Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
Now that we have a place to talk about better gear, let's wear it out and make it an active place to be.
I have old gear. Decent, some very highly regarded, some not so much. But when I talk to the High End Store, we sometimes discuss the improvements in gear over the years. One time, while I was using my single DQ-10 set up, the comment was made that this speaker, well ahead of its time, was more than capable to displaying the difference in amplification that was available today and that amps had progressed farther than speakers in the last couple score. (Score means 20 years here folks, I didn't buy anything for pennies on the dollar).
I was thinking that the materials of construction, attention to crossover details and such would have made speakers the component that has had the most improvement over time.
One reason I say this is because back in the day the speakers were only designed for a single normal listening area. Today we have numerous brands that have flagship speakers that are too large for any but exceptionally large rooms. Magico Q7 and Focal Utopia III speakers will not fit in my house without gutting the entire first floor and reinforcing the floor from below. There were no speakers like that (for home audio) back then.
So what do you think has had the most improvement over the years? Cartridges, Speakers, Amps, Preamps, Turntables, Tonearms....
I have old gear. Decent, some very highly regarded, some not so much. But when I talk to the High End Store, we sometimes discuss the improvements in gear over the years. One time, while I was using my single DQ-10 set up, the comment was made that this speaker, well ahead of its time, was more than capable to displaying the difference in amplification that was available today and that amps had progressed farther than speakers in the last couple score. (Score means 20 years here folks, I didn't buy anything for pennies on the dollar).
I was thinking that the materials of construction, attention to crossover details and such would have made speakers the component that has had the most improvement over time.
One reason I say this is because back in the day the speakers were only designed for a single normal listening area. Today we have numerous brands that have flagship speakers that are too large for any but exceptionally large rooms. Magico Q7 and Focal Utopia III speakers will not fit in my house without gutting the entire first floor and reinforcing the floor from below. There were no speakers like that (for home audio) back then.
So what do you think has had the most improvement over the years? Cartridges, Speakers, Amps, Preamps, Turntables, Tonearms....