I'm sure that there are a decent number of audiophiles on the forum and I need some commiseration on the saga of these speaks...

I actually have a set of the Large Advents...which, I find, is a good thing. I bought these from my sister-in-law when she moved and didn't want to schlep the "big" stereo along. These dogs have got to be. like. twenty-five years old and when I brought them home and cranked them up (John Williams Superman Soundtrack...) the rubber on the woofers blew outta those cabinets like you never seen in yore life. Age and ozone did the rubber in and I was there for the payoff....I seriously doubt that my sister-in-law ever turned this thing up past 2 and that would have been when she was really feeling wild.

So...there are no replacement speakers out there and I have to venture into the unknown couontry of refoaming the speaks. Apparently this is now no big thing and the new foams, adhesive and all are available form several vendors on ebay. Doesn't look like too delicate of an operation...should be relatively easy.

The one other thing that's needed is to clean the dang cabinets. I have to assume that the "wood" is veneer but I'm guessing that what I have to deal with is twenty-five years worth of Lemon Pledge buildup that just feels sticky as duct tape. Thus far the only thing that I can use to successfully remove this yuck is turpentine...not one of the things that I want a lot of exposure too but at least I'm not one of the unlucky hyper-sensitive types that goes into anaphylactic shock when I'm near the stuff.

But in the end...I'm going to have a working set of some truly choice and vintage big old cabinet (like the good old days) speakers...and then I'm gonna play that John Williams at 10 and follow it up with Led Zep II on LP!

Boo-yeah!

Any other members having a time of it keeping their vintage stereos up and running?

Best

AA