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Searching for the ideal vintage bookshelf speakers.
Unclechoppy,There is a certain satisfaction and appreciation owning vintage equipment.  Of the speaker choices you've listed, I have owned the AR-10tt; it used the same components as the AR-11 but also included adjustments for bass along with adju... 
Custom Bozak Loud Speakers
Speaker wise, except for the super tweeter, these are the components of a Concert Grand.  But a factory Concert Grand had dimensions of around 36"W x19"D x 52"H, and should have a factory sticker(which could have come off) on the back.  They were ... 
Combination McIntosh tube amp with SS preamp?
Don't know how much this will help you since most of my gear is of fairly old vintage. I have a SS Mark Levinson ML-1 preamp controlling a rebuilt Mac 240 tube amp driving a pair of mid seventies Klipschorns. The sound is very clean and dynamic an... 
Stephens Trusonic Speakers
Stephens Trusonic was my first purchase of audiophile speakers, nearly fifty years ago. They were popular in the fifties and sixties, of excellent quality and very well regarded; similar to JBL but not quite as expensive. Mine were the 8 inch vers... 
Speaker Set-Up: Use of a Plumb Bob
I have mine gimbal mounted with built in gyro's. 
Good mid-priced speakers for vintage Mac?
Macs and Bozaks were a very popular pairing in the fifties and sixties. They would often use each other's equipment to demo their products. With the Mac30 there is a good chance that your father's Bozaks were the model B302A/Concerto V. They came ...