Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago


Does speaker technology really change that much?  As I'm listening to my Klipsch Heresy's in a bedroom setup, I decided to look up to see what $3k or so could buy me today used and was shocked to see the speakers I used to drool over, when I was done looking at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition ;), were available for a quarter or less of the money.

Revel Ultima
Sonus Faber
JM Lab Mezzo 

And more, are all available to buy used.

Seriously these were speakers I would daydream about.  How do they sound today compared to a speaker that you would spend $3k on new or even a few years old?  How could these $10k speakers from a time I can still remember, really sound like a $3k speaker?  My Klipsch's remind me that speakers even older and cheaper are irreplaceable to me, so why wouldn't I spend $3k for one of my old heroes?

What am I missing here?



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I wanted to own a pair of Apogee Diva's. Should have purchased them 20 years ago, certainly would have been a LOT CHEAPER...
16hzlover my Acoustat system is more than 30 years old. Roy Esposito who was one of the tech engineers at Acoustat rebuilds these systems.  I've been lucky enough to have my 2 TNT200 Power Amplifiers rebuilt ,upgraded and Monoblocked by Roy.  Incredible sound.  I'm waiting for my interfaces to be rebuilt and upgraded on my Acoustat Spectra 33's.  Keep in mind this system sounded really good before the rebuild after 30+ years. The stuff that's being built today,  don't know how they would perform after 30+ years. All in, my 30+ year old system will be around $6k and I would put it up against today's systems costing 5x that amount.