Vintage vs New

Magnepan--1969-today.

Still the best, always will be.

Boxes distort.
Horns belong on poles at HS football stadiums.
Pure electrostatics are brittle at volume and cause very quick "listening fatigue"--i.e., "THAT"S ENOUGH"
Hybrids require too many items in the chain and degrade input/output (Fulton Modular J and Levinson HQD, for example.)

Unfortunately, not everyone has a room or equipment that work with them. 

When you hear only what goes in, you have to deal with what produces it.

Cheers!

Nothing has change from BC TO AD as far as our hearing. Audio equipment has evolved.  My ears perfer the sound of music through vintage equipment.  I am no hater when it comes to new audio equipment. Perfection has evolved over every single piece of audio equipment from the rca cables speaker cables dac etc. I embrace all the different varieties of audio equipment manufacturers we have to choose from. Don't get caught up in all the BS hype in audio.  Just listen to what your ears are telling you not the salesman.  The salesman can turn you on to a lot of equipment  to choose from but ultimately your individual ears will tell you the truth.  B&W 801 are great speakers . Some days I am more reserved and some days I want to jamm at loud volume. I pick and choose my equipment to sound great to my ears but also take the abuse at louder volume and have the capability to sound damn good without breaking a sweat.  

I'm sorry, but the Tekton Double  Impact looks as if it would sound truly horrible.  What is it:  A Bose 901 based on tweewers, rather than midranges, plus a bunch of subs? Jeez!  No one needs all of those 14  tweeters, unless he can't design one to take more than a watt or so. I will bet that with the 8 subs, one with a bit of midrange thrown in, does have at least double impact.

Funny back in the 70s my 901s were killer.JBL 100s still go for crazy prices.Carver Amps,Rotel,Macintosh still hold there own.Everything has a place .Sure new speakers .But back then you could get top of the line for hundreds not thousands.