Who has the oldest speakers?

E.V. aristocrats. Got to be 40 yrs old.
Amazing with a small tube amp!

My friend's dad has some huge floor standing Infinitys that he says are from the early-mid 70's. He's had them since new and they've always been his mains. I can see (hear) why...they are amazing.

JBL L-100, circa 1977...used to have the nice blue foam grill covers that turned to mush in the 80's. These still look new and will undoubtedly out-live me.

I am still the original owner of a pair of vintage 1978 JBL L65 speakers. I had the bass units re-foamed / coned about eight years ago (foam rot got to them). The speakers are alive and happy in my basement as a second system. I hope to pass them on to one of my children someday....if they promise to enjoy the music!

About six years ago a great local somewhat funky high-end stereo store was going out of business and all he had left was a four-foot tall pair of self-powered electrostatic speakers circa 1980 that he had taken in on trade. He had them connected to a Yamaha CD player that had a volumn control and the would take $750.00 for the speakers which included delivery if I wouldn't mind helping him lift them into his van.

It turns out that these are a pair of Acoustat X speakers with each speaker having its own fully balanced tube amplifier. They are mounted on their sides and provide the front end for my two-channel system and music for that room which is also my office.

I will be doing an addition and re-locating my home theatre but I think I will be keeping these speakers, although probably not for use in my new home theatre. I recently bought all new tubes for them and I am using better cables.

The hardest question is this: Will the many-thousands of dollars I could(should?) be spending on new speakers really make things sound so many thousand-dollars better?