vintage versus modern speakers

I've heard of some apples to oranges comparison before, but that takes the cake,

Aren't you the person who was bringing all that insight about Chevy Vegas?

I have a friend who specializes in vintage speakers. He repairs/rebuilds them and sells the ones he does not want to keep. Most of the older speakers 70s & 80s lets say, have a very musical sound. Some really have an excellent mid-range. That may be to the box sound as I call it. Depending on the design, some are more open and some have better bass. It also depends on what you match them up with. The newer (maybe not the current models) designed speakers like Alon, Meadowlark, Vandersteen (used in your price range) are more open and balanced top to bottom versus the much older box speakers. Each speaker has strengths and weaknesses and match up with different components differently. When I hear the oldies at my friends house, the mid-range sucks you into the music at first but then you realize that you are missing so much more. BUT I could like with that if I only listened so much and vocal music, etc.

Happy Listening.

I am the proud owner of Apogee caliper signature bought in 1990 and to get the same musical level today would cost me a little fortune.

You can buy very good speakers today for very little money. Especially in the lower and mid price ranges. I still have my seventies Infinity Reference Standard 2.5s. They were very good speakers and I used them for over 20 years. They are in my 5th system now because although they are still good, a 600 dollar pair of MMGs does most things better than the old Infinites. Time has marched on.