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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.

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@tvrgeek 

So are the Elacs what you use every day, and no other speaker?

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@tvrgeek 

So which speakers that "suck" do you listen to?

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@limomangus 

Are you still using them?

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@inna 

Any vintage speakers that sound as good overall as, say, JM Labs Grand Utopia ?

That would depend on what you're looking for. If it was dynamics for instance, old horns will beat them. In other ways I'm sure that the Utopias are more faithful to a source.

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Kenjit...yes, that's a definite possibility! Certainly a stupid and presumptuous thread.

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You're wrong about Altec A7's and Khorns, as well as some Electro Voice and I'm sure many others that I am missing. Prove it? That's impossible because it is a subjective evaluation, but I'm sure that you'll lose in a straw poll.

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