Stacked Advents

Ever since owning my first pair of Large Advent A4 speakers, I’ve heard the stories about stacking them. Recently I was able to purchase a second pair from an original owner. I’ve given both pairs some cosmetic treatment, including replacing the cloth, and lightly restoring the finish with an antique walnut polystain.

Stacked Advents have some lore about them, going back to an article from The Absolute Sound many years ago. Normally, it’s unwise to stack speakers like this, but the advents seem to be some sort of anomaly to the rules. And I can confirm, the sound is spectacular, especially for the majority of what I listen to, being classical, jazz, or folk.

There are many discussions on forums debating the ability for amps to handle these, whether in parallel or in series, whether the NLAs are 8 ohms or 6 ohms, whether the total resistance is now at 4 ohms (or lower) or 16 ohms, how many watts it can handle, etc. I’m not particularly highly educated on this stuff, but the general consensus is “try it out!” And so far, I’ve been loving it.

Ever since owning my first pair of Large Advent A4 speakers, I’ve heard the stories about stacking them. Recently I was able to purchase a second pair from an original owner. I’ve given both pairs some cosmetic treatment, including replacing the cloth, and lightly restoring the finish with an antique walnut polystain.

Stacked Advents have some lore about them, going back to an article from The Absolute Sound many years ago. Normally, it’s unwise to stack speakers like this, but the advents seem to be some sort of anomaly to the rules. And I can confirm, the sound is spectacular, especially for the majority of what I listen to, being classical, jazz, or folk.

There are many discussions on forums debating the ability for amps to handle these, whether in parallel or in series, whether the NLAs are 8 ohms or 6 ohms, whether the total resistance is now at 4 ohms (or lower) or 16 ohms, how many watts it can handle, etc. I’m not particularly highly educated on this stuff, but the general consensus is “try it out!” And so far, I’ve been loving it.