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

New purchased in 1976: Bozak CM 109 18W two way columns. I support them with a M&K mx90 subwoofer.
 

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My oldest are Acoustat Model 1's made in 1985 and serving as the rear speakers in my surround/HT setup.
 
544man said:
Altec/Lansing Altec Model 1: Fabulous speakers, incredible sound and dynamics. Circa 1975. And Burhoe Acoustic Red: Great as well, circa late '70s?
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Just added a pair of Avanti speakers; must be early 70's as they have screw-type terminals. Canadian made, with a small rear-firing port. 12" bass drivers that require refoaming. They are the inverted surround type. Appear to be CTS tweeters, which is why I bought them. Look like the same tweeter as my Altec Model 1. They sound very good once you have compensated for the non-existent foam surrounds. Passed them by on my first look (at $10 for the pair) but gave my head a shake and went back for them a week later. What was I thinking (other than I have too many speakers already)? The working tweeters are worth five times the price of admission! And no, I will not be scavenging them for parts. Second look shows the cabs are quite decent and these deserve a restore. A nice piece of Canadian speaker history, along with the likes of SOMA and others. Will pull a woofer and see what I've got. Keep you posted.
 
My oldest speakers are my Wharfedale W90s (1963-4?), and a Silver Tannoy 12 in EV Aristocrat cab (1958). All in constant use in main system.
 
budkor said:
Hi All

Mine is 1972 Mordaunt Short MS400 and a couple of Dynatrons from 1977. They are all original - not modified or upgraded.

The MS400 is good in mid freq. and Dynatrons are efficient so great with tube amps.

I would like to know what you are using, and also find out who is using and owning the oldest speakers.

Please upload photos of the speakers if you could. I will do likewise soon.

Thanks
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Hi Budkor, I hope you are still on here after 16 years .
If you still have your Ms400's , can you reply with their serial number , and driver configuration please ?
Regards,
Bernard from UK
 
KLH model 6 from around 1960. Heavy cabinets and non removable grills. Using them as subs since the tweets are sealed. I won't rip them apart at this point in time.
 
Work shop`s & spare bedroom`s RS black cast Minimus 7 purchased in the mid eighties when they would go on sale in August.
The next oldest in use is my 1991 purchased new Mc. XR-1 walnut book shelf pair currently used in this room`s separates system.
All the above mentioned book shelf speaker`s bottom octave are supplemented with 12" floor firing passive subwoofers using their cap upgraded by me internal crossovers.

And my purchased used decades ago 2 pairs of wonderful sounding sunroom`s seventies manufactured Dahlquist DQ-10 (5) way are also bottom octave supplemented with a pair of Velodyne active floor firing 400 watt servo powered 15" subwoofers.
 
I have a pair of 1960s Altec 601c Duplex in Barzilay cabinets in my vintage system, driven by a HK Citation II. I also have a restored pair of 1969 AR3a in my living room system, driven by a restored Luxman L-100. I’m listening to my living room system right now
 
Sansui SP-1000 is my oldest pair of speakers and I really like them but one of the crossovers went out and I'm having a hard time finding a replacement. When I bought them they where cheap but some hipster youtubers made a couple videos about how great the Sansui line is and the price went from 100 for a pair to 3-400 hundred in the span of a year.

The only other pair I have and my currently in use pair is JBL XL-500 from the 80s.
 
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