From time to time, I see folk advertising loudspeakers for sale. They often don't mention an age but a bit of research into the brand and model shows that in some cases, the speakers are in excess of twenty years old, sometimes older.
Do these 'vintage' speakers still sound as good as new? One is aware that capacitors age, that suspension material deteriorates with age and that old paper cones become brittle (as does any paper with age) which has to change the impulse hysteresis in the cone itself.
So, my question is, when is old too old for a loudspeaker to still play within the original sound profile?
Do these 'vintage' speakers still sound as good as new? One is aware that capacitors age, that suspension material deteriorates with age and that old paper cones become brittle (as does any paper with age) which has to change the impulse hysteresis in the cone itself.
So, my question is, when is old too old for a loudspeaker to still play within the original sound profile?
