Advent "PALS"

Description

“While the drivers need new surrounds, the cabinets themselves are in excellent condition—perfect for a rewarding restoration project. "All-in-One System: No need for a separate amplifier—just plug in and play. Vintage Audiophile Appeal: Rare new innovative powered design with built-in EQ and crossover. Members Creator Designer Mr. Henry Kloss, Advent began producing "The Powered Advent Loudspeaker" back in 1977 or 1978, I think, and it was a powered two-way loudspeaker that cost $450. A comparable, standard, "The Advent Loudspeaker" system would have to be bi-amped, equalized and powered by two 80-watt amplifiers for each speaker to be equal to this powered version. Few, if any, standard Advents were set up this way, of course, due to the complexity, so this new unit offered a unique setup in a single package. The key was that this loudspeaker system did have the proper equalization and filtering, along with electronic crossover rather than the customary passive crossover unit. The result was a system capable of relatively smooth, flat output through most of the audio range. This unconventional system had a subsonic filter and a variable equalizer to adjust the deep bass from a point approximately 30 Hz and above, so that the deep bass could be elevated somewhat in contrast with the standard Advent system, which began to roll off below 50 Hz. There were controls on the front of the speaker that enabled flexibility in input and the frequency output from the speakers. These are the very hard to come by "PALS" Powered Advent Loud Speakers. Two at 80wp amplifier so that gives us ballpark of 160watts per speaker. In lab test the "PALS" could handle steady state power input of 100 watts. And pulse peaks up to 460 watts producing output levels of 108.2 without significant distortion. So while the rated output isn’t listed like a typical amp, you can think of each speaker as having a built-in amp capable of delivering around 100–160 watts RMS, with headroom for dynamic peaks. 1.9k

Condition notes

Very Good

year

77-78