I have to cast my vote, I think overall, speakers made recently have gotten better, and I mean much better. This is not to say there were not some excellent examples of great sounding older speakers.
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Topic - Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - ka7niq 10:17:10 08/02/12 (35)
- RE: Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - RGA 18:11:02 08/06/12 (0)
- Not so sure... - layman 12:55:02 08/06/12 (2)
- "Strong Combacks" Or Just The Current Nostalgia Craze? - abs1 13:27:13 08/06/12 (1)
- Not Nostalgia - layman 15:58:20 08/06/12 (0)
- Polypropylene - Belgarchi 19:20:42 08/05/12 (3)
- RE: Polypropylene - layman 12:12:25 08/06/12 (2)
- RE: Polypropylene - Belgarchi 18:49:50 08/09/12 (1)
- RE: Polypropylene - layman 06:01:38 08/10/12 (0)
- Klipsch Made A Fortune .................. - ka7niq 09:03:15 08/05/12 (1)
- RE: Klipsch Made A Fortune .................. - Presto 12:41:10 08/05/12 (0)
- I mostly agree - JoshT 08:47:38 08/05/12 (1)
- In 9/10 cases... - Presto 12:42:38 08/05/12 (0)
- RE: Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - George S. Roland 09:52:54 08/04/12 (0)
- RE: Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - middleground 06:00:57 08/04/12 (0)
- Today we have superior materials test equipment transducers etc but - Kloss 06:14:49 08/03/12 (0)
- better, or worse ? - Sumflow 03:54:10 08/03/12 (0)
- Better drivers.. - Bill the K 23:47:21 08/02/12 (3)
- RE: Better drivers.. - hahax@verizon.net 21:05:20 08/03/12 (2)
- RE: Better drivers.. - Eldragon@gmx.com 14:34:31 08/04/12 (0)
- RE: Better drivers.. - Bill the K 04:40:13 08/04/12 (0)
- Better, but still the weakest link (nt - Eldragon@gmx.com 19:04:39 08/02/12 (0)
- RE: Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - volunteer 17:52:13 08/02/12 (0)
- I'd agree, but many seem to have transitioned from 'romance' to 'gynecology.' - Enophile 16:12:33 08/02/12 (1)
- The older we get, the better everything used to be (nt) - caspian@peak.org 10:37:42 08/06/12 (0)
- Hartley - Mike Porper 13:50:35 08/02/12 (1)
- RE: Hartley - Kal Rubinson 06:22:25 08/06/12 (0)
- Modern Speakers Hove Gotten Far Far Better ........... - abs1 13:43:22 08/02/12 (0)
- Richard Vandersteen said it best - ka7niq 13:24:34 08/02/12 (0)
- Better but the difference is most noticeable in the lower to middle... - jonbee 12:45:35 08/02/12 (3)
- RE: Better but the difference is most noticeable in the lower to middle... - DrChaos 10:40:31 08/03/12 (1)
- Yes... the intervening years have confirmed how remarkable... - jonbee 12:15:41 08/03/12 (0)
- Apogees are Still Great Speakers - ka7niq 13:46:24 08/02/12 (0)
- The Only Good Speaker is an Old Speaker - Mike Porper 12:45:31 08/02/12 (0)
- RE: Do you think modern speakers have gotten better, or worse ? - jimmyjames 12:28:11 08/02/12 (0)
- Mid-priced speakers are much better - DrChaos 12:08:39 08/02/12 (0)