Mordaunt Short Avant 904
Mordaunt Short Avant 904 bipolar floorstanding speaker, designed to offer greater bass extension than the 902 model, in a stereo or home cinema installation.
Description
The Avant 904 sits at the top of Mordaunt Short's Avant range in the form of a floorstanding speaker. Its distinctive feature lies in its bipolar design, a radiation principle that distributes acoustic energy differently from a conventional column and alters the way sound spreads through the room.
The aim pursued by this model is clearly identified: to achieve bass extension that only larger cabinets can normally deliver. This is precisely what sets it apart from the more compact Avant 902, whose range logic it carries over into a larger format. In practical terms, this move to a more generous volume translates into a lower foundation and better control of the deepest registers.
This 904 is aimed at listeners who have sufficient space to accommodate sizeable columns and who wish to avoid using an additional subwoofer. Bipolar radiation, however, requires a little attention to placement: these speakers perform best in a room where they can be positioned some distance from the walls, whether for stereo music listening or for handling the front channels of a home cinema system.
What to check before buying used
On a floorstanding speaker of this size, start by gently pressing around the edges of the drivers to check the flexibility of the suspensions and the absence of cracks, particularly on the woofers, which work hard in this type of enclosure. As a bipolar speaker features drivers on more than one face, check the operation of each one separately, at low volume, before judging the overall balance. Also inspect the terminals, which are often mishandled during house moves, as well as the veneer and cabinet edges, which are vulnerable to knocks on heavy, tall speakers.
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