I have a pair of Bozak Urban 301 that are 60+ years old that I enjoy the heck out of. After I inherited them from my father circa 1993, I have had both 12” woofers reconed, and refoamed; replaced one tweeter ( because I damaged it accidentally) bought on eBay; replaced the crossovers with OEM with the Pat Tobin mod, also bought on eBay; rewired internally; and, refinished the cabinetry. Total cost—not counting my own labor—I estimate to be less around $1000-$1200, spread out over a period of about 20 years because I didn’t do it all at once. For instance, I just had one of the woofers reconed and refoamed for about $75 plus shipping. And, these speakers sound fabulous. I have no way of comparing them to contemporary speakers, but as long as I’m happy with their sound, that doesn’t matter.
As an aside, I recently had my Thorens TD124, that I also inherited from my father, rebuilt to look and perform as if brand new, but for about 3 times the cost of the speaker refurb. I still have his Pilot amplifier to have rebuilt, but for now, I’m enjoying playing music on my vintage turntable, through my vintage speakers, attached to my “modern” Yamaha home theater amp.
My point being: if one derives pleasure from “vintage” speakers, it doesn’t cost that much to have them refurbished when and if necessary to keep on enjoying them.