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
I have a pair of Wharfedale W45's - vintage 1971 - I'm the original owner - my first speakers (they sounded horrible, but great cabinets, so I rebuilt them with better drivers, crossover 3 years ago). I also still have my second pair of Speakers - 1976 Infinity Monitor IIA's. I hade the woofers refoamed 2 years ago - they are mint, original, and sound great.
my smaller advents have followed me from house to house since i got my first job in 1974, i bought them used for 75 bucks. i drag 'em out to the deck when weather permits. the bong water stain still adorns one of the grills. oh to be young again!
Chartwell LS3/5a's 15 Ohm version in Rosewood veneer circa 1978. In service along with Paradigm Studio 40 v2. Keep switching bach and forth amd am always amazed at the quality of its midrange.
I've got a mid-sixties pair of AR's, I think they are 3a's. Dad bought 'em new, and I've had them for 20 years. Shit, now I'll have to dig them out and see how they sound!
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.