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Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents?

It was actually my second "real" system...but it is simply historic how many people that love great audio systems and the music they allowed us to enjoy started or at one time owned the original Large Advents.  If there is to be a list of the most influential audio products of all time, the Large Advent would be at or near the top.  I guess another interesting question would be how many sets of these Large Advents are still in use.  My brother in law and my sister still have a set of Small Advents in use in their den. 
whatjd
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akg_ca
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Nope ....

back in the Jurassic age of this hobby .... (early 70’s)...

Bookshelves sequentially in first system:
DYNACO A25s...
then EPIs.....
then finally the JBL L100’s

Nostalgia has its appeal in certain circles for sure . They were  fine for their time in my university dorm with the MARANTZ receiver  of that early age, but those old systems don’t measure up even with the budget options available today.
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tubegb
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Stacked Advents (large, walnut) in the bedroom. Triple Advents for a very brief time until my folks proclaimed: “not here.”
jc4659
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Me (hand raised)!  Large Advents were actually my 2nd pair of speakers but first pair of really good ones.  Wish I still had them.  I used them initially with a Marantz receiver but when I switched to a NAD integrated they really sounded awesome.  The 40 watts per channel and dynamic headroom of the NAD brought the Advents to life.
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sfar
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Me, too.
They were my second pair after some small AR speakers. Used with an AR turntable, Kenwood 6000 amp, Tandberg reel-to-reel.
whatjd OP
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Although the were of different technology, the Large Advents were followed by the DQ-10, then various Martin-Logan and Magnepan models.  I have been too stable in my gear for the past decade.  The pursuit of the high-end seems to be similiar to my pursuit of sports cars, Bordeaux wine and to an extend...a mate.   I have often wondered about the journey being more the thrill than the end?  Who, or is that whom, knows. 
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