Does anyone like vintage speakers?

I agree with Mechans. Vintage is pre 1970. I don't think anything made in those days come close to today's fare.

Being extremely biased, I believe speaker evolution reached a ceiling in the mid 1980's, with the advent of the Apogee, and that ceiling has yet to be breached. I know of several speaker makers who have used Apogees to voice their new creations.

Yeah, I have to add to Muralman1's comments that the App Stages were in class by themselves. They had there faults (a bit boomy bass, not too much depth), but these seemed to be part of their character that just made them brilliant overall. It's hard to believe that these sold for around $3000! I think they were just too good to be true.

I bought the Wharfedale W90's new in 1963 for $250 pr. and still have them. The odd thing about the 12 1/2" woofers is that the face of them are flat and appear to be some kind of black styrofoam. They have very solid cabinets that are sand filled and heavy. The bass response is awful. Paste this on google for pictures.
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The Stage's were my very first real hi end speaker. I purchased the demo pair with bases, on Long Island back in 1990. Kept them for about 6 years and sent them to my Dad..who kept them 4 years before he sold them. Although, I "upgraded" to the Majors and they were more dynamic with tighter bass....I did missed the midrange of the Stages overall.

I wasn't as much into the high end in the late 60's and early 70's as I am now. As a student, I just couldn't afford it.

I didn't become interested in the high end until the mid 80's, well past the golden age. I was mainly intrigued by Maggies and Quads, and I still couldn't afford it. So my "vintage speaker" associations are mainly with JBLs (L88s and 100s), KLHs (17s), ARs (2 and 2As) and various Advents that belonged to friends.

The main difference I hear bewteen speakers 35-40 years ago and speakers in the last 10-15 years is the quality of resolution - "modern" high end speakers, for good or ill, are much more highly resolving than the vintage speakers whether monitors or floorstanders, stats or planars.

(The solid state revolution changed everything.)

I still have some older electronic gear around (Heathkit, Scott, Yamaha, Luxman), much of it loaned to music loving, cash-strapped friends, one of whom I've also loaned my last vintage speakers to. I still enjoy many of older speakers, but I'm not looking to put any vintage speakers in my main system.

In fact, the only "vintage" piece in my main system is a Luxman tuner.

I am surprised, nay *shocked* that anyone considers Apogees vintage. No longer manufactured but of the modern era, surely.