totally go vintage, you're young and have many years to develop the disease of over-intellectualizing "audiophilia nervosa" and/or "mmtb syndrome." just have fun for now. i had a PMA-777 under my arm when i came home from the navy back in the 80s. like johnk said, altecs are nice, as are electro-voice and some heathkit speakers (using jensen drivers). many have accordion surrounds that won't rot, and will blast the dorm with ease. check out thrift stores. another aspect of using vintage is you don't feed into the consumer mentality of perpetually disposable goods.
