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Who has the oldest speakers?

When my older brother came home from the service in 1971, he had a very large Pioneer stereo system. It came with some very large floorstanding speakers. I don't see him very often, but I saw him last month and to my surprise, he still has the same system, with the same speakers and believe it or not, it sounds great. He takes really good care of the system and it is in immaculate shape. That makes those speaker about 30 years old, more or less.

How about you guys?
matchstikman
richingoth
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I assume this is the JBL historical site .
steevo
1 posts
 
I have JBL Lancer 101's, Adriatic marble tops. I bought them new in 1968. LE 175 horn/lens with 14 inch woofers.
They have been disconnected for the past 20 years. Going to be hooking them up again soon.I never see a reference to these speakers on the web, must not be a lot of them around. Cost was about $1000 for the pair when purchased.
crest
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Humidity kills speakers in 20-- 25 years or less. Play them loud and they'll blow. I had a pair of B & O s for 25, simply because I'd neglected replacing them.
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boa2
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1977 Klipsch La Scala's, which will go into a second system once we get our 1978 Klipschorns delivered in the next couple months. We've spent far more, and had much newer, but not found anything we like more.
line
107 posts
 
1962 Warfedale W90...Sand filled oak cabinets; still in the basement, still work fine. What they sound like and what i listen to now are miles and miles and miles apart.

If anybody wants them, you may come out and get them.
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