WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VINTAGE SPEAKER?

[Rockon1]

I think I would enjoy a pair of these Altec Lansing Model 14's or similar....

 

[HypnoToad]

Sony SS-M7, I just gotta get a pair.

 

[Tedrick]

Favorite vintage speakers: most anything from Infinity, KEF Reference Series.

Possible contenders I've yet to hear: Apogee's, Dahlquist DQ-20, Quad ESLs, Mirage M-1's, Soundlab A-1, Avalon's

 

[JimPA]

These the Fried C Pyramid and Super Subwoofer.

 

[Archguy]

Sony SS-M7, I just gotta get a pair.

Very cool. First time I ever saw these.

 

[tarior]

I pretty much stopped looking after I got JBL L-300s. Though I have been really digging the L166s that I just went and rescued last week.

 

[E-Stat]

Dayton-Wright XG-8

 

[Harvestor]

And then there's some infinity Speakers and Klipsch i would love to have that are favorites also..... I have to search for pictures on net

 

[colohiker]

EPI 100's!

I bought my first pair of 35+ years ago and have had at least one pair hooked up ever since. Yes, I own better sounding speakers but for pure non-fatiguing enjoyment and bang for the buck, they are hard to beat!

 

[FrostEOne]

Yamaha NS1000M, have 2 sets from 1974 & 1975, never shall we be separated

 

[tubed]

 

[TaddNOhio]

EPI 100's!

I bought my first pair of 35+ years ago and have had at least one pair hooked up ever since. Yes, I own better sounding speakers but for pure non-fatiguing enjoyment and bang for the buck, they are hard to beat!

+1 Love my EPI 100's, bought them from original owner, they have the air spring inverted dome tweeters and to my ears these speakers sound amazing for the price i paid ($100)

 

[valvenator]

It's probably for the best that you live in Texas. These things make me irritated with everything else, including 2016's project.

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Sounds like the kind of speaker that wouldn't make you think twice about ditching everything else, and not miss any of it.

 

[ejman]

My favorite vintage speakers are the Magneplanar MGI-Imp I bought mine new back in 1980 and still in daily use and sounding wonderful

 

[Porkloin]

Sounds like the kind of speaker that wouldn't make you think twice about ditching everything else, and not miss any of it.

With time, I've become a big proponent of the concept "know thyself." As hearing is as unique as a fingerprint, one has to master the art of "listening to your ears." I'm sure I have a bias built in from the fact that I put plenty of mental and physical energy into my Rock Monitors, but there's something about how the AMT puts forth the nuances of a given performance that is addictive and has yet to be equaled by any other speakers I've cycled through the living room, including the much vaunted Ohm Model F's.

ADDENDUM: I am unique in my choice as two other AK'rs were there for barbequed chicken and a A/B session, and they both preferred the Ohms.

 

[Rex81]

Ohm F here. They're not perfect speakers, but nothing I've heard new or vintage can replicate the natural presence of music in the air that these speakers offer.

 

[Rex81]

Porloin, what's the green stuff on the woofer? I've never seen a Model F with that.

 

[valvenator]

With time, I've become a big proponent of the concept "know thyself." As hearing is as unique as a fingerprint, one has to master the art of "listening to your ears.

Well I can definitely say it sounds like the kind of speaker that wouldn't make ME think twice about ditching everything else, and not miss any of it.

OK, I've got to stop reading this thread. Y'all are makin' me very jealous.

 

[Krosya]

What do you consider "vintage"?

 

[Drugolf]

I don't like any.