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What vintage speaker might you use today

Like to find out what "vintage speakers" members would/might use in their current audio set-up

Do you think what made them special was the synergy between them and the amp used, or just the fact they were well designed and performed way above their price tag.??
sunnyjim
unsound
7,327 posts
 
Thiel 3.5's. Well designed and perform(ed) well above their price tag, though amplifier choice is important.
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bdp24
9,711 posts
 
Right Jim, the transmission line loading of the woofers in the ESS "Trans" series speakers made for unusually deep and tight bass for the time. The dome tweeter in the lesser ESS' was okay, but those RTR ESL's in the Trans-Static were SOTA. Fulton used the RTR add-on tweeter assembly (which contained six of the tweeters) in his Model J loudspeaker in '74, another really good one.
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johnk
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I have a good num of vintage loudspeakers about and a few that are modernized. Mostly I use my Community Extended Leviathans with 4x 15in altec 515b- TAD 4001 midranges- Fostex t500amk2 tweeters. I also enjoy my RCA MI Shearer horns they have a real type of sound quality and even jaded industry professionals have fawned over them.
karlmoeller
1 posts
 
Jensen Imperials with the 15" Triaxial loudspeakers.

cl_1301
1 posts
 
Tannoy Gold 15" with GRF Rectangular
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