Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers

Given the advances in materials and electronics, I would expect more current speakers to provide better sound reproduction. I say this as a Vandersteen owner who knows that Mr. V. constantly integrates new parts and electronics into the venerable 2 and 3 series speakers in order to produce better sound. A 1980 Vandy 2 will not be as good as a current 2ce Sig.
That being said, no I have not tried playing vintage and current speakers side by side.
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It's not that I am saying vintage speakers won't hold there own,but that technology has made them better.
Also, comparing 20-40 year old speakers, without restoration is not a fair comparison.
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@j_stereo ,
You make some good points. I remember hifi mags in the 70-80's were always focused on distortion figures, and that high fidelity meant reproducing sound without artifacts or coloration of the signal.
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