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Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best,

I attend High End Audio Shows whenever I get a chance.  I also regularly visit several of my local High End Audio parlors, so I get to hear quite a few different speaker brands all the time.  And these speakers are also at various price points. Of course, the new speakers with their current technology sound totally incredible. However, I strongly feel that my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers, which have been around for over ten years, still sound just as good or even better than the vast majority of the newer speakers that I get a chance to hear or audition in todays market.  And that goes for speakers at, or well above the Salon 2s price point. I feel that my Revel Salon 2 speakers (especially for the money) are so incredibly outstanding compared to the current speaker offerings of today, that I will probably never part with them. Are there others who feel that your beloved older speakers compare favorably with todays, newfangled, shinny-penny, obscenely expensive models?

kennymacc
vinylshadow
497 posts
 

Easy one.....JM Lab/Focal Mezzo Utopia's. 

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yoyoyaya
757 posts
 

Wilson Maxx II and III - the best balanced speakers Wilson made prior to the current generation. Starting to show their age now compared to the newest Daryl Wilson designs but still an exceptional loudspeaker.

Other suggestions: LS3/5a, Quad ESL 57, ProAc Response 2.5

 

bigkidz
3,386 posts
 

To be honest, mot people have not maxed out the potential of their systems.  The components most people use are inferior to what they can be using to improve the sound in their systems.  We get to hear some many systems and components weekly and people are amazed when the hear our products and what their components sound like once we upgrade them.  So IMO the limiting factor is the components uses.  Our Class A mono block amplifiers were recently paired with a pair of Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage speakers.  This is a guy who works for an audio store so he has access to many components.  He purchased the mono blocks.  The sound coming out of the speakers completely changed to his preference.

You have to keep trying and learning what makes sound do what it does,

Happy Listening.

 

 

 

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dinov
845 posts
 

Ten years is a “bump in the road” especially for speakers. I wouldn’t have my qualms of putting any ten year old speaker up against new ones. The only issue with older speakers might be capacitors, but in ten years that’s probably wouldn’t be an issue. Also, a lot of older speakers are better made construction wise than more recent ones. All in all, I think this comparison is a non issue.

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audiodelight
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I am running Tidal Contriva Diacera SE speakers. They are 10+ years old, I have owned them for about 7 months.

Amazing, hard to imagine there is better available.

And they are beautiful!


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