i'm still listening to my ads L470s, which cost me (no kidding) $5 at a garage sale. excellent clarity and surprisingly deep, tight bass for such little boxes. likewise, my polk monitor 10b has outlasted innumerable others and remains one of the great mancave rock and roll speakers.
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My bedroom system is using a set of KLH Model 19s which are a small bookshelf speaker with dual 4" full range drivers. They image pretty well but no bass, but they do go low enough that it was no worries integrating them with a sub that rolls in below 60Hz.
I'm hoping to get a speaker about the same size that has more resolution soon. But the amp was specifically designed to not make more than 5 watts/channel. So I need something that is as easy to drive.
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I'm using Infinity RS1.5s. Since buying them for $264 about 5 years ago, I've tried to replace them 3 times with some much more expensive floorstanders. In all three cases, the much more expensive floorstanders have been shown the back door..... |
I have two pair of vintage speakers, apogee duetta 2 and polk audio sda2a's. The apogee's are bone stock, and the Polk's have been upgraded with new tweeters, high end capacitors, resistors and inductors, |
Almost all vintage here:
JBL L-150 purchased from Illinois circa 1975 or 76. Still in use. Lots more JBL - L-65, L-100, L-110, L-220, L-300, 4333, 4343, 4350. Multiple pairs of several of those. Altec Segovias, Altec Valencias, Scott S-10 and S-11, KLH Model 4, Boston T-1030, Dynaco A-25 (one pair clean, the other pair NOS still in the boxes((to pair with reference standard dead stock ST70 just back from frame off restoration)) ), Heathkit AS-101, maybe some others I can’t think of right now. All are still in my current collection. I’ve sold off about half or the list would be a lot longer. Need to get rid of the rest but it’s like selling children.
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What is vintage?
Have a pair of MTX AAL154 I think?
cerwin Vega D-9 pair, new crossover caps, air coil etc etc,
BIC venturi v830 and v630.
Bought the Vega d-9 new about 1986-1987. Unboxed, one in back seat, one in trunk of my 84 cutlass supreme.
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Once you get into co/triaxial speakers, hard to get out unless you are looking for a different sound. I love my Altec's, so coherent. Subwoofers? |
I have Klipsh horns from 1970, Yamaha NS100M from 1978, PSB stratus Gold from 1984, Boston Acoustics A 400 from slightly later than '85. I love them all and play them all. They do all sound different but they do also all sound great. Almost forgot Sonab A-116, I have not played those in years but I still have them. |
Just wondered if there are other vintage users in this crowd?
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Vintage is just as good as newer models,,
But next to my Wide band, sorry No Cigar.
Wide Bands are the new high fidelity tech speaker.
So... no Vintage for this guy. |
I recently bought a clean pair of 16 ohm Altec 604Es in nicely-made but non-Altec cabinets. The crossovers are original too (N1500-A) but I have a pair of 16 ohm Mastering Labs crossovers on the way.
These will be the 4th pair of Altecs I've owned beginning in 1960 (!) with a single 604C in mono then a 604D picked up new in 1962 for a stereo pair.
I replaced these in the mid 70s with a used pair of Model 17s with 604-8G drivers. Five years ago I bought a pair of Model 19s which proved too big for our small home. My current 604Es are in smallish cabinets and work very nicely with 3 10" JL Audio subs.
Anyone else using the ML Xovers?
Fred |
I only have vintage. Infinite Slope Model 1, Dahlquist DQ12s, ADS L1290 and finally the set that made them all expendable Speaker Lab SK corner horns.
Nobody asked but I also have vintage equipment. 2 Dynaco ST-70, SAE Mark XXIV, the original owner of Luxman M2000 and Luxman CL-35 preamp and also a Hafler DH 500.
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My current stable is Infinity qB, Infinity RS1.5 and JSE Infinite Slope 1.8. The JSE's are the best built and most impressive looking. But the Infinity RS1.5s are my favorite sounding speaker. They even survived a pair of Vandersteen 3s I bought to replace them.... |
Kef r107's for keeps ... after Nautilus 802, Sonus faber Luito towers, Avalon eclipse, Klipsch RP-8060FA, Tyler acoustics, snell E3's, Type D, vienna acoustics..all sold. But can't let go of kef 107.. I guess it'll be forever.
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I still use and love my IRS Beta
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I utilize Western Electric 713b drivers and a Western Electric 12025 horn in my speaker system. The 713b's are probably from the early 1940's. To me, they are among the finest compression drivers ever made.
I like a number of modern wide range drivers, like the AER BD series, the Cube Audio Nenuphar driver, and various Voxativ drivers, Songer field coil driver, etc. But, I would not dismiss some very much older wide range drivers. The Jensen/ERP M10 field coil driver is a terrific sounding driver that competes with any of the modern drivers I've heard and it comes from the 1940's.
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I bought my Altec 604-8G's when I was 18. I am now 66. Everything else has changed but the Altec's are still here. Bill @ GPA did his magic on them a few years ago and I finally had some custom 620 cabinets built. 1.5 watts of SET 45 tube amps and the sound is spectacular. I have listened to many systems over my years and still nothing moves me as much as these things.
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