Who has the oldest speakers?


When my older brother came home from the service in 1971, he had a very large Pioneer stereo system. It came with some very large floorstanding speakers. I don't see him very often, but I saw him last month and to my surprise, he still has the same system, with the same speakers and believe it or not, it sounds great. He takes really good care of the system and it is in immaculate shape. That makes those speaker about 30 years old, more or less.

How about you guys?
matchstikman
My father bought a pair of Scott 3-way "bookshelf" speakers in 1966, along with a Garrard idler wheel-driven changer and a Scott 15 watt transistor receiver. The Garrard has been dead for at least 25 years, the receiver for 10, but the speakers are still going strong in my 2-channel home theater system. They are an acoustic suspension design with a 12" woofer, so while inefficient they go quite low and quite loud with sufficient power. They can scream in fact. Actually much more than adequate for this application.
I have a single Wharfedale speaker made who knows when. It's definitely old--I'm guessing the sixties or early seventies. I don't think it dates to the mono era--I have the feeling that it was part of a stereo pair, with the other speaker having blown up or something. I got it at a charity yard sale because I was curious how good it was. My finding? Let's put it this way--I'd give it One Star. (And, as a character on _Are_You_Being_Served?_ commented, when talking about a one star hotel, "There is no such thing as a no-star hotel." The same thing applies to my rating.)
My Father's JBLs.
I have 1959 JBLs with D-131 coaxial drivers and fitted with the 075 aluminum bullet tweeters. They are still working however they are not what I usually listen to. They came in a number of configurations. I believe they called them JBL Signatures model C-32. I also have circa 1960-4 JBL D-32s working just fine. The history of the line is hard to find. If anyone knows more about them please let know. The JBL historical site ignores everything but the driver.
I have JBL Lancer 101's, Adriatic marble tops. I bought them new in 1968. LE 175 horn/lens with 14 inch woofers.
They have been disconnected for the past 20 years. Going to be hooking them up again soon.I never see a reference to these speakers on the web, must not be a lot of them around. Cost was about $1000 for the pair when purchased.