The "New England Sound" ........

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I have not owned any AR's or Advents but my guess is that since Henry Kloss had a hand in those speakers I would not hear dramatic differences between what I own and those brands but maybe others here would disagree.

The voicing of similar KLH 20s I own is cut from the same cloth as my double Advents.

I have heard there is a "California" or "West Coast" sound that is a bit different form the "New England" sound.

A bit?

I'll ditto the feeling that the boosted mid bass and nasty 7 khz peak gets old quickly to these ears. Even if I wanted a highly EQed presentation, I'd rather do that electronically. Other examples came from Cerwin-Vega. Give me a neutral sounding speaker any day. Ironically, the far less popular JBL L-110 was such a neutral reproducer.

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