Whatjd, you nailed it. I bought a pair of second generation Large Advents (the model with the bull nose corners) after college. I ran them with a Marantz 2325 receiver, then went with an Adcom GFA 555. I owned them for about 30 years where they spent their later life in my secondary system.They sounded wonderful and led to my life-long audio addiction.
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.