And the big powered floorstanders - reduced from $900 to $200 each - look pretty nice IMO, as long as you like sci-fi movies.Ĭlick to expand.That would be nice! And if the speaker was kept in its plastic shipping bag, the foam surround(s) might actually be fully intact too.Īdvent trivia: when Henry Kloss left Advent and Jensen bought them, a lot of his fans no longer believed the speakers being produced were 'real' Advents (an opinion I don't fully share). Anyway.Recoton, for whatever reason, decided to not totally trash AR's gear and for mid-fi-level gear, these speakers do feature some decent technology. But a warning to fans of the sound of classic ARs -> for the past decade or so ARs have touted their efficiency and many people have reported them to sound quite bright, with an overall punchy sound. Hopefully they won't slap these classic names on plastic junk like Recoton did with Advent just to make a quick buck.įYI: several online sites are selling AR speakers for greatly reduced prices (J&R Music for example). I'm not sure what Audiovox is doing with these companies - their website is now nearly devoid of any mention of them - but seeing how the market for 'huge' speakers like these Advents is practically non-existent, I seriously doubt for the forseeable future they will resurrect the Advent & AR brands. Click to expand.Audiovox bought the Jensen/Advent/Acoustic Research group of companies (or at least their brand names) when Recoton declared bankruptsy back in 2004.

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