All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong

Have tried many vintage speakers.

My conclusion: All pre-1970 vintage speakers suck. Well-made but crappy sound.

Used with both vintage amps and modern.

I do like many vintage amps such as Radio Craftsmen RC-500, Marantz tube, Scott tube, Heath W5, Lafayette and Pilot tube.

But back to pre-1970 speakers:

No bass, harsh, or honky mids and no highs. Not musical or listenable to me.

Tried many including Acoustic Research AR-3a, 2Ax, etc. The entire AR product line. Also Klipsch Horn, Large EVs. Altec VOTT. Pioneer CS-88 and 99.

Nothing pre 1970 is even close to the better modern speakers.

I challenge you: Prove me wrong.

lion10-11-2023 9:09pm

jhnnrrs Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 99 posts 10-12-2023 at 02:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good grief! People are actually touting Radio Shack speakers? Please escort them out of the building - through the back door - with extreme prejudice.
jhnnrrs Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 99 posts 10-12-2023 at 04:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There are a bunch of people in the audiophile forums on Facebook that get real upset when you nay-say something about Radio Shack garbage or Pioneer/Kenwood/Sansui speakers with 8 cheap drivers splashed willy-nilly across the front (and/or rear) baffle. "Vintage" they call them. I call them junk. As for older speakers, the Dynaco A-25 had the most natural midrange going, but lacked highs and lows. I replaced them with Advents and the lovely mids were gone, but some highs were back along with a muddy bass. I remember being at Harvey Sound in White Plains, hearing what a thought was a real, live cello playing in another room. Looking in I found it was a pair of Rectilinear 3s. Very impressive at the time.