The Three Advent Speakers
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When products become best-sellers largely on the strength of word-of mouth advertising, and when people consistently go out of their way to write the company and say thanks for making them, you have reason to believe that something special is going on.
The something special is this :
The three speakers described in this ad do exactly what they are represented to do.
The Advent Loudspeaker
The original Advent was designed to compete in every audible respect with the most expensive speakers available, at a fraction--often a very small fraction--of their cost. Its useful frequency range is as wide as any speaker's, and its sound is clean, clear, and beautifully defined, with a musical balance that is satisfying not just with the best recordings or one kind of musical material, but with the whole range of music and the various ways of recording it. Its bass response is approached by only a handful of speakers at any price, and surpassed by none.
It costs $114 to $141, depending on cabinet finish and where in the country it's been shipped.
The Smaller Advent Loudspeaker
The Smaller Advent was designed to do exactly what the original Advent does, at half the size and two-thirds the cost, except that it will not play quite as loud. Its range and overall sound are the same as the original (not close, but the same), and for anything short of roof-raising volume levels in really big rooms, you would be very hard pressed to hear any difference between original and Smaller.
The Smaller Advent costs $89 to $94.
The Advent/2
This is the newest Advent and it sounds just like the other two except that it doesn't have the final half-octave of bass response that they do.
It's designed for an absolute maximum of useful performance at lowest cost, and its own low price is made lower still by the fact that it works superbly with low-cost, low-power amplifiers and receivers. It comes in a beautiful, warm-white molded cabinet instead of the usual low-cost imitation wood finish, and since the enclosure does what a wood one does at far lower weight, it's much easier to mount on a wall or shelf.
The Advent / 2 hasn't had as much time as the other Advents to get word-of-mouth going. But it will. What it does is enable people to put together a stereo system for well under $400 that isn't a "starter" or a compromise for a tight budget, but a joy to live with ever after.
The Advent / 2 costs $74 to $78.
To check the accuracy of the above statements, just take along your eyes and ears and (whatever shape it's in these days) your common sense to the nearest Advent dealer. We will be happy to send you his name, and literature on our speakers, if you will send us the coupon.
Thank you.
Advent Corporation
195 Albany Street, Cambridge, Mass, 02139
Please send information on your speakers.
Also on your Model 201 Cassette Deck.
Name, Address, City, State, Zip
Advent Corporation, 195 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
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(High Fidelity, 1976)
Also see:
HOW SPEAKERS WORK--All speakers make sound, but some make it differently than others.