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What Have I Bought?

I saw a pair of large Advent speakers listed on CL by a seller whom I've bought other items from before. The pictures looked like the bullnose version of the speakers, and that's all I needed to know. The pictures showed the speakers to be in almost-mint condition, so I plunked down the money via PayPal and drove the 70 miles to pick them up the following weekend. I was more than pleased when I saw them...even the documentation (2 sheets) on the back of the speakers was in near-mint shape. Gorgeous walnut cabinets, but they weren't the bullnose edition specifically, although they did have a beveled front that is semi-bullnose. I know that Advent produced several versions of the large model and am not sure which one these are. The sound is to die for....flat, uncolored, and unbelievably well-balanced. Doesn't stand out in any particular way, but you just want to keep listening for hours. Anyone that might recognize which model these are please respond. Henry Kloss was a flat-out genius.
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crustycoot
644 posts
 
Original Large:  $116.00 per pair
Original Utility: $102.00 per pair
As a college fool, I bought the utilities!
On cinder blocks for stands, with a Rabco ST-4, ADC XLM, Quad 33/303, and 16ga. lamp cord fitted with bananas for the amp and bare twisted question marks for the threaded posts, plenty of Mexican reefer... Jimi, Rod Stewart, Van, and The G-Dead sounded pretty fine!  Life B4 high end!
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asvjerry
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@crustycoot....*sigh*soft L*

Yeah, the 'Good Old Daze'.....the MexMerch was the outstanding 'component' at the time....

....at least, what I remember..'old hippies' don't die....they just vagggguuueee awayyyy....;)

It was 'high end', in it's way.....*L*
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asvjerry
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...we've just moved on to 'stronger stuff'....

....just like we were warned about.....*LOL*
allenf1963
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@crustycoot -- Sounds like you got high just fine without Hi-Fi.  It was special, high times in the '70's when Brown Columbian with buds no bigger than a penny (and loaded with seeds) hit town to replace the Ditchweed Mexican.  Don't know how many concert tour T-Shirts were baptized with burn holes.
jrosemd
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Henry Kloss, who was with AR, KLH (he was the "K") and Advent, later co-founded Cambridge Soundworks.  I used to frequent its factory store in Newton, MA.  I acquired a dozen Cambridge Soundworkds speakers two 12" amplified subwoofers and 3 of their radio/CD players (which sounded much better than the Bose Wave radio at half the price),  One pair of speakers was a copy of the famous KLH 6 that I have to this day. The man had an amazing career and designed some innovative speakers, including the AR 3A, the KLH 6 and the Large Advents.  
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