Matching Smaller Advent

[cmonty]

I'm thinking of trying Smaller Advents as the front speakers in a 5.1 set-up. Any suggestions on a good matching speaker for the center? I'm hoping to buy used for $150 or less. Thanks.

[JDaniel]

I too had this idea about 2 years ago. I actually bought a triple set of Advent 3s for my front right/left/center. Actually I bought a pair, then saw a single on ebay, and snatched it up.

Two years later, I still haven't tried them in my HT. But I will very soon. This week, I was ordering some capacitors to recap a set of AR speakers I have, and decided to go ahead and order caps for the 3 Advents. Once recapped, I'll try them in my HT.

If I decide not to keep or use them, are you interested?

JD

[cmonty]

JD,
Thanks, but I'm trying to make do with what I have. I'd use another smaller advent, but it would have to sit on top of the TV-- just too little WAF there.

[Hi Ho]

Until recently I had Smaller Advents as front mains. They sounded very good there. My center speaker, a Polk CS1, wasn't much of a match (it was a gift) and I was never quite happy with the setup.

A couple weeks ago I completed a pair of DIY speakers (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/Hi_Ho/Speaker%20Project/) using Dayton Reference series drivers from PartsExpress. I was very impressed with them. So much so that I made them the front mains. I now have a Smaller Advent front and center.

I am amazed at how well they match. The Advent, being an inefficient 4 OHM speaker, has to be cranked up quite a bit to level match the new mains but once that's done there is a surprisingly good tonal match.

If you can DIY, I would definetely recommend it. If you don't want to, my recomendation is to listen to as many possible center speakers as you can and see which one sounds best.

[cmonty]

Nice DIY work indeed HI HO. Im glad they sound as nice as they look.
(BTW, I'm guessing you are an even bigger fan of Vonnegut than I)