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

kingsleuy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 181 posts 10-12-2023 at 05:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I don't know how old you are. 1970's was my "high school" era, I lived thru when you are speaking. Writing, I will agree with you as All but a few were of today "Audiophile" standards. ESL speakers as commented above I still highly regarded now. Speaker design and materials have advanced tremendously. Now we have internet. Audiophile dedicated magazines. Reviews. Youtube. We had brick and mortar audio stores. Many as a side offering to their main business. TV repair and stereo shop. Best Buy! A small corner of Audio. What they had was what we were exposed to. For a long time, The Voice of the Theatre speaker was the voice of the theatre. When you went to see a movie, that was what you were probably listening to.