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vintage versus modern speakers

Since I have had so many excellent insights and answers to my question, here is the second chapter of my "free" education: are great vintage speakers (Infiniti, JBL,Sansui, Sony, etc..) from the seventies better sounding than what is available now? the X factor in that equation is the cost, since my speaker budget is only 1500$ for two speakers.

Ladies and Gentlemen, your advice will be read and taken into consideration.
Thank you.
rockanroller
gilles130
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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.
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russ69
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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.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Bigkidz, very interesting post. I think any music lover
would be happy with any Meadowlark I ever heard.
IMO the old-time 60's , 70's speaker that would be most competitive today is the little KLH 17.
alaric62
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My A/D/S L1530 speakers were amazing, and would still be great speakers today. Very good audio gear tends to be just that-very good. "Technology" may have advanced, but probably a lot more than actual improvement in sound quality over the best "vintage" gear.With good capacitors and drivers a speaker should be as good as it was at break in. My $.02
flightar
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With $1,500.00 to spend the best you can do IMHO is Magnepan.
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