I am wondering how many listen to old speakers. I am not looking so much as to how long you owned them but how old are they. Are they your primary speakers? I am listening to a pair of 2003 Verity Parsifal Encores and continue to be pretty pleased with them.
bunch of 80s ADS stuff, some more modern Klipsch, Boston, weird old 'one offs' from various makers, mostly 70s and 80s. Had the ADS 1590/2 (2x sets) redone by Richard, and enjoy them very much now. Prices aside (got most of this stuff near free or free except the rework done by various people) this stuff still kicks arse.
I'm amazed and impressed to see many people here hanging on to speakers for so long. I've had some speakers for a long time, but my "main" speakers have been a parade of different models over the last couple decades.
My Thiel 3.7s and 2.7s are 5 to 9 years old. But I've had them for a couple years.
Other than that:
- MBL 121 speakers are about 10 years old
- Waveform Mach MC monitors are circa 2000, but I've had them for about 10 years.
- Spendor LS 3/5s - I've had them since 2001.
- Thiel 02 speakers - manufactured late 70's or early 80's. They were bought for my wife by my father in law in the 80's and I inherited them from her. Those old Thiels helped get me back into high end audio and they still sound so great I will never part with them.
Jond - "Guesstimating here but I traded a pair of Alon Lotus's for my current JMlabs Micro-Utopias back in 2006. The speakers were definitely used at that point, if I had to guess 3-5 years old so built somewhere between 2001-2003. I love them and they suit my room and system perfectly they're not going anywhere!"
I have a pair of altec 604 E. that are from the early 1960s. I have a pair of Fostex T 900 super tweeters to add to the top and a pair of 12 inch subs augmenting the bottom. This is my primary system and the only system. I used to have a pair of Tannoy Yorkminster's that were from around 2007 then moved to Tannoy golds and then moved to these Altecs. They are in custom boxes that are 3 inches thick all the way around and coated with anti-vibration coating. The empty box of one side is over 200 pounds.
My ads L400's are almost 40 years old. I also have a pair of diy Rega Kytes which are 80's vintage as well. Hmmm, so is my Tandberg 3012, Creek CAS3140, Kyocera 811 cassette deck but my Thorens TD125 mkII is from the 70's
Vandersteen 2Cs. I am the second owner. They are in 8/10 condition. They sound wonderful. Based on the serial numbers, Richard Vandersteen guessed they were built around 1979.
I have two pairs of AR 3s that I bought at a swap meet about 10 years ago. The outside of the speakers was still in good shape but the crossovers and a coupl3 of bass drivers needed help. I became friends with a fellow that works with Vintage AR and he helped me bring them up to now they sound wonderful. accirding to the serial numbers, they were made in the middle fifties. In the past I have owned B&W 801s and Duntech Princess speakers. I am a retired musician and have played in several Symphony Orchestras and I think that the ARs sound the way music should sound. Carter
Sorry about the errors in my post above. I hit the Post very quickly before reviewing it. Heck I am seventy nine years old , please give me a pass on this. Sorry. Happy listening everyone.
I have a vintage system; stereo I sold as a teenager. You know, Marantz 2230, empire turntable with Stanton cartridge, and JBL L100s and ESS AMT 1As. Lamp cord for speaker wires. The speakers have to be circa 1972.
My Infinity RS 1.5s were built around 1980. My backup speakers - Infinity Qb's were built around 1978. I've had lots of newer speakers, but I like the vintage Infinity sound, so I picked these up over the last few years.
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