Nice looking amp! Crutchfield had some neat stuff in their catalogs too. Even at the age it sits it still does decently on the dyno. Gotta love the old equipment!!
I had the catalog sent to my house. I remember seeing a DVD player for $650… now if you’re lucky you find them in Walmart for $20… if you can find them.
At the time, Advent was owned by Jensen. I had a set of the Advent 6.5" speakers in the doors on my truck. They had what looked like a clear plastic whizzer cone and a gold chrome "phase plug" with a small hole at the tip. They sounded pretty good. I bought them at Silo back then. My best friend ended up with 2 of the Advent 10" subwoofers in his Camaro several years later too.
It was the ICT (inductively coupled tweeter) speaker and that was an actual tweeter down inside coupled to the voice coil of the woofer. I sold them at the time and I don’t think they sounded that great.
I still have a pair of 6x9 and 5x7 ict advents that I bought in 91. They need refoamed but they we're great speaker's. They are still the only car speaker's I've ever seen with the tweeter firing the same time as the woofer. Much like KEF home speaker's.
It's funny how just looking at the line inputs, gains and speaker connections you instantly see the Korean layout like in targa and urban audio. It did surprisingly well considering other Korean amps of the time. I have a pair of advent 6x9s that I need to refoam. I bought them at a garage sale as I had no idea they made car audio. I still have a pair of the old advent laureate home speakers and an advent powered 10" subwoofer I used to use on my old JVC home theater receiver. They were some pretty good sounding speakers.
I remember getting Crutchfields and planning a system with these amps flush mounted in floor and 2 of those Iso-subs in back of Blazer. Still wish I could've atleast heard yhose subs. Love the videos! This one took me back
I have a set of 10 in two-way Advent house speakers still in pristine condition they are some of the older ones but boy do they sound good in pound hard flawlessly
Big D, I remember seeing one of those in one of the local HiFi shops. Not sure which one that was, but is was around 800 bucks. In 1992, that may as well been 8 million, cuz I sho couldnt afford it! I wish I could surround myself with all the throw backs I used to drool over!
I believe it was called the ISO-1010C or something like that. I actually got to hear one in a vehicle back in the day. It was surprisingly impressive. Tight, deep bass was what I remember, impressive for what it was.
Thanks for the great video! I own pretty much every one of the Advent speakers you showed in the catalog. They still sound amazing! (especially the Maestro and 6003 - the best/last 3-way models with the "donut" midrange) I power them with a bunch of Crown K2 amps
those brown goo are indeed glue. the hot resistors are voltage drop resistors for the opamps. they're dirt cheap, that's why they opted it. could be improved for better noise too
Not only did I know but I bought that exact amp JUST because of my Advent old Heritage towers. LOL Man you bring back so many fun memories! Think I used it to drive OZ Supermans
I had a set of Advent's car 6.5's from that era. The best sounding, best imaging car speakers I've ever owned. They had this "ICT" design that nests the tweeter deep into the cone for better imaging and no protrusion. Unfortunately, they weren't super durable. I think I got 2-3 years out of them.
I never knew you could get caps replaced in amps…knowledge to chew on! Thanks. Have you ever tested the original Rockford Power 15’s? Pre-china Rockford. Got a set, almost new for your enjoyment. Also, have you considered a test for EQs or Xovers? I asked before, but would be nice expansion for channel and specs. Cheers
When i was a kid in the 90's i had a Crunch 50x2 That absolutely blew away much higher rated amps i had at the time. Id be interested in an old school Crunch amp dyno..
I remember those. But never seen one. Man, I loved their home audio speakers. I sorta remember, I could be wrong, wasn’t Advent partnered with Jensen Int.?
I have an old 4 x35watt yamaha amplifier i use to use to run 4 tweeters in my brothers old bronco II. 1 RCA jacks gold portion pulled off so needs repair or id be still using it. Had such a clean sound. Then i had a craig 500watt amp on a single 15 along with a second 4 cgannel amp by craig that was for all midbass. All ran through an eq6500 by pioneer. Wish it wasnt damaged would loved to see what u would do with an old amp like the yamaha. Think my other 4 channel was a puoneer .
Just like with 90's home audio amplifiers that I've seen, fewer but beefy output caps. That probably explains the dynamic power. 🤷 Love these videos! Big D for the win! ✊🤘👍
Anyone heard of Coral BX-1000 speakers? I have a pair found in a barn. According to my nephew.Yeah a real barn find. They have good bass and decent mids and highs.
I worked at Best Buy while in college in the early to mid 90s. (Home & car audio). Advent speakers were probably our most balanced. Didn't sell a ton of them, but discerning buyers figured it out. By then, Henry Kloss started his Cambridge Soundworks...and his sub/satellite systems were FAR better than bose.
That was my first experience of the Advent Prodigy. They had it connected to a giant Proton amp (or something similar - it was in their main listening room) and the poor woofers were nearly leaping out of their baskets. But it sounded phenomenal. I went on to buy a pair of Celestions from a smaller retailer (still have them!) but will never forget how great they were even at full power.
@@envisionelectronics Their big problems back then were blown tweeters. They sounded balanced, but didn't handle power well. Sealed enclosure and the cross over frequency set too low on a cheap tweeter! They were my favorite, behind Eosone though. They made good stuff if one knew them.
Was supposed to flushmount, but most never did... and it says advent on the outside, but jensen owned the name by then... so its a jensen /jensen nitro amp inside
$279 for a CD player! I assume that means the cheapest is $279, since that's on the cover. Since I just saw them for sale locally (wm), for less ($99), it's almost like there wasn't any inflation!
Had a friend that had this amp and 4 of the chrome basket advent 12's in a firebird. I had a punch 200 and 4 punch 10's in a crx that outperformed his by a landslide.
Oh the Optimus radio shack days! I never had any Optimus car amps, but I have probably 5 old Optimus home receivers, n I mean before was rebranded garbage RCA shit, n damn they sound great! They will run 4ohm with pretty much no issues. My one buddy did have a Optimus amp and the 6×9's in his car way back in days n it sounded great tho!
@@shawnsatterlee6035 I had the Optimus 260 4/3/2 on two Sony boom box speakers and 2 8ohm 12” Lexon woofers, and the Radio Shack version switch controlled 3 way crossover with potentiometer bass boost. My 1st car audio setup in my bed room. Classic.
@@shawnsatterlee6035 i actually have a few of the small 2 and 4 channel optimus amps sitting in a closet, used em ober the years for stuff in the camper. Old nd still ugly design, but still work. I had a few of the newer style ones in a car way back, was imporved looks for sure
Ah man, what a let down to discover, that this really cool looking amp, has run of the mill Korean guts. But the the price tag was already kinda suspicious.
Hey this is Gavin I watch your RUclips videos and I would like to see if u know anything about the old school boss onyx 1800.1 I have one and it handles power for 1200 rms like it nothing and beats down all my subwoofers from sundown to kicker and it only has a single 25 amp fuse and I was looking to see if u would know anything about it
Lol. Interesting amp. But I’ll still take my black box-shaped Alpine amplifiers every single day of the week. That’s why I have 13 of them in my truck, pushing 10,000 watts, one in my car and 6 in a cabinet in my garage as backups. Lol
love how you hid the serial number on the close up of the label but left it wide open on the next shot removing the bottom plate. I'm pirating it as we speak. thorough work from the big dummy.
I remember those amps from the 90's, even the Boston Acoustic amps, and their weird oval subs. Today I'm a MMATS user. It's kind of disappointing today, as companies like Phoenix Gold, Soundstream, and PPI have gone to $hit in performance and quality.
I knew a guy that ran three or four Advent amps around 1995 in a SQ build. Still one of the cleanest sounding systems I've ever heard.
Damn yes. Have that all recapped & will be a fantastic SQ amp for a front stage.
Nice looking amp! Crutchfield had some neat stuff in their catalogs too. Even at the age it sits it still does decently on the dyno. Gotta love the old equipment!!
I had the catalog sent to my house. I remember seeing a DVD player for $650… now if you’re lucky you find them in Walmart for $20… if you can find them.
A unique looking amp for sure. I know you always give a few extra points for any type of vu meter lol
It's wild how far amps have come since then. Love these old school tests. Keep em all coming.
Had a pair of their car audio mid-range. Those speakers taught me what imaging was. They were crazy clean!
Big D been a fan for years. Your channel is like a time machine. Love seeing this old school stuff
Advent also used to make the temple of boom subwoofer enclosure. Sounded great!
At the time, Advent was owned by Jensen. I had a set of the Advent 6.5" speakers in the doors on my truck. They had what looked like a clear plastic whizzer cone and a gold chrome "phase plug" with a small hole at the tip. They sounded pretty good. I bought them at Silo back then. My best friend ended up with 2 of the Advent 10" subwoofers in his Camaro several years later too.
It was the ICT (inductively coupled tweeter) speaker and that was an actual tweeter down inside coupled to the voice coil of the woofer. I sold them at the time and I don’t think they sounded that great.
I still have a pair of 6x9 and 5x7 ict advents that I bought in 91. They need refoamed but they we're great speaker's. They are still the only car speaker's I've ever seen with the tweeter firing the same time as the woofer. Much like KEF home speaker's.
I wish it was the 90's, Miss those days
Cheap gas and cool car audio but the Internet sucked and no RUclips!
What a beautiful amplifier I think and feel that amplifiers should be this beautiful like they use to be
I believe some are just as good looking but most times come with a pretty penny tag
Ive had 2 sets of old school advent home speakers. Sounded amazing!
Yeah, you're right. The Autotek Stealth back in 2001 had a flat top very similar to this.
Remember them, they were very nice back in the day!
It's funny how just looking at the line inputs, gains and speaker connections you instantly see the Korean layout like in targa and urban audio. It did surprisingly well considering other Korean amps of the time.
I have a pair of advent 6x9s that I need to refoam. I bought them at a garage sale as I had no idea they made car audio.
I still have a pair of the old advent laureate home speakers and an advent powered 10" subwoofer I used to use on my old JVC home theater receiver. They were some pretty good sounding speakers.
Used to drool 🤤 over these in Crutchfield myself. Lol
The Advent Amps sounded OUTSTANDING! Or... rather... they didn't have any sound signature, whatsoever. They were very transparent.
Large Advent with the 10” cone in the 12” basket with Masonite adapter rings were neat speakers with the fried eggs up top
Old school quality ftw!
Well you know I love the oldschool, but I also like the new. Lol great vid Brother.
Nice Fried Egg 🍳 tweets 😉 From Mr. KLOSS... I remember seeing Advent in Crutchfield for sure 👍
I remember getting Crutchfields and planning a system with these amps flush mounted in floor and 2 of those Iso-subs in back of Blazer. Still wish I could've atleast heard yhose subs. Love the videos! This one took me back
I have a set of 10 in two-way Advent house speakers still in pristine condition they are some of the older ones but boy do they sound good in pound hard flawlessly
I really enjoy your testing vintage equipment, speaking of home stereo manufacturer I had a Carver car amp. Hopefully you come across one
Awesome I still have that same advent amp somewhere in my closet 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
They also made some fantastic auto speakers with the tweeter mounted in the speaker choke.
They were some of the best sounding car audio speakers I have owned and I have had many other top of the line brands from the period.
Advent also had an isobaric dual 8” sub that was shaped sort of like a pyramid back in the mid 90s. It sounded pretty good!
My first sub set up I had 2 12" advents memories 😊
Big D, I remember seeing one of those in one of the local HiFi shops. Not sure which one that was, but is was around 800 bucks. In 1992, that may as well been 8 million, cuz I sho couldnt afford it!
I wish I could surround myself with all the throw backs I used to drool over!
I had zero experience with them, but I remember the ads.
i love how this amp looks thank you for the video on it.
They had an isobaric pyramid shaped box with a subwoofer with a chrome basket that I wanted so bad.
I believe it was called the ISO-1010C or something like that. I actually got to hear one in a vehicle back in the day. It was surprisingly impressive. Tight, deep bass was what I remember, impressive for what it was.
Thanks for the great video! I own pretty much every one of the Advent speakers you showed in the catalog. They still sound amazing! (especially the Maestro and 6003 - the best/last 3-way models with the "donut" midrange) I power them with a bunch of Crown K2 amps
those brown goo are indeed glue. the hot resistors are voltage drop resistors for the opamps. they're dirt cheap, that's why they opted it. could be improved for better noise too
Nice looking amps especialy when they are flush mounted, I like the dual LED power meters.
Oh yeah, I sold a few of those along with some Aura's. They had subs and speakers too.
Big D before I buy an amp I always check to see if you have tested
Crutchfield still fire 2023!
The main body of the amp where the connections & levels looks similar to a Targa or Urban Audio
Shhh, don’t tell anyone….it’s the same manufacturer. ;)
Your monitör speakers Perfect sound.
Not only did I know but I bought that exact amp JUST because of my Advent old Heritage towers. LOL Man you bring back so many fun memories! Think I used it to drive OZ Supermans
I had a set of Advent's car 6.5's from that era. The best sounding, best imaging car speakers I've ever owned. They had this "ICT" design that nests the tweeter deep into the cone for better imaging and no protrusion. Unfortunately, they weren't super durable. I think I got 2-3 years out of them.
I never knew you could get caps replaced in amps…knowledge to chew on! Thanks. Have you ever tested the original Rockford Power 15’s? Pre-china Rockford. Got a set, almost new for your enjoyment. Also, have you considered a test for EQs or Xovers? I asked before, but would be nice expansion for channel and specs. Cheers
I had one of these amps.. it sounded great
When i was a kid in the 90's i had a Crunch 50x2 That absolutely blew away much higher rated amps i had at the time. Id be interested in an old school Crunch amp dyno..
I had 2 old school 90’s crunch 10”subs on a fosgste punch 45 and man it was loud
In 95 I had two advent 8's on an Orion 275sx in my Dakota.
I went to CES about 30 yrs ago and was pretty impressed with Advent speakers. I don't recall the car amps.
That looks cool. I've never seen one before.
Clean looking design- great review 👏
That's one I've never heard of, good dynamic numbers 👌
I remember those. But never seen one. Man, I loved their home audio speakers. I sorta remember, I could be wrong, wasn’t Advent partnered with Jensen Int.?
Yes, Jensen owned ADVENT in the 90's. I don't know how I forgot to add this to the video
....another great show Big D!, yo the man.
Now that's an esoteric piece , as I recall Advent didn't make em very long .
Any chance of getting a hold of some old A/D/S gear and testing it ?
See PQ20 tested here ruclips.net/video/KrLNDorSHKk/видео.html
I had an advent 2channel amp I believe was like 150-200 watts bridged to a 12” kenwood sub. Didn’t sound half bad
Such a cool amp!
I have an old 4 x35watt yamaha amplifier i use to use to run 4 tweeters in my brothers old bronco II. 1 RCA jacks gold portion pulled off so needs repair or id be still using it. Had such a clean sound. Then i had a craig 500watt amp on a single 15 along with a second 4 cgannel amp by craig that was for all midbass. All ran through an eq6500 by pioneer.
Wish it wasnt damaged would loved to see what u would do with an old amp like the yamaha. Think my other 4 channel was a puoneer .
Another great video Big D Williston appreciate it
Just like with 90's home audio amplifiers that I've seen, fewer but beefy output caps. That probably explains the dynamic power. 🤷 Love these videos! Big D for the win! ✊🤘👍
Yep, like classic cars❤
Like the history lessons 👍 keep it up.
thanks for watching and commenting!
I want that Advent EQ
I remember seeing a Technics car stereo
Anyone heard of Coral BX-1000 speakers? I have a pair found in a barn. According to my nephew.Yeah a real barn find. They have good bass and decent mids and highs.
I remember when they started making mobile audio. I thought their subs looked pretty cool.
Cool amp
Man no 2 or 1 ohm bridged test :)
I worked at Best Buy while in college in the early to mid 90s. (Home & car audio).
Advent speakers were probably our most balanced. Didn't sell a ton of them, but discerning buyers figured it out.
By then, Henry Kloss started his Cambridge Soundworks...and his sub/satellite systems were FAR better than bose.
That was my first experience of the Advent Prodigy. They had it connected to a giant Proton amp (or something similar - it was in their main listening room) and the poor woofers were nearly leaping out of their baskets. But it sounded phenomenal. I went on to buy a pair of Celestions from a smaller retailer (still have them!) but will never forget how great they were even at full power.
@@envisionelectronics
Their big problems back then were blown tweeters. They sounded balanced, but didn't handle power well. Sealed enclosure and the cross over frequency set too low on a cheap tweeter!
They were my favorite, behind Eosone though. They made good stuff if one knew them.
Had an Advent amp. Was a beast! Was stolen 😢
Was supposed to flushmount, but most never did... and it says advent on the outside, but jensen owned the name by then... so its a jensen /jensen nitro amp inside
Nice Big D
I remember Advent
👍🆙️ 4 this really old guy....
love bonus content!
$279 for a CD player!
I assume that means the cheapest is $279, since that's on the cover. Since I just saw them for sale locally (wm), for less ($99), it's almost like there wasn't any inflation!
Had a friend that had this amp and 4 of the chrome basket advent 12's in a firebird. I had a punch 200 and 4 punch 10's in a crx that outperformed his by a landslide.
Sure bud🙄
Always wanted to see the guts on these
Someone has to get or find the Viper D1200.1 for the Dyno. Edit: maybe even an Optimus XL-400 4/3/2 for nostalgia. Radio Shack days.
Oh the Optimus radio shack days!
I never had any Optimus car amps, but I have probably 5 old Optimus home receivers, n I mean before was rebranded garbage RCA shit, n damn they sound great! They will run 4ohm with pretty much no issues. My one buddy did have a Optimus amp and the 6×9's in his car way back in days n it sounded great tho!
@@shawnsatterlee6035 I had the Optimus 260 4/3/2 on two Sony boom box speakers and 2 8ohm 12” Lexon woofers, and the Radio Shack version switch controlled 3 way crossover with potentiometer bass boost. My 1st car audio setup in my bed room. Classic.
@@shawnsatterlee6035 i actually have a few of the small 2 and 4 channel optimus amps sitting in a closet, used em ober the years for stuff in the camper. Old nd still ugly design, but still work. I had a few of the newer style ones in a car way back, was imporved looks for sure
I have a old Craig brand car amp called Craig power play that looks exactly like that on the ends how the wires hook up
IIRC... advent was a sister company or partner with Jensen... I think, dont quote me on that though Derek.
Yes, in the 90's ADVENT was owned by Jensen Corp
I love your channel would you like to test a Phoenix gold ti31300.1D. + a ti3 1200.4 I have never seen them tested
Ah man, what a let down to discover, that this really cool looking amp, has run of the mill Korean guts. But the the price tag was already kinda suspicious.
i had couple of These back in the day I can't remember which ones 250 or 450
AC input watt/current meter for efficiency
Always got the free Crutchfield catalog but never could afford anything. 25 years later still can't 😂
Future Shop sold them for a minute
Can you do the oldschool Autotek XCLASS Mx 3000.1 highly underated best amp i ever had! Better than my rockford t2500 or Mmats 3000.1.
Hey this is Gavin I watch your RUclips videos and I would like to see if u know anything about the old school boss onyx 1800.1 I have one and it handles power for 1200 rms like it nothing and beats down all my subwoofers from sundown to kicker and it only has a single 25 amp fuse and I was looking to see if u would know anything about it
Isn’t that symbol (logo) similar to Alpine?
Lol. Interesting amp. But I’ll still take my black box-shaped Alpine amplifiers every single day of the week. That’s why I have 13 of them in my truck, pushing 10,000 watts, one in my car and 6 in a cabinet in my garage as backups. Lol
Are they linkable
Big D, what happened to the top of your right Elac speaker? 😢
Elac got smacked! Fell off the table 😲
That hot resistor is not ideal but probably by design. Hopefully they lifted it off the board some.
I knew. On par with Jensen
My brother has a set of Percy Miller (master p) amp and subs. Have you ever tested those?
No sir
Tiroid nüve primary 6 tour. Must be max. 4 tour. Thanks.
The bottom said it's a part of Jensen and Jensen is still around
love how you hid the serial number on the close up of the label but left it wide open on the next shot removing the bottom plate. I'm pirating it as we speak. thorough work from the big dummy.
What else do you expect from a big dummy?
I remember those amps from the 90's, even the Boston Acoustic amps, and their weird oval subs. Today I'm a MMATS user. It's kind of disappointing today, as companies like Phoenix Gold, Soundstream, and PPI have gone to $hit in performance and quality.
Many others as well.
What did you do to the elac!?
The right speaker fell off the table 🤦♂️
Yo yo yo 👍
Hi can you bench a A18001DT five fuses?🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I wouldn't mind sending two in strapped mode @2 ohm but shipping weight would be crazy.