Speakers to hang on to for LIFE


After 9 years with my Proac Response 3s, I recently decided to change speakers. As you can tell, I'm not an upgrade fever patient. I want something I can live with for years & I think the best advice I'm gonna get will be from those who have & are still living with their speakers for an extended period of time. Please tell me why too. Thanks.Bob.
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Where did you get your drivers re-foamed ? I am looking for a place to get my Proac 2 main drivers refoamed.
Thanks
I bought my B&W 801 in 1980. Recently bought a MC352 amp but began to realize that the sound was not bad but not as good as could be. Read in another thread about changing the amplifier output from 8 ohms to 4 ohms. Went one better and took it down to 2 ohms. The speakers sound phenomenal: translucent, detailed clear; I could go on. Anyway in the time of unrest, before learning about changing the ohm connection I made an appointment to audition a pair of B&W 802D. I was very disappointed. It was unfair as the dealer is all set up for home theatre not pure two channel stereo. But I felt there wouldn't have been much difference anyway.

Bottom Line I will hang on to my 1980 B&W for rest of my life.
Sympaticonorm - I got them re-foamed at Lockridge Hi-Fi in Markham

But a lot of good hi-fi stores will know someone.

Regards...
After going through more than a dozen pairs of speakers in my 30+ years of searching...I think I've come across one that will probably fit-the-bill for a long time to come. A speaker that gives full-range response, is accurate and at the same time, very easy to listen too. A speaker that althought quite big, is forgiving of the less-than-ideal postioning. A speaker thats hand-made and finely crafted by a fellow who has to be included in the list of "Audio Good Guys".

I talking about the "Woodmere" made by Tyler Acoustics....
Heres a link...
http://www.tyleracoustics.com/woodmere.html
I think you have to tip your hats to the innovative speaker designs that stood the test of time, so far. Like Quad ESL 57, Harbeth Super HL5, Vandersteens, etc. Some of the speakers mentioned in this thread are too dependent on "new" technology of here-and-now, which will be old news all too soon.