With decent bass extension in most of their speakers, any ADS product will require careful set up in any room to really provide their best sound quality.ĪDS's best models were created during the days of acoustic suspension design dominance. The ADS speakers will ultimately sound as good as the amplifier/system driving them. They require a bit more wattage to adequately drive to level and they can be difficult loads on many modern day amplifiers not well suited to low impedance loads. The ADS speakers had many virtues going for them in the showroom when demonstrated against more "East Coast" sounding Boston Acoustics or more highly pedigreed Thiels. While ADS produced an incredible number of speakers over the years and it was difficult to say there was an "ADS house sound", as a whole they were best described as "punchy and dynamic". The main "hit" on ADS was their similar tonal balance to many JBL speakers of the day. Ownership of warranties became contentious and this as much as anything eventually led to the demise of ADS as a brand after the idea had finally run its course.ĭuring their best years ADS existed as a semi-high end consumer loudspeaker which was either loved dearly or ignored as just another speaker line. What was a "real" ADS speaker was difficult to discern for the customer. At one time ADS and Braun existed as competing models selling essentially the same product but through different distribution lines and dealers. As a design team ADS was eventually distributed through several parent companies - many of whom attached their own name to the ADS brand, ADS-Braun being the most well known. This made it an idea which was easy to sell and a design entity which had no real home base. The line itself, which existed under several names, was the victim of never being a real company. A short search indicates your speakers were built in the late '80's, rather after the heyday of ADS.
I never sold ADS, just sold against them. I assume you've looked for on line information by now.
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