Advent loudspeakers

I agree with Schubert. They are really over.

 Thank you everyone, I appreciate your feedback. I’m sorry I couldn’t get the picture to load. Basically the surrounds are rotted out. 
Might b fun to own at a bottom price.
Happy holidays.

What model of Advent are they? Large, small, original, New Advent?
surrounds can be replaced at appox. $50 to $75 plus shipping. If you are handy and can follow the instructions exactly, you can probably purchase the surrounds for around $25. I had a pair of the New Advent Loudspeakers which I had surrounds replaced. Yes, the sound is a bit dated but they always sounded respectable to me. I gave them to a Nephew who didn't have a lot of money to spend on hifi. He was absolutely thrilled with them. Also gave him a a refurbished Sherwood 7900 receiver and a Marantz CD player. He couldn't be happier.

In 1977 while a Senior in HS I bought a pair of the "New Advents". I own them to this day. They are in my basement and I play them while working out. The surrounds have been replaced twice. The last go-round I used Van L Speakerworks in Chicago and had the internal wiring and cross-overs upgraded at  nominal cost. I am using a Sansuii receiver I bought at the same time. My source downstairs is a Dennon DVR player. I discovered that that with modern decent quality IC's and SC, the sound is pretty darned good. Where they truly excel is in the bass to mid-bass region. It is lightning fast and taut. Yes, they are dated in terms of refinement, midrange and treble but they are still pretty darned good. They should not be overstated or understated. They are somewhere in that hinterland between mid-fi and high-end. They get rock and roll rhythm sections down pat. A bass guitar and a tom-tom sounds incredibly real-quick and tight. In summary, they are a classic much like a '69 Mustang.