Double Advent wiring question...

Suggestion:  Please don't do this.  PLEASE go get some modern speakers from your dealer and try them.

PLEASE.  That was a great idea in 1970; today, not so much.

My point was taken incorrectly.  My point was that Henry Kloss designed the finest speaker he could in those days given what he had to work with.  It was a GREAT speaker for the times.  The issue I am raising is that technology has come a long way since the 1970's--especially in the area of audio--NOT "high-end" audio--just audio.  Inexpensive speakers reproduce music more accurately today than many way expensive speakers did back then.

Example:  I love driving my '66 Corvette, but my '07 Corolla is a better car. Not prettier, not cooler, not faster, not anything but a better, safer vehicle.  Technology has improved the daily transportation vehicle immensely.

While Advent's were good in the day, Fulton 100's were MUCH better in the same time frame and delivered as much bass as was recorded without adding anything.  My Fender American Strat sounds nice out of my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe; my Fender Squire Bass, not so much.  My Sunn Scepter (1970) and Gretsch 6120 (1957) had a unique sound as well, but not the same as the Fender/Fender sound or even the modern Squire with a couple of Sunn dual-15" cabs and a 200S or Model T head.

My point was that you could enjoy more accurately reproduced sound by going to speakers that have benefited from advances that Mr. Kloss, as good as he was, did not employ as they were not invented at the time he did the Advents.

Look, if you love the Advents you are going to use them.  My point remains that you might enjoy the music more if you tried something that incorporates advances in sound reproduction.  I don't play the Sunn stuff anymore--I LOVE IT, but at 50+ years old, caps and other electrolytic parts have not benefited from time served and are not reliable.  If you have replaced the older electronics in the Advent crossover--changes it, but that's another discussion--and are happy with them, use them.  I just wish that you would give more advanced technology a chance--you might be surprised at how reasonable the costs are and how much more accurate the music sounds.

Cheers,

Richard