what is your opinion ?

@sabih,

"my question is why these old school design audio sounds nearer to reality ?"

"or maybe we humans are we trying to re invent the wheel again ?"


There's no surprise here as many still hold those vintage designs such as your Altecs or Apogee's in high regard. Are they easily beaten by today's designs?
I think not.

I remember once reading an interview where the founder of Naim Audio, Julian Vereker, was asked what system he would listen to, if not his own.

His reply was, a vintage Quad amplifier! 

There does seem to be a lot of 'reinventing the wheel' going on in audio, hence it's all too easy to 'climb' the ladder only to find yourself eventually back near the bottom.

The single biggest improvement I've noticed in over 30 years is the quality of budget speakers. Some of the stuff made by companies like Dayton Audio, Adam, Edifier and Q Acoustics must be light years ahead of budget designs of the 1980s.

This seems to be a heavily competitive area of the market and has no doubt benefited from advances in computer design.

Yes, you are lucky to have a dedicated music room. Glad you're enjoying it.

Thanks , I  would really like to hear from other music lovers and Audiphiles, their experiences which regards SET amplifiers and horns and other high sensivity speakers,  as a retired BBC Sound engineer ,once I had a opportunity to good chat  with RIP Don Garber asked him what is the best system, his respond was ,,,The  Best system is the  one you are really enjoying listening to .

I run horn speakers and I've run SETs on them many times. But I prefer an OTL on them as it has obviously wider bandwidth, lower distortion, greater detail, etc. No going back.

I just recently acquired what to me is a fairly unique amplifier, a 3C24 amp that's giving me the best, most enjoyable sound I've ever heard with my Tannoy HPD 315 custom built speakers.

This amp was built for me by Paul Birkeland, designer for Bottlehead Industries.

This is in my living (listening room) in the home I have lived in for twenty seven years, where I have tried quite a few amps over the years. These being mostly solid state, but I was enticed by the likes of the late Art Dudley to try tube amp designs. I am not going back to solid state ever again. I've tried VAC (PA 35.35, and a very nice sounding Audio Assemblies SET 300B, but my new 3C24 is, and will remain, the best amp for my room and speakers. That's something, in my book.

Maybe Ralph may want to comment on how the 3C24 would match with your Altecs.

Best regards to all,
Dan

I don't have horns at the present time but have a story to share about an old pair of Celestion Ditton bookshelves with broken wire clips that are going in a guest room after  repairs.I've been listening to them for three days in my regular system and the little buggers sound fantastic no matter what I throw at them from Led Zeppelin to Joni Mitchell.Hooked up with lamp cord.