Al Gillis Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 I've got a pair of speakers labeled "Advent AS-2". Although there are a lot of posts here I have not seen anything about this model. Anyone have any words of wisdom regarding these? They sound good to me but my ears are not especially critical or musically trained. I just like the music (Jazz) they make. Here's the two serial numbers I own: 2380 2275 33 and 2380 2275 89. I feed them from an aging Marantz Model Eighteen, a nice receiver from decades ago. They are 33 1/2" high, 8" wide and 11 1/2" deep.. They weight about 28 pounds! Free advice gladly accepted! Best Regards... Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKent Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Welcome Al Well, this may be a rude greeting but I suspect the AS-2s are not "real" Advents. Henry Kloss started making Advent speakers to provide money for his then real passion, projection TV. The Advent speakers and other products (table radios, first Dolby Cassette deck) were excellent, affordable products. The speakers were all acoustic suspension designs like AR and KLH (Kloss's previous companies). In the late '80s Advent was sold to Jensen, who continued the acoustic suspension design but shortly later the company was sold to a Chinese company and they went downhill. I believe yours are ported Chinese speakers. I don't claim to be an Advent expert so I could be wrong. Hope other members will chime in. Nice receiver. Kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Gillis Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 Thanks for the info. You're probably right about the origin of these speakers. I guess I should dig around somewhere to learn more about the Advent and Jensen cpmpanies. Best regards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 They look well-made and have gotten great customer reviews on Amazon. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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