
With that as a backdrop, here are my top 10 picks for the most influential speakers in the Consumer American hi-fi market over the last 50 years. A Top 10 Influence All-Time in the American speaker market? Move along nothing to see here. So for example, if you’re looking for the Rogers LS3/5a on this list, save yourself some time and stop reading now. Foreign speakers have been evaluated and included with an eye to how they influenced the direction of the U.S. This is an article that deals with the 10 most influential speakers to have appeared on the scene in the last half-century in the American hi-fi market. One other thing up front: This is an American-centric article. Includes our standard 90 day limited warranty (excluding problems due to under / over powering.This will not be a purely factual article but instead based on my intimate involvement in the speaker market for 50+ years. Cabinets measures 2 0 ” high x 1 1.5 ” wide x 9.5 ” deep and weighs 23 lbs each. Tweeters also look and sound great! These are among the best sounding of the vintage speaker models you will hear ! Definitely one of the classic “New England” speakers. Woofers have just had fresh & complete re-foamed surrounds for years of trouble free service. Minor, typical snags, but none of the typical water staining. Original “burlap” linen grills still in good shape as are the grill frames. This pair has a few “battle scars” but nothing too distracting (see lower set of photos). Recommended Minimum Power amplifier rating: 15 watts If you are a fan of AR 2ax’s from that period, and most folks are, you will love the detail, definition and bass response of these speakers. Still sounds as good today as it did then and these are no exception. They utilize the same 9.5″ woofer and “Fried Egg” tweeter as the full size “Loudspeakers”. ADVENT “THE SMALLER LOUDSPEAKER ” STEREO SPEAKERS UTILITY VERSIONSĪ smaller version of the famous “The Advent Loudspeaker” speakers, the Advent 1’s.
