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Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts

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)

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