The year is 1986


Recently I felt compelled to replicate a system from my college days(hold the sarcasm) just to see how it would rate with modern speakers, etc. Here are the 3 choices:
Cerwin Vega D3
Klipsch KG4
JBL L80T

THis is primarily for a vinyl based system. If you could only choose one of the above speakers, which one, and why?
FWIW...power is going to be circa '86 Nad, rotel, or adcom.
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Love it!

My son still uses my late-80's Onkyo receiver (I did have the power supply rebuilt - it's been powered up constantly for the past 12 years). I unfortunately ditched my Boston Acoustics A60s Series II speakers during a move (didn't realize how simple it was to re-foam woofers)...but have upgraded him to a restored set of Boston Acoustics A150s. My original Onkyo cassette player is still connected (although never used). Need to hit Goodwill for an Onkyo CD player to complete the setup (as my original CD player died many moons ago).

It's hard to compare systems, because when I throw in a mix tape from back in the day, it sounds...well, like I'm sitting in my parent's basement. I was thankful to simply have my own stereo in my room.
I owned KG4's back then & decided to "upgrade" to JBL L100T's & it was a huge step backwards. I never gave them time to "break-in" as we didn't know about such things back then:) I sold the JBL's in a week via local newspaper classified ad & eventually bought Klipsch Choruses. I used a Luxman L-430 integrated w/the KG4's.

I understand your desire to put such a system together - heck my living room TV is a 1985 Mitsubishi 26" Damn thing won't croak...