vintage versus modern speakers

any modern "artisanal" brand of speakers that might be worth looking at? especially made in the US ?
I heard of ZU....Thoughts?

Well, here is the amp I have: SAE 2401, SOLID STATE, NELSON PASS DESIGNED. Here are the specs:
Minimum Continuous RMS Power Per Channel (both channels driven 20 - 20,000 Hz at rated Distortion):
250 watts at 8 ohms
375 watts at 4 ohms
Total harmonic Distortion (from 250 mW to full rated power/at 1 watt): less than 0,025%/0,02%
Intermodulation Distortion (from 250 mW to full rated power): less than 0,025%
Clipping head Room: 0,5 dB
Damping Factor: 60

Frequency Response:
Rated Power : 20 Hz to 20 kHz +0, -0,5 dB
1 Watt [Normal/Hi-Pass]: 2 Hz - 160 kHz / 20 Hz - 160 kHz +0,25, -3 dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio:
Rated Power (unweighted): 110 dB
Rated Power (IHF-a): 125 dB
1 Watt (IHF-A): 100 dB
Crosstalk (100 Hz to 10 kHz): greater than 70 dB
Rated Output : 2,24

One issue with speakers made in the 3rd world country manufacturing: made by people for whom it is just a job, not by crafstmen. Therefore, I will only buy American made speakers.
Two, in regards to the quality of records in the seventies, here is the perfect quote: "Actually many of these so called poorly recorded rock albums you mention of yesteryear sound much better than the poorly engineered and compressed rock and pop albums put out today" by Raymonda!
Because , personally, I think that today pop/mainstream music is well represented by the Ipod: immensely repetitive monotony, absence of musicians, cheaply technically done....
So I will follow Almarg suggestions, to look for a set of speakers, but I will also look at some great classics: Infinity, JBL,EPI . To be followed......

Questions:
-audiophile? what is the definition? knowing that it is a documented fact that the human auditory system is very limited in its sound listening range, and that mid range frequencies are the most "agreable" to the ear.
-speakers: are we going around and round, and splitting hairs in four widthwise? The problem is that it is very hard to find somewhere where you can listen to speakers, without a salesman obnoxious presence...
Looking at Klipschorn "La Scala", plus I saw Carmen with Maria Callas at La Scala when I was a lot younger(lol)!
Memories!
Thoughts?

Wow! Wow! Wow!
Thank you for the info all of you gentlemen and Ladies!
I still think that 80-90 speakers are better than modern! Example: Paul Klipsch=23 patents in the field! Any modern cad software computer "GURU" engineer that can say the same? Bob Carver? The whole dedicate team at Yamaha/Sony/JBL/Klipsch/ not bothered by any ancillaries expenses to take into account, but with the sole mission of developing and building the absolute best speaker possible, from a SONIC point of view, because they had unlimited budgets? Yes , I admit, the design is boring, unlike some atrocities that I have seen today! The point is that those companies, such as Sony, Klipsch, Carver, etc.. during the late 70 through early 2000 were driven by sound, not by esthetics, design, marketing and the such.
Just my two cents. Remember, I am just the cook!
The last question is :
VOLTAGE PARADIGM ? can anyone explain in everyday terms?
And by the way, I have changed and refoamed some speakers.
Looking right now at Infinity and Klipsch Vintage speakers.
Thank you.