[Niteshade]

I have a pair of vintage Allied 3-way speakers that astound me! They are around 90db efficient, use sealed cabinets, all drivers have Al-Nico magnets. The walnut veneer is great too. I can't get over how balanced they are and there is a tweeter control in the back that works perfectly. The woofers are 10" and produce a surprising amount of bass. Power rating is around 50 watts.

[konut]

JBL L-65 Jubal
My favorite JBL because it doesn't have a horn. Details here.
http://www.vintage-audio.com.ua/en/cat/152/392.html

[macrojack]

Goldmund Dialogue.

[JimJ]

K-Horns, or the big Altec VOTT multicells...

[Wind Chaser]

Acoustats

[thunderbrick]

DQ-10s   

[rollo]

Bozak, tannoy .


charles

[mark funk]

Dahlquist DQ-10s

                                                         

[jaywills]

A tossup, Celestion SL600's or Quad 63's.

[ArthurDent]

Dahlquist DCM-7s . Still sound sweet in my office system. 

[Don_S]

DQ-10s   

Yes, DQ-10s get my vote.  I wish the Sheriff had caught the b______s that stole mine.

[Scottdazzle]

I'm going to vote for the Large Advent in walnut cabinets.  This is the speaker that gave many thousands of listeners a great big taste of the high end for modest bucks.  For a few years in the early to mid-1970s it seemed like everyone who loved music had a pair.  At the store where I worked, the Dahlquists were the next step up the ladder.

[Don_S]

Good point about the Large Advents.  They are what started me on this long, strange trip. I had a pair (walnut) that quickly led to adding a McIntosh 6100 then stacked Advents.  Dahlquist DQ-10s came later as I continued slipping helplessly down the slope.

I'm going to vote for the Large Advent in walnut cabinets.  This is the speaker that gave many thousands of listeners a great big taste of the high end for modest bucks.  For a few years in the early to mid-1970s it seemed like everyone who loved music had a pair.  At the store where I worked, the Dahlquists were the next step up the ladder.

[*Scotty*]

My vote would go to the original DCM Time Windows paired with an RH Labs servo sub-woofer. The big one that looked like a coffee table.
Scotty

[baldrick]

My favourite vintage speaker has to be the Klipshorns.

Dates back to 1946 (and still in production from what I understand)

[martyo]

KEF 105, originals.

[dflee]

My first step into the audio world was with a pair of Avid speakers. Can't remember the model # but I enjoyed them.
My next pair were B&O M30 and had a great time with them.

Don

[budyog]

DLK. I knew Don L. Kliewer and a bunch of guys who were friends who worked there. A Minneapolis company. I still own and use a pair of 1s and 3s and I have had the 4s and a modified pair of 4s.
I got all the parts for a pair of 4s from the company, built a pair of 1" wood cabinets, 14"x14" x4'? made some tubular stands, laid them on the side and put the little 5" mid-range in a very little box and the tweeter screwed to a board on top.
So they each consisted of 2-12" woofers, 5" mid and a tweeter. Now looking back I guess I sort of had a partial open baffle and I did not even know it! I do not know what I did with them, probably sold them!
Lots and still making great memories with DLKs!

[PMAT]

Yamaha NS-1000's. Beryllium madness in 1982. I'll never forget the the DBX rep looking around our showroom and picking them out for a demo. He passed up the JBl's, the ADS's, the Polk's and several others to play Pink Floyd on some great table (can't remember) and a Grace F-9E cartridge through his Dynamic Range Expander. Holy Jesus! It was a panty peeler demo at the time. The Expander was ridiculed for "pumping" but the speakers shined with the abuse.

[OzarkTom]

Acoustat X's with the direct-drive servo amps. By far, the best sounding electrostats ever built. Throw those transformers away.