I read quite often here and elsewhere where audiophiles prefer the sound of a company's older legacy product(s) versus their newer or latest version.
Examples that come to mind are Klipsch Heritage (K-Horn, Cornwall, LaScala, Belle, etc.) Versus their latest. The Thorens TD 124 versus their current offerings. The early to mid 60's Fisher, McIntosh, Sherwood, Marantz, Altec, JBL among others come to the forefront as examples of products that are generally held in higher regard compared to what followed. This can't be just collectors driving the market, and must have something to do with sound quality.
Some of the product changes could be due to cost cutting, or newer technology that is/was perceived to perform better than old - dunno?
Examples would be:
1) Alnico vs Ferrite
2) Tubes vs Sand
3) Idler vs Belt
4) Baltic Birch vs Particle Board/MDF
5) Transistors vs Op Amps
And on and on......
I would lover to hear about experiences other inmates may have had where a legacy product of a company bested a more contemporary product that followed.
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Topic - Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - geezerrocket 10:45:40 09/02/14 (51)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Polyphonic 02:01:02 09/05/14 (4)
- Devolution....... - geezerrocket 08:18:49 09/05/14 (3)
- RE: Devolution....... - Disbeliever 01:14:01 09/06/14 (2)
- RE: Devolution....... - geezerrocket 16:46:26 09/07/14 (1)
- RE: Devolution....... - Disbeliever 23:20:06 09/07/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Polyphonic 19:31:01 09/03/14 (0)
- "Out Perform"? - Scottson 17:51:24 09/03/14 (0)
- In the real world? Pretty much any top receiver from the era when tone controls were available. - tinear 01:02:21 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - sudz1234@yahoo.com 20:58:51 09/02/14 (4)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - gordguide 11:55:45 09/16/16 (1)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - SoundMann 13:18:30 09/19/16 (0)
- Audio Components Are Not Cars........... - Todd Krieger 23:00:02 09/02/14 (1)
- Well, that particular example has been debated! nt - tinear 00:55:43 09/03/14 (0)
- A contrarian perspective............. - viridian 20:54:45 09/02/14 (1)
- RE: A contrarian perspective............. - geezerrocket 07:31:20 09/04/14 (0)
- I cannot think of a single legacy product - Mike K 20:40:28 09/02/14 (8)
- Marantz 10 B - unclestu 14:36:52 09/03/14 (0)
- Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - David S. 07:52:07 09/03/14 (6)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - BBeck 14:09:21 09/03/14 (1)
- Triplett 3444A - radiodyne 18:02:05 09/07/16 (0)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - Mike K 08:53:52 09/03/14 (3)
- RE: but I suspect it would be difficult to find a better ss amp from that era. - David S. 10:13:32 09/03/14 (1)
- I took the question quite differently - E-Stat 11:16:03 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - Old nuff 2 no better 09:41:00 09/03/14 (0)
- Victrolas ? - genungo 20:35:23 09/02/14 (0)
- Turntables - slapshot 19:09:41 09/02/14 (6)
- CD Players and DACs........ - Todd Krieger 21:03:33 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: Turntables - tesla 20:15:38 09/02/14 (4)
- RE: Turntables - geezerrocket 22:19:59 09/02/14 (3)
- RE: Turntables - tesla 05:57:03 09/03/14 (2)
- RE: Turntables - Old nuff 2 no better 06:34:53 09/03/14 (1)
- RE: Turntables - tesla 06:50:58 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - mbnx01 19:05:57 09/02/14 (1)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Disbeliever 02:15:54 09/03/14 (0)
- Can't think of any examples myself - E-Stat 18:51:32 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Diogenes 18:20:13 09/02/14 (1)
- I've got some Tannoy Cadet 10" Reds. Love 'em. The TACT - tinear 00:58:34 09/03/14 (0)
- one of the issues - unclestu 15:42:16 09/02/14 (7)
- RE: one of the issues - Disbeliever 00:27:15 09/03/14 (6)
- RE: one of the issues - sqlsavior 15:50:41 09/07/14 (1)
- RE: one of the issues - Disbeliever 23:25:03 09/07/14 (0)
- beaming - unclestu 13:51:54 09/03/14 (3)
- RE: beaming - Disbeliever 23:16:10 09/03/14 (2)
- Stacked Quads - geezerrocket 07:02:06 09/04/14 (1)
- RE: Stacked Quads - Disbeliever 08:43:22 09/04/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Frihed89 13:01:04 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - Inmate51 12:06:08 09/02/14 (4)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - geezerrocket 13:42:44 09/02/14 (1)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - middleground 18:19:20 09/02/14 (0)
- well, yeah! Except Altec of course... ;-) (nt) - mhardy6647 13:28:22 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts - tesla 12:22:51 09/02/14 (0)