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 richopp

Magnepan--1969-today.

Still the best, always will be.

Boxes distort.
Horns belong on poles at HS football stadiums.
Pure electrostatics are brittle at volume and cause very quick "listening fatigue"--i.e., "THAT"S ENOUGH"
Hybrids require too many items in the chain and degrade input/output (Fulton Modular J and Levinson HQD, for example.)

Unfortunately, not everyone has a room or equipment that work with them. 

When you hear only what goes in, you have to deal with what produces it.

Cheers!