Whoa!...some beautiful looking gear there in your system Bill. :thmbsp: :yes:Billfort said:Since you are limiting this to vintage I'll say Altec 604 co-ax based designs or Altec 19's. If I can circumvent your vintage rule just a touch I'd say Edgar Titans using vintage JBL alnico drivers are the top of the heap.
The best part about these hi-efficiency speakers besides outright performance is the kind of systems you can build around them - truly lets you take audio to a whole different level.
For strictly low level listening (not for I ), I'd agree with mrh and say Quad ESL57's.
Damage said:Yep, its clear I don't fit in with the vintage-vintage (kinda like right now right now?)speaker crowd. Cone tweeters and mids just don't do it for me.
RussinOhio said:Some of the most popular vintage speakers with AK members seem to be:
Radio Shack Mach one's
Pioneer HPM-100's
AR-9's
Altec 19's seem to have only a few fans (I'm one)
& Everything Advent.
I've owned HPM-100's and those DO deserve their reputation! I've never owned AR-9's but those are fantastic speakers as well.
Mach One guys, please take no offense but I also owned these popular speakers and I just did'nt like them.
Russ
RussinOhio said:Well, I'd have to say the most widely owned & respected would have to be the Pioneer HPM-100. There are at least 5 active threads going on about them right now (NOT including this one).
Russ
I've had a pair of HPM-100s run stacked with a pair of HPM-40s Series II for a while in my bedroom system. The 40s are more than a little taste of the big 100s lacking only a bit in body and low end. While the 40s don't stand out as spectacular speakers as the 100s do for some people, they have a more balanced sound that will appeal to more people and are very representative of the HPM sound.Fast_Eddie said:I've not heard the HPM 100s, but I'm looking forward to doing the foam job on my HPM 40s for a little taste of what they must be like.