Vintage vs New


My children growing older and leaving home has allowed me to get back into our common interest. I find myself wanting a new pair of speakers and I’m torn between some vintage models that interested me in easier times, but were not obtainable due to budgetary limitations, and current models with their state of the art drivers.  Case in point: B&W 801 Matrix Anniversary vs. anything in the 702/703.
I would like to hear people’s thoughts.  
mjjw

Showing 1 response by davidclarke

I love vintage speakers.  Problem is there are many things that can age in a speaker.  I worked for AR (Acoustic Research) in the mid 1970's.  I bought some 10pi speakers in 1980.  I pulled them out a few years back and brought them back to near new shape.  That cost around $500.00, more than I paid for the speakers.

They still sound great, still eat lots of power.  I gave them to a friend of mine to start building his system.

Another thing - Used speakers on eBay can be a great deal, for what they are.