How old are your speakers

I still use the very underrated Infinity Prelude Compositions in one of my systems. Too bad Harmon Kardon screwed the pouch on this one. Robert Harley reviewed these in Stereophile circa 2001-02; he paired them up with the Cary 300SEI, which I also bought around that time. Very good. But I like the Infinity better with my Cary V12 in Triode mode, 50watts in to a 96db, 4 ohm speaker with a built-in 300 Mash amp driving the 12 inch woofers down to 25hz. A nicely balanced speaker top to bottom, then Harmon Kardon ruined it with subsequent iteration.

Although I no longer have them, for about 27 years beginning in 1983 my primary speakers were Pentagram P10's, the later generation version, designed by Michael Levy (whose present speaker company is Alta Audio). I briefly had various others during those years, including B&W 801's and two different pairs of large vintage Tannoys, but they were all outclassed by the P10's and I sold the others.

After about 25 years the surrounds on the woofers and bottom-mounted passive radiators developed some tears, and I had them redone by Bill Legall of Millersound.net. They are still providing beautiful music in the home of a relative.

Regards,
-- Al

I love my B@W Matrixs 800

My Meadowlark Heron's have been singing since 2002 !!

Some years ago, Jamo did some extensive research on how long folks keep their speakers, the average from that research was approximately 10 years.

Good Listening

Peter