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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.  
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I’ve been listening to the same pair of floor standing speakers for 44 years. They were manufactured in 1955. 

I used to shop once a year to see what else was out there that was significantly better at a reasonable price point, or even just somewhat better. 

I stopped bothering with this exercise about 10 years ago.
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