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Recommendations for Vintage Speakers

I’m currently looking to put together a vintage system and am wondering what a good pair of full range, floor standing speakers would be. They would be powered by a Pioneer SX-1250. I listen to a very wide range of music, a lot of live Grateful Dead, Classic Rock, Metal, But also enjoy Jazz and even a little Big Band music once in a while. Thanks for your help!
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willieva
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I miss some of the older speakers with all of their flaws and colorations.. ..many just sounded musical.. These speakers all got to me thru a song or two that I heard thru them which  gave me goose bumps at the time.

I used to sell high end audio gear in the late 70's very early 80's

before moving on.

Altec Model 19 Jackson Browne The load out-Stay

Kef 104-AB .. Elton John  Love song

DCM Time window  Fleetwood Mac Gold Dust Woman.

Acoustat Model 3's  Christopher Cross  Sailing

Dahlquist DQ 10'S   Doors  Riders on the Storm.

Snell Type A.. Rolling Stones  Slave .

Rogers Studio 1   Supertramp  Even in the Quietest Moments

ADS 2030   The Police    Shadows in the rain.

Infinity Rs 4.5   The Police Don't stand so Close to Me.

Quad ES -63   Joni  Mitchell   Court and Spark

Acoustat Model 4..  10cc I'm not in love

Dahlquist DQM 9     Steely Dan .. Hey Nineteen

B&W 801.... Bruce Cockburn Wondering where the lions are

Kef 
105    Loggins and Messina Angry Eyes long version.

ADS  910    Led Zepplin In the Evening

Acoustat 2+2    James Taylor Something in the way she moves

thanks for the memories




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willieva
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Gale 401's were very musical , I remember hearing those at a winter CES show .. They had the chrome tops and bottoms, laying sideways on some chrome stands .. sorry i did not get the chance to spend any length of time with them, but If i remember correctly they had some hefty low end. Can't remember what they were powering them with.
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willieva
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jtgofish..

I wish I could have  spent more time with them or had a rep drop them by our store to listen to them a few days.. The other speaker I was curious about listening to was the Linn Isobarik.

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willieva
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Rogers Studio 1 was a great sounding speaker , you needed good power behind them, I never had the opportunity to hear the 1a which was supposed to be superior?  I was in audio sales during that time and got to hear a lot of great speakers and electronics during the late 70's and early 80's before getting out of the trade. I miss those days.. didn't make much money but had a great time experiencing the trends at that time.
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