vintage versus modern speakers


Since I have had so many excellent insights and answers to my question, here is the second chapter of my "free" education: are great vintage speakers (Infiniti, JBL,Sansui, Sony, etc..) from the seventies better sounding than what is available now? the X factor in that equation is the cost, since my speaker budget is only 1500$ for two speakers.

Ladies and Gentlemen, your advice will be read and taken into consideration.
Thank you.
rockanroller

Showing 2 responses by wolf_garcia

JBL L100s have a frequency curve that looks like a smile...all highs and lows. I liked them back in the day but modern stuff is often designed with a much more even (accurate) frequency response overall, and usually far less coloration.
I really like the sound of many of my 60's and early 70's LPs like Jeff Beck's "Truth" and Tull's "Stand up"...some of this stuff sounds really cool on modern gear...Donovan's stuff with John Bonham et al...kick ass.