How long does it take a decent quality speaker to "wear out"?


After all, they do have moving parts and capacitors. . . .

(I suppose that "decent quality" s a relative term.  FTR, I am running a pair of the older B&W 805s, and for all I know, they may not actually meet the criteria of "decent quality.")

immatthewj

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My early 90s NHT 2.5s and 1.5s have been great over all these years but I somehow had a surround 'rot' on a 1.3 speaker, not sure why; the other 1.3 was/is fine still.  My 1996 ML SL3 electrostatics with 10" woofers still sound great in my home theater.

I've got early B&W DM301s? 30+ years sounding fine as well. My brother's mid 90s Thiel 2.3s sounded superb two years ago when I last heard them.

I do think well made speakers, taken care of, will last quite a long time. More recent ones have the benefit of better engineered materials (if appropriate for the design).