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What are your oldest speakers currently in use or owned by you?

AR Realistic Sansui

My oldest are not in use: a pair of AR2ax with cloth surrounds (late 60s) that I need to open and rework the pots.

I'm not sure which comes next. I have a pair of Realistic Optimus-1 from the early 70s that I use regularly. Someday, I'll replace the crossover and replace one of the tweeters with a supertweeter. They are a little weak at the top end, but a boost from an equalizer helps.

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I have a pair of Sansui SP-3000 (early 70s) in my main system. I replaced the crossover caps and this extended the top range - I no longer use the supertweeters pictured with these. Sansuis don't get much praise here. Mostly I listen to classical, choral, jazz, and vocal. I think the SP-3000s are very efficient (105dB) and reproduce very accurately. I like them.

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They're all old...

1974 Klipsch La Scalsa by serial numbers. The JBL LE14As in my E-Waves are late 1960s, early 1970s, the Dynaco A-25XLs are 1976, the EPI 500s are late 1970s and the BA A150s are early 1980s.

Well, the E-Wave top is new...:D
 
1979 ESS AMT1b's with Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 Amp, Superphon Revelation Preamp, Denon DCD 2560 CD Player, Rega Planar 3. System almost tamed after 29 years but still not perfect....
 
Tannoy 12" Monitor Reds in Belvedere Senior cabinets,purchased new in 1963 by my dad.New crossovers by Carl Richard,sealed cabinets and spikes.Soon to be driven by Dad's MC225 and C11 which are currently being restored by Soundsmith.For now they sound incredible with an Adcom 5400.Big soundstage,high impact(even with the sub turned off),clear and present mids.
 
Bauhausler said:
I think the oldest ones that I have that I've actually seriously used for a length of time are my Altec Bolero "B"'s. These have the 406Z woofer and the jewel-like 3000G tweeter.
They don't look like much but when I hook them up and play them for someone, the predictable first words out of their mouth are "You selling those?"

There is no higher praise than desire.

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Hello Mr Bauh,

Those look beautiful, I am very jealous I don't get to hear those. I would love to get my hands on them, but if I was in your position I would never sell those.

Best of luck to all,

Chris/ReneRTR
 
I have a pair of Wharfedale W-70's I bought in the China Fleet Club in Hong Kong in 1969.

One just quit working I think it's a crossover prob. Should I recap or put in a new x-Over?
 
They [robably are like my W70s and are easy to recap. Only a single cap per crossover. Easy to get to and change.
 
Bauhausler said:
I think the oldest ones that I have that I've actually seriously used for a length of time are my Altec Bolero "B"'s. These have the 406Z woofer and the jewel-like 3000G tweeter.
They don't look like much but when I hook them up and play them for someone, the predictable first words out of their mouth are "You selling those?"

There is no higher praise than desire.

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I would agree wholeheartedly with the above. I have a set of Bolero "A"'s, and I get the same reactions. I don't think there is any real difference between the "A" model and the "B". Same woofer, same tweeter. The "C" model switched tweeters and crossover points, IIRC. Just be very careful with that 3000 tweeter. If they get blown there is only one guy in the world that can repair them. :thmbsp:
 
I am using a pair of Advent 3002's from the 70's. They are in mint condition as they sat on a closet shelf for probably 20 years. I had them refoamed last year and you can't believe the great sound they have powered by my Pioneer SX980.
 
I just saw this thread pop up and I may have posted here already, but it just occurred to me that most of the speakers I use are very old. Not sure which is the oldest and the only new ones I listen to are the ESS.:music:
 
Toolking said:
I have a pair of Wharfedale W-70's I bought in the China Fleet Club in Hong Kong in 1969.

One just quit working I think it's a crossover prob. Should I recap or put in a new x-Over?
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I doubt that you'll need a new X/over. Coils usually don't burn out, just replace the cap/caps with good audio grade ones, break them in and enjoy.

Remove the speaker/speakers that aren't "working", and test them in the good enclosure. A quicker and dirtier test would be to touch the leads of a "D" cell to the bare speaker terminals to see if they move.
 
Fisher XP-56, I have dated them to around the late 1960's, even though I just picked them up a few months ago. They're not bad, very "east coast sound," if I'm using that term correctly, but I suspect would probably sound better with new crossovers. I'm not sure they will get them; I need to start unloading some equipment. ;)

I do love their cabinets though!

The pic isn't mine, but mine are identical, except they are missing the badges.
 

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