Yes.
I use vintage Ohm L's and Walsh 2's, though I have upgraded, re-furbished or enhanced each to some extent from their original configuration.
I also still have a pair of "vintage" Realistic Minimus 7's with wood veneer cabinets in use out on my deck. These are original configurations, no tweaks or refurbs. They still sound great for what they are and cost originally ($50). Amazingly, though protected directly from teh elements, these have lasted in continuous regular seasonal outdoor use now for 10 years. The cabinets very much show the wear and tear from the elements, much like a wooden garden bench would, but the sound is still pristine and excellent. |
Some say that 25 years is a good number for being qualified as vintage. Here's an older AA thread:
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/vintage/messages/11/111256.html
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What exactly qualifies as vintage? 1979' and back? Seriously.. 1999' and back? Or simply speakers before plastics were used etc.. So big coffins with no damping material, and paper drivers? I am not being a smart A$$ but curious. |
JBL C-70 from the 70's..........sound very good with my pair of mc-225. |
I alternately use Wharfedale W-60Es, Smaller Advents, Polk Monitor 10As and Infinity RS 2001's |
AR 11's are in my living room, the grills were replaced with Radio Shack foam.
They sound great and the walnut veneer is quite nice.
Best $40 speakers ever! No subs needed, the 12 inch woofers go really low. As with most older acoustic suspension speakers you do need some power to drive them- these are 4 ohm.
I also have some nice KLH 2 way #17's in my bedroom.
My ears are vintage why not some speakers! |
Dear Sir/Madam,
I own a pair of Lincoln Walsh OHM A's which I consider the "Cats Meow"
Do you or anyone else on this websight own a pair? If so, I would like to compare notes.
BR
Stefan |
I have Leslie DVX15’s hooked up in my second system right now, and late 70’s Obelisks in my bedroom. I also have EPI 350’s, DA D8’s and D12’s and Innotech D24’s that I also use occasionally. I have quite a few others as well, but these are the ones that I have used recently. |
I have a 1974 sansui sp-5500's the best that sansui ever made period! One of the best sounding speakers eer made! |
22 year old JBL 250Ti's, with a few mods, still pleasing. |
Ess amt 1b-amazing-will put many high-ends to shame. |
I have a pair of 1970's Sansui sp-2700's.
These are VERY good sounding and very cool looking speakers.
These are the most neutral and best sounding speakers I have ever owned.
I noticed no one mentioned the Sansui sp line of speakers.
Has anyone owned the sp-2500's or sp-2700's and care to comment on these speakers?
I know the sp-2500's have a efficiency rating of 98 dB 8 ohms.
Does anyone know the rating for the sp-2700's? I cant find the info. anywhere.
These speakers have to be the best buy in audio.
Lots of Sansui sp series speakers on eBay that usually go for $200-$300 shipped.
I bought my absolutely mint pair for sp-2700's from a local on craislist.
The speakers 'and' a mint Sansui 333 receiver (mid fi) cost me $40.
I also have a near perfect pair of Dynaco A-25's I bought for $6/pair at a thrift shop. |
been using various vintage maggies for over 30 years. love the sound for jazz, blues and angelic femail voices. |
I have been using Ohm Walsh 4s since 1984 and they have served me well. There may be better speakers on the market,but I have never had the upgrade bug with them, and they look unique with their trapezoid look. Just recently, I have had them upgraded to the Ohm Walsh 4.5 S3 (Ohm Walsh 5 S3 drivers shoehorned into the 4s) but have not had the chance to hear them as my Yamaha CR 2040 just recently kicked the bucket. |
I use my ADS L880's I have owned since I bought them new in 1984 in a second system. |
I've been listening to Bozak 401s since 1975. I like the sound. But perhaps even more, just looking at them brings me back to the (sometimes good) old days. A lot of music, and a lot of life, has gone by accompanied by what came out of those guys. |
Hi, yes, I am using Acoustat 6 with Acoustat direct drive tube amps. I have owned the 6's for close to 20 years and prior to that a pair of Acoustat 3. They are indestructible and I plan on listening to them till I can no longer breathe.
Bob |
Still using a pair of Polk SDA-2B that I bought used many years ago. I remember the first time we played music on them, wife and I just looked at each other with that "so this is what we have been missing" look on our faces.It's great getting speakers that sound better than the previous ones...sort of like rediscovering your music collection all over again! |
I'm not sure if these are considered vintage, but I have a 1986 pair of Rauna Tyr II monitors in my bedroom system. |
My home theater speaker system consists of kg4's (mains) a kv3 centre and a pair of kg1's as rears. I pieced this all together over the past several years and am quite pleased with the performance. The kg4's seem to have lost some of their low end, but my 10 and 12" subs fill the void effortlessly. |
Tannoy Westminster HW. Fantastic! And HUGE. Just added a non-vintage component - Tannoy supertweeters ST200 designed especially for Westminsters and the rest of the Prestigge line. Now it's absolutely fantastic! |
I've been using a pair of Wharfdale WS/2's (mfr~1963) for some time now in our living room with respectable electronics (meridian cd player, "vintage" Carver amp) and friends are blown away by how life-like they sound. I enjoy what they do with vocalists, acoustic and small venue jazz. My dad was the original owner and had a stereo store in the '60s. I'll always keep them for sentimental reasons, and though I plan to use something else in my dedicated room (Verity/Totem/Joseph/Revel??) I'll never tire of the expression on faces of those hearing something really good for the first time. I imagine that's part of the reason dad enjoyed demo-ing this stuff 40 years ago! |
i dont have any speakers that arent vintage;
Teledyne AR-9
Teledyne AR-91
ADS L-810
ADS L-710
Large Advent Utility
Wharfedale W60-D |
Acoustat 1+1 from the mid-late 80's with Medallion transformers.
Still sounds great! |
Vintage? You bet!! I started using vintage speakers when first infected with this hobby because it was all I could afford. I've now spent more on upgrading vintage monitors than I would have spent on a "great" modern speaker but I bet you can guess which gets my hair to stand up! ;-)
Vintage monitors (good ones like Altecs) compete with the best current offerings and when carefully tweaked they simply BLOW AWAY most of the best current offerings. The only downside is a loss of imaging. They can image, but they don't make you duck and hide from overhead sources like some speakers can do.
It's really about the drivers. I have had great luck with vintage Altecs and JBLs placed into upgraded cabinets (thick MDF with better fill, bracing, and joinery) while keeping with the same internal dimensions (volume) of the originals. Put some sort of anti-vibration adhesive coverings on metal horns, update all cones and diaphragms with OEM factory originals (where available), put modern terminals and wiring in the enclosures and stand back.
There is nothing like a great modern day tube amp pairied with a vintage Altec two way monitor. |
Speakers A = Yorkville YSM 1 studio monitors, Speakers B = Tangent TM 1, all powered by a vintage Marantz 2220 B...awesome natural tone used for mixing my own music played and recorded live off the floor of my design build showroom ! |
Klipsch cornwall's, chorus |
LOLO....any pics of the Vitavox drivers?? I have been considering getting some as they come once in awhile on ebay...to compare to the Tannoy Monitor Golds I had. |
Bozak B-410 CG's, EV12trxb's and Audax A-105 vintage 15" coaxes..all awesome in their own way! I had before
JBL L-96's, Quad ESL-63's. |
KLH Model 6.....I use them in a scond (bedroom) system and they still sound great. |
use them in the kitchen/family room. remarkable how nice they sound 20+ years later! |
Ive got a pair of Tannoy Red 12" Monitors 1950s extacted from Queen ElizbethII cruiser.I am using them in one of my system with Sansui AU 111 vintage tube amp and Thorens SME 3009 II arm combo.
Ali |
I have Acoustic Research 93's bought in 1979. Very natural and honest sound. A bit hard to drive but worth the cost in amplification. I still love the sound but will need to replace the aging rubber suspension for the spaekers sometime soon. The old acoustic suspension design still sounds great with whatever you run through them. Very tight without any muddiness found in so many bass reflex speakers. |
I THINK I'm using vintage speakers. I got a pair of Dali IV's from used record shop for twenty bucks. I'm awaiting new woofer surrounds as the foam is flaking away. Even so, they sound great, though the bass is too boomy for my tastes. I hope new foam surrounds will tighten up the low end. Does anyone know when Dali IV's were manufactured? |
Quad ESL-57s
Just got them, they're amazing, not perfect for every kind of music, difficult to set up in the room, but when they work, oh my gosh they work. Right now Schubert's second piano trio Op. 100 with Stern/Istomin/Rose is so perfectly precise, just rich enough, you'd swear they're in the room with you.
Surprisingly my AKSA drives them with no sweat whatsoever.
Refurbed by Wayne Piquet from Florida and up on his big rigid metal stands. They're white (see the system page).
Patrick |
I'm using some Altec 887a Capri's. I recently had to fix them because the magnet came apart. Overall they are decent ( except maybe lacking some treble. I like the fact that they use an 8" woofer instead of the typical wimpy 6 incher.
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I still have a pair of ESS Heil speaker that I bought back in 1971 still sound wonderful.. |
I have a mint condition pair of Electrovoice Patrician 800's - the ones with the 30 inch woofers and 103 dB sensitivity circa late 60's vintage. Unfortunately, they are way to big to get to my downstairs music room (~300 lbs each and very large) so they sit forlornly in the corners of our living room with nothing hooked up to them. They are really pretty amazing speakers considering they are over 30 yrs old. The low end is incomparable even against the best of todays designs.
Mark |
I'm still using (and loving) my Infinity RS 1-B's! |
I purchased a pair of 12” Coral 12-TX50 12" Full Range Alnico Coaxial Speakers on EBay. I can’t find any info on them. At the very least they look cool. I will play around with open baffle Enclosures... Any Thoughts.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Coral-12-TX50-12-Full-Range-Alnico-Coaxial-Speakers_W0QQitemZ190016520245QQihZ009QQcategoryZ50597QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
arden |
1977 Klipsch Cornwalls-upgraded crossovers with Welborne Labs Moondogs 2A3 SET amps. 1983 Klipsch Cornwalls-upgraded crossovers that need to be installed with deHavilland Aries 845 SET amps. 1979 walnut Advent 1's, 1980 walnut New Large Advents-stacked double Advents-top Advent 1 inverted with Mcintosh MC 7150 amp. I like the sonic flavors of both Klipsch Heritage and Advents. |
Speakerlab SUper Sevens, made by Speakerlab in Seattle in 1979. 12", 10", 15" mid horn, and 4" tweeter per speaker. I moved to B&W 802N, my son put the Speakerlabs to his room, and every time I go to his room, he listens to hip-hop, and it sounds good even at very low volumes.
thanks |
In one of my systems I'm using a pair of Tannoy Little Gold Monitors which date from right about 1972. |
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I use Tannoy Arundel, 15in. coaxial ca. 1980. Redone the crossovers (without changing the values) with Mundorf caps, Solen Litz coils, Mills resistors and WBT posts. Refinished the veneer with burr walnut and they are stunning. They may not have the most «hifi» sound but they are coherent and musical, can listen for hours without fatigue. |
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Speaking of B&W...I forgot about the speakers playing right behind me...B&W DM1200 monitors from about 1983. |
My secondary gameroom system has New Large Advents, with the improved tweeter and walnut cabinets. |
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Yes I use them I have 4 pairs older than 1985 I can think of. Posted a thread a while back got a lot of responses. What did you want to chat about? Everyone likes to talk about whatever the latest thing is. My speakers are any where between 47 years and a few months old. I just bought more in fact but haven't dated them yet. |
