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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. 
whatjd
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861 posts
 
best friend had the large advent and i had JBL L65 jubal . mine were more fun to listen too. cables were garbage. first cable was the famous monster M1000 purchased around 1982 along w a CJ PV5. fun time
jkf011
290 posts
 
Nope RtRs.
prcieply
1 posts
 
Large Advents were my first speakers in 1979.  They are now the front speakers in my family room surround system.
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
In maybe 1970 or something I bought a KLH Model 20 compact system that sounded better than pretty much anything anybody else I knew owned, other than AR3s and Advents that sounded similar. All great speakers in their day.
whatjd OP
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My Mother was listening to very bad radios and a stereo from Mongomery Ward.  I purchased her a KLH compact unit (either 20 or 24 model) and it proved to me that if exposed to better sound, most could hear the difference.  I also put up a mast with a great antenna and she could get many stations clearly.  In the final years of her life I believe the system gave her much pleasure.  Because of her age and heritage she enjoyed "big band" music and I treated her to a live performance in her later years.
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