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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. 
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rushfan71
291 posts
 
If this counts, the first pair of speakers I purchased just after High school were the large Advents of the time, early 90's the Advent Maestro. A 3 way design. I also purchased a Sansui RZ 9500 from local hifi shop. I remember how happy I was at that time. I still have them. Refoamed the woofers and recapped the xover and braced the cabinets. Still have the Sansui as well. I think I will always keep them. Reminder of how this all started....
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tostadosunidos
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rushfan71, I think the operative words are "old timers" and "original Large Advents."  Check back with this thread when you start getting senior discounts at the movie theater!
hickamore
523 posts
 
Me too. Until you mentioned it, I had completely forgotten the name Advent. A black hole in the memory bank. Right . . . getting a fuzzy mental image now . . . but it was the intro to lower end of high end of forever long ago. Certainly equal to whatever electronics I had at the time.
hickamore
523 posts
 
Me too. Until you mentioned it, I had completely forgotten the name Advent. A black hole in the memory bank. Right . . . getting a fuzzy mental image now . . . but it was the intro to lower end of high end of forever long ago. Certainly equal to whatever electronics I had at the time.
sameyers1
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Similar to others, the Large Advents were the first decent speakers I owned, and were purchased from Harvey Sound in NY with a Sansui AU-999 integrated amp, Marantz tuner, Dual 1219 tt w/Stanton 681ee cartridge, and Tandberg tape deck. Those speakers were in our household for over 20 years. The amp is on a closet shelf and still works, although I haven't used it in years. The Advents played lots of great music and recall many fond memories.  
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