Has anyone heard of Aad?

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Username: Tpizzle

Post Number: 411
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 04:59 pm:

i have been offered from a friend some Aad speakers for the same price as my Athena AS-B1's, they are Aad E-44s. are these speakers better quality, they retail for 4x the Athenas. thanks

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Username: Devils_advocate

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 05:02 pm:

Can't say I've heard of them, but by all means listen to them and see how they sound.

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Username: Tpizzle

Post Number: 412
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 05:16 pm:

funny i have never heard of them and they are presumably one of the best. they could just be overrated but the retail for most their speakers is $400/pair and many of their subs get up to $3000.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 05:19 pm:

Ehh there are so many manufacturers out there its hard to keep track of them all. I doubt if I have heard of even a quarter of them.

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Username: Stu_pitt

NYC, NY

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 06:21 pm:

I think I saw somewhere that they are an old company who just about faded away, but is now trying to come back. I think the logo is something like A/A/D. I've never heard their speakers though.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 07:28 pm:

I think you might be thinking of ADS Stu.

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Username: Stu_pitt

NYC, NY

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 09:10 pm:

Thanks DA, I was thinking A/D/S. I looked up AAD speakers and found some stores that carry them. At first I thought they were White Van speakers, but I guess that's were the White Van got some of their design inspiration from. Their sold at stores that sell other high end stuff. How good they sound is another thing. They are legit.

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Username: Tpizzle

Post Number: 413
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 09:23 pm:

Ya their website is
www.aadaudio.com
they look like nice stuff i just wish you guys were familiar with them. most of their website reviews are in chinese since they are famous in Asia and made their too.
i wonder if the E-44s are better than the Athena AS-B1s, or at least as clear but "warmer" would be nice. they cost 4x the amount.
most places say they are comparable to sililoque speakers, have you guys heard these?

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Username: Stu_pitt

NYC, NY

Post Number: 632
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 09:42 pm:

I think they are white van speakers. The AAD I was thinking of stands for American Acoustic Development. Even though the website you linked to looks nice, it could be a fake one like the Theater Research one.

I'm not sure if they are White Van quality or not. It seems very shady. I MSN'ed AAD loudspeakers and came up with completely different speakers, prices, etc than you did. I also looked on e-bay and found different stuff that I have definately seen with the name Theater Research before, which leads me to believe that AAD is their new scam.

I wouldn't do any where near them, but that's just me.

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Username: Stu_pitt

NYC, NY

Post Number: 633
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 09:42 pm:

Sorry - I wouldn't go anywhere near them...

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Username: Devils_advocate

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 11:09 pm:

On audioreview.com they don't seem to have much, but there are like 5 positive reviews there... (for AAD that is)

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Username: Tpizzle

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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 11:33 pm:

ya you guys should check this out. AAD is American Acoustic Development.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem%26item%3D5814987986%26&sspagename= STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT%26

nice lookin sub, i wonder if this guys stories and prices are BS?

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Username: Stu_pitt

NYC, NY

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Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 12:57 pm:

I would call up a few stores that carry them and ask a few questions.

Tawaun A.Williams

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Username: T_bomb25

Dayton, Ohio
United States

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Registered: Jun-05

Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 02:04 pm:

AAD is good speaker company their designer is from the states and he has had his hand some great design for other companies.They have a bigger market in Europe than the US,which they are relatively unknown,"What Hi Fi" has had a couple reviews on them,I have couple of those reviews.Their president of distrubution is from the UK which explains their popularity in the UK