What speakers of today sound most like old A/D/S ?

I saw a pair of old A/D/S for sale about a year ago at the Audible Difference in Palo Alto (CA). I can't remmember the model it, but I do recall it was a 3-way with a dome midrange and tweeter. You might want to give them a call. Who knows, it might still be there.

Where are you located? I see used ADS 1290, 1590 for sale often in the Boston area. The place to look is the "Want Advertiser".

Don't buy old technology. Audition Aerial 7s or Silverline Sonatina. The Aerials are most like the ADS. Both have natural sound good for all types of music. Silverlines are warmer. Aerial 8s have side firing woofer for larger space, like Coincident Super Eclipse (sposed 2b good, nvr heard it)

AGreed that the old A/D/S have a lot going for them. I had L1290s and also M15s and Cm-7s. I talked with Mike Kelly one time about them, when we was doing a demo of his Aerial stuff at a local high-end place. He was still excited about the a/d/s/, he preferred the L-series, as they were the ones he worked on. I tend to agree with him. I have Aerial 5s, which are a lot like A/d/s/, IMHO, as are the larger aerial models. Start with Aerial, give that a listen, and keep an eye out. I sold my M15s a year or so ago, and the CM-7s more recently, both were in mint shape, so they are still out there and change hands occasionally. I know a guy that has some of the M30s for sale, a later model, but their top of the line at the time.

FWIW,
-Ed