At a given price point, better to go late vintage or modern?

@jjss49 your surround and cap scenerio exactly describes the history of my old AR9's.

@tomic601 Jim. Your are biased, agreed.  Common theme it seems, that is, had Thiel and moved on, settled on Vandy's.  Good to know.  I wasn't even aware that the 1Ci was even still in production, I'll research for a local dealer.

@stringreen probably blow the dust off an old Hacker 220 amp and preamp that's been resting first.  Everything discussed so far on this thread plays nice with SS electronics, right?

Thanks

I dunno...

Vacation home is under construction, it's naked.  The listening room would be overpowered by the AR9's I fear.   

The vacation home will be 2.0 or 2.1, a critical music room, not home theater.  At this point we do not have plans to have a 5.1 at the vacation home.  Although, those stinking Jones SP-FS52 Pioneers would probably work great work there as front speakers.

Tomic:

Yes sir, Shure cartridge, Grace arm, Thorens turntable, Apt Holman preamp (still my favorite), DH500 Hafler and the AR9's since the late 80's.

Thanks for the link, one solo listening chair, who's the boss?

Holmz, I agree.  Not two different schools of thought but different designer sound signatures.  That is, at least with my limited experience.  The Vandy's I have the most time with were 2's, not sure what generation.  They were definitely sort of bland, could listen to those for hours without fatigue.  Sort of had their own loudness compensation to my ears.  

My only time  with Thiels was mid 80's when two friends were deciding whether the Thiel's were up to the task against the original large Advents.  I was partial to the Advents as my later college years had stacked Advents in the house.  Still miss those...

The Thiel's were in your face when pushed.  No clear winner that night except when playing Floyd where the Advents, to my biased ear, better conveyed their concert presence.  

Indeed.

The original question was to seek consensus, generally, if say $6,000 speakers that have now devalued to $2,000 would be superior to younger models at the same $2,000 price of admission.

This whole thought has its origin in my H.T. front 2019 Pioneer FS52 mini towers which for pocket change are more than remarkable, actually stunning.