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
Humidity kills speakers in 20-- 25 years or less. Play them loud and they'll blow. I had a pair of B & O s for 25, simply because I'd neglected replacing them.
1977 Klipsch La Scala's, which will go into a second system once we get our 1978 Klipschorns delivered in the next couple months. We've spent far more, and had much newer, but not found anything we like more.
1962 Warfedale W90...Sand filled oak cabinets; still in the basement, still work fine. What they sound like and what i listen to now are miles and miles and miles apart.

If anybody wants them, you may come out and get them.
We own a 1926 Victor "Electrola", the first amplified and motorized Victorola. It has a 8" driver, probably a Western Electric. The Electrola sold for $752 in 1926. You could buy a new Model T for $495.