How long should high quality speakers last?


My Zu Omen Def MKii (rev B) are going on 13-14 years old. The speakers sound wonderful. I have no intention of parting with them. The speakers came with the latest ZU tweeter design. How long should I expect the speakers to last without any issues? I do not abuse the speakers and run them with my Luxman 595ase amp. 

aberyclark

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At around the 25 year mark, I started to hear a noise from one of my Von Schweikert VR-4 speakers.  It sounded like it was coming from a tweeter. I checked and the original tweeters were no longer available (I later found some NOS tweeters on eBay). I checked with Madisound and selected a pair of ScanSpeak tweeters.  Installed them and still had the problem. Turns out it was the midrange driver (go figure). An Audax driver that was still in production.  Replaced them and all is good. 

I actually prefer the ScanSpeak tweeters, so I left them in.  These speakers are sitting under covers waiting for my son to have space.