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

I actually started with the original smaller Advents.  They were replaced by ADS L-710 in 1980, still in my bedroom system today.

They were my first real speakers in the mid 70s. Kept them through college and for several years beyond. Mine were mismatched cabinets. I want to channel or Hechinger and purchased kitchen cabinet refinishing swirl finish. Painted them both with that stuff and they looked like a beautiful matched pair.My college roommate also had a pair and we stacked them. Later on I added micro acoustic add-on tweeters to mine. In the late 80s I bought a pair of the 25th anniversary large advance. They did not have the fried egg tweeter. Wish I had kept them as well. A few years ago Bill Legall at Millersound told me that he knew I was looking for a pair. He had just gotten a beautiful pair from a customer. Bill did his “magic” to them. I was amazed at how good they sounded. When an audio friend was down on his luck I gave them to him. I will probably get another pair Someday..

My first real system in the early 70’s. Large Advents, Sherwood receiver, Dual 1229 with Shure M91ED cartridge. Saved for 6 months from my first factory job, and bought it all for around $500 or so. Kept them for several years and enjoyed them until bitten by the upgrade bug in the 80’s. When I started reading Stereophile magazine. 

First "high end" system had Large Advents driven by Crown preamp/amp in college.  Upgraded to stacked Advents shortly after graduation.  A few years later gutted them and converted into tri-amped speakers with all-new drivers. Young and stupid...

From 1975, Double Large Advents powered by Marantz 2270, fed by Dual 1229 and Stanton 681. Some fun rockin'.