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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.


[MEDIA=youtube]LE8j3ufH3u4[/MEDIA]
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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@johnk 

I heard that A5 has more powerful driver than A7.

But I will be happy with A7 for the time being.

My dream is to get Western vintage horn wth field coil driver some day.
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twoleftears
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Billie Holiday sounds GREAT.  It sounds as if we're in a fairly small jazz club.  Impressed.
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mijostyn
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The Altecs sound terrible.
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shkong78 OP
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@twoleftears

Thanks

How about this?

https://youtu.be/JxaN18vmrWc



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Altec A7-8 components bought new directly from Altec in 1974 and installed in custom cabinets to Altec specifications. Driving them with Luxman Neo Classic 10 wpc Amp with upgraded Mazda of France power tubes and Telefunken Preamp tubes. Great clarity and presence, detail is also great. You are pleasantly rewarded when the recording is clean, but a bad recording or scratched vinyl, not pleasant to the ears. Everyone who listens to them are impressed, the only negative is how big they are  and how much space they take up. Price for 4 drivers, two horns, and two crossovers in 1974 was $462, and 4 sheets of AA marine grade 3/4" plywood was less than $100. Efficiency is 97db measured. 
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