And indeed, the Advents did prove to be about as uncolored as anything we had ever heard. But is that bad? Well, no, as a matter of fact any good speaker should be true to the input source.have. They seemed to have no significant sonic signature at all. Gordon Holt's review of the original Large Advents in Stereophile "Our first reaction was Ho-Hum! Balance control: Tweeter switch selects flat, +3dB, or –3dB. The tweeters are also first generation "fried egg" dome-cone tweeters on aluminum and masonite plates.Īll the Large Advents sound very good, and Stereophile included them in its historic list of the 100 greatest audio products.ĭescription: Two-way direct-radiator loudspeaker. The first generation used a masonite ring to adapt the 12" woofer basket. The woofer was a brilliant way to manufacture cheaply a long-excursion, heavy-magnet acoustic suspension woofer. Henry made do with talent and ingenuity.ĭesigned by Henry Kloss, they featured a 10" woofer in a 12" frame and mid/high frequency "fried egg tweeter." He designed the Advent armed with microphone, voltmeter, oscilloscope, and signal generator, but without-the entire generation of speaker engineers who graduated since the early 1980s will be astonished to learn-a computer. And given that everyone was convinced that good speakers needed to use three drive-units, Henry made do with two.
In the case of the Advent Loudspeaker, he designed America's first true high-end dynamic sealed-box loudspeaker. The late Henry Kloss had the Midas touch: whatever his fancy alighted on turned into sonic gold. Large Advent speakers were manufactured from around 1970-? (Large Advents, NewĪdvents, Advent/1, Advent 002/5002/5012, 25th Anniversary Editon Advents). Contact Seller From: Login to Email Seller
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