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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
nicco
11 posts
 
Not my first set as mine was a pair of JBL L-166es but I was very lucky to
find last year a pair of Large Advents in very good condition at an excellent price. I haven't really listened to them as I've been giving more attention to the newly acquired ESS AMT Tower 1's and Snell Type A-ll's.
One of these days....
 

shutupuface
33 posts
 
I'm still using my Large Advents (1973) with refined woofers and cross overs redone.
jrwaudio
347 posts
 
No Advents or JBL but did have Cerwin Vegas's AT-10's with teac cassette and Marantz 2265B reciever. I'm still trying to forget the CV speakers  I remember replacing them with Paradigm SE 9's I though it was such an improvement!! My Son still has SE 9's speakers
8th-note
412 posts
 
Whatjd, you nailed it. I bought a pair of second generation Large Advents (the model with the bull nose corners) after college. I ran them with a Marantz 2325 receiver, then went with an Adcom GFA 555. I owned them for about 30 years where they spent their later life in my secondary system.They sounded wonderful and led to my life-long audio addiction.
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daledeee1
572 posts
 
Advents were very popular in college.  My first speakers were Polk Audio 7 that sat on a stand like a Heresy.  Also had a Sony V fet amp which i blew up and got scolded by the dealer.  Used a Pioneer turntable.  Also remember my audio dealer had a pair of Magnaplaner Timpani 3 driven by Big Audio Research tube amp.  Still remember that sound.

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