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Some interesting classic speakers.....

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Vintage Speakers Worth Owning Today?

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...
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saw a pair of 1976 Epicure 20s last year for sale locally. bought new sets of woofers + (concave) tweeters (2+2 per speaker) from a US company called Human Speakers that still manufactures original parts for Epicure (& related) speakers. there's a single capacitor in the crossover & they sound like full range speakers, shockingly immediate & dynamic. there's no real 3D soundstage, but tonally everything is just right (never heard jazz sound so good). the designer had studied music (the organ) & perhaps not surprisingly, the bass is very "physical".

in my admittedly compromised smallish 3x5m listening room, driven by a Croft Series V MkIII, they're much better than the Harbeth SHL5s I used to have there.
 
the best system I have ever heard used an AR turntable, a floor full of Jadis amplification and AR LST 'speakers, breathed on by Mark Levinson.
 
I don’t suppose Goodmans Minister speakers would be classed as ‘Classic’, but
when I acquired a pair for a customer I was very surprised how good they sounded.
Better front ends and amplification certainly help.
When I owned a pair they were driven by a Metrosound ST20 ( and later a Sony TA1010 ) using a BD1
with a Micro Seiki MM cartridge.
 
Burdy said:
AR9's - heard these in late 70's, early 80's. Amps were SAE, GAS. A big big sound
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I have a soft spot for AR loudspeakers. AR94s were my first proper pair, and they sounded fabulous until their foam surrounds turned to dust after a short couple of years.

I had sketched an Ergo tribute to the AR9, but sadly it never got off my doodle-pad. A pair of horizontally opposed 12" woofers in each cabinet close to the ground will shift some serious trouser-flapping air.
 
kef 105.1/2 and 107

ns1000m-

jr149

quad 57

impulse Taus

kef104/2

dahlquiest dq 10

Tannoy cheviot,just not doing it for me unless its slow jazz....

B and W 801s are worthy a speaker with a huge foot print.....[/QUOTE]
 
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