https://www.preservationsound.com/just-good-design/ information and ideas about audio history Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.preservationsound.com/just-good-design/#comment-500253 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=920#comment-500253 Nice receiver. The phono section was designed by APT Holman and is a very well thought out design just like Holman’s own preamp… a lovely sounding unit who’s design (along with the Advent) is said to eliminate cartridge impedance interaction allowing (MM) cartridges to sound their best. The Advent 300 even looks like the Holman preamp with it’s industrial look. The power amp section is text book, competent but nothing special. It barely puts out 15 watts/ch and only down to 40hz but it sounds very good if a bit warm. The 300 shares a lot in common with the legendary NAD 3020 who’s phonos stage was also a Holman design. The NAD however puts out twice the power and can drive any impedance including ridiculous (reactive) speaker loads.

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