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

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Ya the 110Z was hot Rod  by two guys Modeferi of Mac fame and a great tech w ears here in WA - Elite Audio Tech only works on Mac, logging road for driveway to shop..  
the Apogees are wonderful, but so are my ESL 63… nothing in that room is stock… well the NAIM is…
good on ya Heavy
aspiration should always exceed energy
well….a properly upgraded (Mike Samra )and maintained MC240 with the right tubes ( Andy at VTS ) is probably as far as ya can get a transformer tube amp. The MC240 xformer one of the best ever. Roger Modjeski and a few others….

run a set of ESL63 off that…


https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7106

pictures of that and lots of great gear in my vintage system photos….rather than blather on about things never heard, busy….listening…..