Q I enjoyed your recent column on vintage audio equipment. I have a pair of ESS AMT-1C speakers with Heil Air Motion Transformer drivers. I have owned them since the 1970s and totally enjoy them. How ...
I frequently browse the r/buyitforlife subreddit. As a reviewer of oft-frivolous things, I'm impressed by still-functioning, ancient items like cast iron pans, insulated thermoses, and ...
Most vintage speakers have been repaired at some point. If they haven’t, they’ll likely need to be in the future. Speakers perform a great deal of continuous mechanical work, and, like most things, ...
While McIntosh has been making loudspeakers since 1970, it isn’t every day that the electronics specialist adds a new pair to its range. That’s one reason why the launch of the ML1 MKII at High End ...
JBL's Synthesis 4429 and Synthesis S3900 speakers turned my head around, and I can't stop thinking about them. They're horn speakers, and the more time I spend with horns the more I realize what I'm ...
How do you improve upon a classic? If you're JBL, you revive a classic speaker like the iconic 1970s L100 Classic by keeping the retro charms but modernising it with new engineering and technology for ...