Eight years ago, Mikey Weiss had wanted to build a display of vintage stereos at his Brooklyn store – “a museum piece,” he calls it – to show people what stereos looked like in the 1970s. His ...
DIY stereo speakers are a popular project, but they often turn out a boring color with the same black speaker cloth that you'd find on any other speaker. Boost your speaker game with these DIY ...
There is an old axiom I love to live by, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Just because your speakers are old, doesn’t mean they can’t still perform as good and sometimes better than the models that ...
The Prunus J-150 Vintage Radio and Bluetooth Speaker is 12% off, and shoppers love its retro look.
My next-door neighbor recently gave me a set of Cerwin Vega R123 3-way cabinets, and predictably the woofers need to be re-foamed. From what he can remember, they're still working, so that's the only ...
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 ...
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, ...
Innovative Audio specializes in selling affordable "vintage" hi-fis. Complete systems with a receiver, turntable or CD player and speakers start around $500! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...
The renowned hi-fi brand has released an affordable amplifier that's designed to look like a 1970s icon.
There is always the risk that a piece of vintage audio can break sooner rather than later and it’s not the end of the world. I’ve written at length over the past several months about the joys of ...
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.