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

My first "real" system had a pair of Dynaco A25 bookshelf speakers, driven by a modest Kenwood integrated amp.  That combination sounded pretty good...but not as good as my large Advents driven by a McIntosh MC225 with a Dynaco PAT4 preamp.
Both systems had a Dual 1219 with a Shure V15 Type 4 cartridge.

I started with a stack pair of smaller Advents with an array of 4 Philips some tweeters on top of the stack to increase power handling of that fried egg. Sold those off. Later built my own speakers using Philips 15", cone some miss and those dome tweeters... Was into loud instead of listening...
Eventually got a pair of Advent 2002 for many years.
I now have 2 sets of OLA (walnut and utility), a set of NLA bullnose, and a set of newer small Advent with the 2 cone tweeters mounted on a V shaped plate and 8" woofer. Also have a pair of A25. Would love to get a pair of original smaller Advents, but are rare and far between in decent shape or priced over anyone's budget.
The OLA with green tweeters (recapped) are in use everyday powered by a H/K 930 twin power. The others are in use in my tech room powered by a Yamaha C6 / M4 combo. Always liked the relaxed sound. It was the first speaker I heard where the FM announcer sounded like he was talking right in front of me.

I started out with AR-11's great bass, good midrange, weak tweeters that blew at the drop of a hat.

Darn auto corrector on these smart phones...

...some tweeters = dome tweeters
... cone some miss = cone midrange

This story all started in the early '70s right before disco, that explains the deviation to LOUD... Regret getting rid of my smaller Advents because of this.

Like you offered in the subject line Interesting but useless! . Brings back a ton of fine memories . Although I went with the JBL 26's my best friend in the music world choose the large Advents . The 100' were to pricey even though they were my first choice . Heck I didn't even go for the L-36's . it was probably 1974 and we were 16 . We listened and listened to the differences in the speakers. We both voted for the ones we owned but acknowledged the others was every bit as fun to listen to. They both made it through 4 years of college unscathed and until we had real jobs and real money to play with.