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Vintage vs Modern speakers.

Most people have wrong belief that modern speaker has more clarity and details than vintage speakers
Recently I got 50 years old Altec A7 which sounds much better than my expectation.

I had kept Lansche 4.1 with plasma tweeter for 16 years which is still regarded as modern speaker.

You judge ths sound of Lansche 4.1 which go down to 20 hz and Altec A7 whcih go down to only 31.5 hz but more robust bass from the following Youtube videos.
Surpising thing is that Altec A7 give as much as details as Lansche 4.1 with plasma tweeter.


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Loving you was like party
https://youtu.be/LE8j3ufH3u4
https://youtu.be/gGu9NfsMzGQ

Way down deep
https://youtu.be/jSfOCo-EKPU
https://youtu.be/-4apGL7GnGg

A touch of sonic madness
https://youtu.be/OGBUpeNqvcY
https://youtu.be/OGBUpeNqvcY

The Gate of Dafos

https://youtu.be/ulY5cfEA8bM

https://youtu.be/HlNwXvjxcu4

Which do you like better between Vintage(1) and Modern (2) judging from the Youtube videos?
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shkong78 OP
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I paid 50K$ for new Lansche 4.1 16 years ago.

It was like buying luxury German car (Lansche is also made in Germany),

But I got Altec A7 four weeks ago at 1000 CDN(750 USD).

Despite the price difference Altec A7 give more effortless sound with nuanced details.

Lansche give more refined sound with holographic imaging.

But with Michael Jacson and large scale orchestral music , I prefer Altec to Lansche.

Thomas
mofojo
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You got a hell of a deal on those altec speakers Thomas if you paid 750 usd! 
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@m

  I pulled the trigger without audition.

It was gamble.

Also, I have to cross the border to BC, Canada from Washington state.

Thus I need to take Covid test.

Also my suv could take only one of them.

Thus I drove 50 miles down to borrow my friend's truck.

It was a lot of hassle.

But it pays.

Thomas
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shkong78 OP
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https://youtu.be/eyTSyclr-GQ

Billie Holiday's voice sounds warm and sentimental through Altec A7.
yugebohner
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Have you ever heard a pair of Altec Madrid 872B’s by chance? I’m guessing the A7’s are an all around better speaker compared to the 872B’s, but they were the first real speakers I ever heard and the speakers I grew up listening to. Paired with a marantz 2270 (which I still have), that was truly a match made in heaven. The lows were so full…I miss those speakers. There’s just something about a big 15” woofer that cannot be replicated by multiple smaller woofers. 

Nice setup!
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