watchnerd
Grand Contributor
Are there any vintage speakers worth owning today?
In particular, I'm thinking of big-ish speakers, of the size of the JBL Century or larger.
Have recently heard some lovingly restored Acoustic Research (AR-5, I think) vintage speakers, I was surprised at how decent they sounded. They gave up some detail relative to modern designs, but they seemed to play loud easily without getting compressed, and they had a good sense of 'scale'.
Something seems to have been lost when we transitioned to smaller boxes as decor-friendliness demands, as opposed to the big chonks of the past.
I'm now thinking I should pick up a vintage set of speakers just for fun.
What are some vintage speakers worth owning today?
In particular, I'm thinking of big-ish speakers, of the size of the JBL Century or larger.
Have recently heard some lovingly restored Acoustic Research (AR-5, I think) vintage speakers, I was surprised at how decent they sounded. They gave up some detail relative to modern designs, but they seemed to play loud easily without getting compressed, and they had a good sense of 'scale'.
Something seems to have been lost when we transitioned to smaller boxes as decor-friendliness demands, as opposed to the big chonks of the past.
I'm now thinking I should pick up a vintage set of speakers just for fun.
What are some vintage speakers worth owning today?