Is it all worth it?


So this week I re-foamed a pair of Boston Acoustics a40 series ii speakers I bought 30 years ago for not very much at all by audiophile standards. Put them in my 12x12 sunroom running of my main system which has very good source and amplification and these things are blowing me away. You could find a pair online or at your local thrift shop for around $50. Why bother spending the big bucks?   Really makes one think.
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Mapman, it would be very difficult for a 6’1" 190 lb quarterback to get a serious shot at starting in today’s NFL.
Well, let’s not forget about Russell Wilson, who led his team to a 43 to 8 victory in the Superbowl a couple of years ago, while being 5’11" and 206 pounds. And who came within one stupid play call by his coaches of repeating that victory a year later.

Regarding vintage speakers, I’ll just say that there is a reason why vintage drivers made by Tannoy, Western Electric (dating back to the 1930s!!) and others sell for small (and in some cases not so small) fortunes these days. And it is not because they are purchased to sit on a shelf as collectibles.

And my experience with a couple of pairs of large 1960s Tannoys I have owned in recent decades convinced me that in the case of those speakers, at least, their performance was limited by the design of the cabinets, and the design and/or parts quality and condition of the crossover networks, not the drivers. Despite the ballyhooed advances in driver technology that have allegedly occurred in the 50 or so years since those drivers were produced.

FWIW. Regards,
-- Al