mine are almost 20 years old. i purchased them $1100 and so far replaced one woofer $450, but it was my fault for cueing needle onto record, but forgetting to mute preamp :-). this plus the age of speaker played the bad part.
i'm still a happy camper because for the modern speakers of the same class i'd had to be within 5 figures minimum.
makes sense eveneven if you have to service them. just make sure that parts are available. buy ones with existing service.
vintages such as ohm, aerial, klipsch, jbl, tannoy, alon, vandersteen, snell are not any worse than modern ones at the fraction of price.
you may also optionally want to replace damping material if the one is being used with fresh one and properly tighten up bolts for each speaker driver onto the cabinette. clean the terminals with deoxidising solution and perhaps reapply fresh solder onto the crossover parts and driver connections as these are directly exposed to vibration and within the time become dry cracked and cold.
i'm still a happy camper because for the modern speakers of the same class i'd had to be within 5 figures minimum.
makes sense eveneven if you have to service them. just make sure that parts are available. buy ones with existing service.
vintages such as ohm, aerial, klipsch, jbl, tannoy, alon, vandersteen, snell are not any worse than modern ones at the fraction of price.
you may also optionally want to replace damping material if the one is being used with fresh one and properly tighten up bolts for each speaker driver onto the cabinette. clean the terminals with deoxidising solution and perhaps reapply fresh solder onto the crossover parts and driver connections as these are directly exposed to vibration and within the time become dry cracked and cold.