My ecoustics colleagues and I often field questions about why we like vintage audio gear or prefer it to modern equipment. Let us explain why. “Most old turntables are also sub-par performance-wise.

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, ...

Sometimes it is not how good but how bad your equipment reproduces sound. In a previous hackaday post the circuitry of a vintage transistor radio was removed so that a blue tooth audio source could be ...

Vintage muscle cars, old stereo receivers, speakers from the ‘60s, and other cool relics are enjoying a resurgence. But are they better than the new stuff? Having been a teen during the 1960s, I ...

What are the best vintage tower speakers of all-time? My adventures with the Klipsch KLF-30 speakers and why I’m vintage audio for life. Local audio store owner Kurt (@the_audio_room, who I’d met a ...

When Gordon Burwell and his son Gordon Burwell Jr. set out to build their first set of custom stereo loudspeakers back in 2011, they sought to achieve not just audio perfection, but also to satisfy an ...

Over the years, I have reviewed, used and personally purchased a wide variety of different Bluetooth speakers ranging from the latest smart speakers with integrated personal assistants to large ...