Vintage vs New

I’ve been listening to the same pair of floor standing speakers for 44 years. They were manufactured in 1955. 

I used to shop once a year to see what else was out there that was significantly better at a reasonable price point, or even just somewhat better. 

I stopped bothering with this exercise about 10 years ago.

This guy just loves to troll!   One of the most ridiculous, ignorant  comments I’ve heard from this guy!  I have heard several of the tekton speakers, and owned a few.  They actually sound very good.  But to say that nothing comes close in a vintage sense, is just pure trolling!  Just one of many offerings from altec smokes the tekton very easily IMHO. They were made in he 60’s, used some of he best Alnico drivers made, even by today’s standards, and can sound truly world class in the right system.  Bet I’m getting a rousing Amen from many here.  I’m telling you, this guy just does this to piss people off.   Dont comment to this guy, maybe he’ll go somewhere else!    

                                                               

IMHO: Here's two pairs of speakers from 1981 that will indeed hold a candle to all Tekton speakers past and present models.
        
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              http://www.thevintageknob.org/jbl-4435.html                                        
              http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/jbl/specs/pro-speakers/1981-4355.htm

There are so many wonderful sounding and beautiful pieces of vintage equipment, it's really a great way to revitalize your hobby. One of the things we've discovered at Deer Creek Audio is that putting Dirac Live room correction in the mix with high-end classic systems can bring the audio performance up to that of the latest modern designs.