An Advent Guy

Other than higher resolution, which can also be defined as listening fatigue, there have been very few, if any, improvements in audio since about 1989.

Cheers,

cwlondon

These were my first "serious" speakers - I think my brother still is using them.

They are a classic.

I know it ain't perfect but I'm loving the sound coming out of my early 80's vintage Dual 1264 table with almost as ancient Goldring MM cartridge in in my second system more than ever with the equally vintage Yamaha cr-420 receiver I adapted off Ebay last summer.

OK the speakers are less dated Triangle Titus 202s, but don't hold that against me. Hey, even they are amazingly a good 9-10 years old already as well!

Cwlondon,

I hear what you're saying. In terms of possible sound quality, I might agree in general but there have been improvements to many individual component designs I'm pretty sure. How significant are they? That's largely debateable.

I do think Class D amps are one design that have broken considerable new ground at least in terms of efficiency if not ultimate sound quality, but I do think Class D makes a good high current high power amp affordable for many and that is significant.

the variety and scope of selling 'two drivers in a box' is unending. sometimes 'getting back to where you once belonged' helps to put the insanity in check. the last time i was in london i heard a very infamous 2 way (oversized bookshelf) type speaker selling for 7 thousand pounds....was it cool?...oh yeah...was it in a different league than my old buddy, the large advent?... not at all.....the cabinets were 'beautiful', but a weekend with the advents reminded me that the '20 year old me' wouldn't have spent 20 seconds pondering the worth of a 7k pair of anything.