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

Just found a review of my Advent Legacy speakers.   Looks like they can still be found on eBay.    Temptation🥺
http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/advent-legacy-171.html

Yeah, me too. I was broke and did not have a TV but managed to scrape together enough to buy the Advents. Powered with a amp and pre-amp I made. I've never regretted any money I spent on stereos and enjoyed listening to the Advents for years.


Scott

Began my journey with AR 4x speakers which were quickly replaced with the original Advents. There were no Small Advents yet so I don't think the moniker "Large Advents" existed at that point. Those were driven by a McIntosh MA 5100 integrated amp and the source was a Thorens TT. Replaced the Advents with McIntosh ML-1's and an Advent "Frequency Balance Control" equalizer which was used in place of the McIntosh equalizer which was made for their speakers. This was in the early 70's, and was the initiation of my decent into audio madness...


 

Wow, this takes me back! My speaker journey:
large advents 1974-1978
dahlquist DQ-10s 1978-1985
b&w DM-3000s 1985-1997
b&w 603S2 as part of a home theater 1997-2012
goldenear  triton 2s 2012-2016
goldenear  triton 1s 2016-now

i also bought large advents and recreated my original system about five years ago, sold that off 2 years ago, and last year bought and restored Dahlquist DQ-10s and built another throwback system with a NAD preamp and Luxman DD turntable.  Revisiting my wayward audio youth, I guess.

1976, first real job and spent weeks listening to two local dealers and their gear. I was taken with the large Advents in walnut for their solid, non-boomy bass and adjustable treble in a furniture-grade cabinet. Paired with a Marantz 2230 receiver and AR-something manual turntable with Shure cartridge. About $700 at the time (roughly $4300 in so in today’s dollars). I had gotten into classical music a couple of years earlier and liked the Advent’s heft with orchestral and organ works and its light touch on the piano. They did OK with rock, too, but better with acoustic/folk.

The woofers have been refoamed  twice and my brother has them in his living room at the moment with an old Sherwood receiver.  The Marantz, after a refurb about 20 years ago, is also still going strong but I only use the tuner these days. If you told me I had to chuck my Magnepans I’d miss them but I could live with the Advents still.