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

It was between the Advents and the JBLs. The Advents did sound very good, but were power hogs. JBLs played a lot louder and being in band hearing live horns - real horns, trumpet, trombone, not Klipschorns!- blasting all day and being a teenager loud was what I wanted. 

Also even back then I was into scrutinizing every little detail. JBL had really nice dust cover fasteners, and looked as good behind as with the covers on. Advents looked like some kids science project. Which now I know shows they put it all into the sound. Oh well. Live and learn. JBL went on sale. I could afford them. The rest is history.

Yes, it was between Advents and JBL and I went the other way with a Kenwood receiver and Dual TT.

Tech Hifi classic set up was my first system
-Large Advents (non walnut)
-HK 610 stereo receiver
-Dual 1219 tt

Tumbleweed Connection sounded damn good on it in my bedroom in 1972

2 Pair stacked - Large Walnut Advents

Yep.  Large Advents from 1976 - 1987, when I heard Vandersteen 2C's really well set up.  That really began my high end fascination (and coincided with me finally working full time, and paid right).