the first few watts ( maybe that many on peaks at that low volume) , the tube amps sound better, fuller, richer & more 3 dimensional. |