You could save a lot of dough by getting a refurbed or mint pair of large Advents - ones with the bull-nose cabinet and "fried egg" tweeter. I have five other pairs of speakers - all far more expensive than the Advents and none are better in absolute terms.
I have upgraded/modified Heresy IIIs in my 2nd system and I’m more than a little annoyed that these 40+ year old Advents (all original except for cone surrounds) I picked up for $200/pair are the better speakers. And that’s even with the H-IIIs hooked up to the superior amplifier. And as a bonus, the Advents have a tweeter attenuation switch that allows +/flat/- 3db adjustment.
I found a blurb in an old Stereophile review where they claimed that, with the exception of scale, the Advents were/are as good as the likes of Altec A7s. That didn’t surprise me considering they outperform some $3 - 4K speakers I’ve auditioned/owned.
...and they’re great with blues.
I have upgraded/modified Heresy IIIs in my 2nd system and I’m more than a little annoyed that these 40+ year old Advents (all original except for cone surrounds) I picked up for $200/pair are the better speakers. And that’s even with the H-IIIs hooked up to the superior amplifier. And as a bonus, the Advents have a tweeter attenuation switch that allows +/flat/- 3db adjustment.
I found a blurb in an old Stereophile review where they claimed that, with the exception of scale, the Advents were/are as good as the likes of Altec A7s. That didn’t surprise me considering they outperform some $3 - 4K speakers I’ve auditioned/owned.
...and they’re great with blues.

