I am mostly a lurker and reader here and see very little conversation about vintage speakers (pre 1985). I have owned Altec 604's for about a year now and love the hell out of them. Just wondered if there are other vintage users in this crowd?
Sold my Magnepan MG-1s in Late 2007 after a well over 25 year run. Even had 'em factory rebuilt once. A 'landmark' in my personal stereo development. Replacement? New 1.6s, of course!
In a second system, I have 1978 Altec Model 19s, driven by a turntable of similar vintage and an amp which is just a little bit younger. They are wonderful. And they are the best bang for buck I can think of in speakerland.
Being from New England I've collected three models of the Acoustic Research speakers, the AR-9, AR-3A, and the Ar-2AX, as well as a pair of the Large Advents. I must admit the only pair I have set up are the AR-9s which are legendary four-way speakers with two 12-inch woofers. Must find a good home for the other speakers one of these days.
I have several pair of vintage speakers-still have my original AR 3a's tucked away in the closet-my daughter has my ess amt 1b's.Recently I traded and picked up a pair of ohm walsh 2. I am using them in a second system in the house with my ancient AR amp--about 35 yrs old and a very old Onkyo cd player nothing fancy with the cables or speaker wire.I gotta say the walsh's are something else-you can't believe equipment this old could sound this good!
Have used many excellent modern speakers from budget to pricey, but like vintage better. Currently using Tannoy Cheviots in one sysemt and KLH Model 6s in the other system.
The vintage speakers have a really nice "chesty" sound to them that I find modern speakers don't have.
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