A Few Words About Buying Vintage Loudspeakers

Watch out for speakers with drivers you can't replace. Also, take a good look at the condition of woofer surrounds, dust caps, and the like. It may work well and sound good, but for how long? I burnt out one woofer each on two of my speaker systems, one DIY and the other a well known high end name, and couldn't replace the burnt drivers with exact replacements. One was luckily fixable with a "close replacement", and one lays dormant (Focal dual coil woofers). Of course, when one side blows out, you want to replace both sides. Crossovers are easier to find replacement parts for, that is, if the components are marked with the value (air coil inductors are notorious for no markings). Also check if the drivers are original. Good luck.