The oldest speakers I own are the Spica TC-50s, which are probably about 25 years old. Properly set up, they sound about as good as any speaker I own, and I own quite a few.
I agree with the above-poster about speaker technology not having changed much. After all, 90 percent of them are various drivers in some form of a wooden enclosure.
I'm of the mind, though, that most speakers (once past a certain price point) are all generally very good sounding, provided you have the rest of your gear/room setup to take advantage of any given speaker. For example, huge speakers in a small room or tiny monitors in a huge room would probably not be ideal.
Newer is definitely not better in the speaker world, except when it is.
I agree with the above-poster about speaker technology not having changed much. After all, 90 percent of them are various drivers in some form of a wooden enclosure.
I'm of the mind, though, that most speakers (once past a certain price point) are all generally very good sounding, provided you have the rest of your gear/room setup to take advantage of any given speaker. For example, huge speakers in a small room or tiny monitors in a huge room would probably not be ideal.
Newer is definitely not better in the speaker world, except when it is.