Vintage speakers from legends to unknown .ranked by me 

My God, it's a monster, marathon speaker test from maestro Kelvin. Strap in, belt up, it's going to be one helluva ride!

🙋‍♂️KELVIN…THANKS FOR THE REVIEW AND I LOVE ❤️ YOUR LAVA LAMPS💚💚💚

I loved this one Kelvin. Very good comparisons. Top work

As always entertaining, informative and matter of fact. Just excellent. I love the lava lamps, Will Robinson and the robot, Taxi Driver - all photos are as entertaining as your review. God bless you Kelvin

Kelvin, what a fantastic review of vintage speakers. Cannot wait for the next video.

And was expecting a cowboy style shoot out😂 Very interesting collection.

Brilliant video Kelvin. Love my Spencer & Dorothy BC1s.

Loved the video Kelvin great reviews of some classic speakers 😊

Nice cross section of speakers Kelvin! I wish we had access to many of these on this side of the pond, I would love to add many of them to my collection. Cheers!

Well Kelvin I totally agree with your choices ! Those speakers ( BC1 and LS3/5s) are both considered the finest speaker ever built !I own both ! There are a few worthy amazing speakers out there namely Rogers Studio 1’s ; Celestion SL6’s ; Rogers LS7’s ; Harbeth HL monitors ! These offer many similar musical enjoyment. I’m the lucky owner of these too!

Great collection and comparisons. I got my DM4s on your recommendation and I've added a subwoofer which fills out the slightly lacking bass nicely without overwhelming the sweet mid and top end. Thanks again Kelvin.

Kelvin - love it that you do this pissed

Kelvin .............. I like your videos ..... keep up the good work

What a collection! Nice review Kelvin, give me some ideas of the vintage ones to get.

Thank you for showing all this vintage stuff, so many good speakers. I own a pair of IMF Professional Monitor speakers, and I love the transmission line design. Still looking for the perfect amplifier for these speakers.

I know you already did a separate video for each of these speakers, but I would like to hear some of your thoughts when you compare them directly, like Beovox S 75 vs Beovox 3800 or Spender BC1 vs Bowers and Wilkins DM4 etc. Thank you for your all the knowledge I got from your videos!

A brilliant trip down memory lane courtesy of the best subjective reviewer we have.

Hi Kelvin! Transmission line speakers are making the difference! I own a pair of IMF’s Reference Standard Professional Monitors mk iV and I never never never heard bass like these speakers produce even in today’s high end products! A review from you would be a real joy! Cheers from Greece 🇬🇷

If we talk about vintage speakers in Europe, then they will be mainly German - Canton, Braun, Heco, Telefunken etc. English ones do not happen so often. I don't know if this is good or bad. but some Cantons and Braun are considered top notch

Thanks for another insight into your hifi journey Kelvin, always a pleasure to watch. I can certainly agree on listening distance for the LS3/5As. I use a pair as part of my desk system, mounted on heavy wall mounted TT shelves for a nearfield set up. If I lean forward from my chair I can touch them quite easily, so maybe 4ft away while listening, which is probably pretty close to their original design parameters. At this distance they produce what can only be described as Stereo Laservision (Laserhearing?). At 8ft or more they're less than inspiring to say the least. I've tried that kind of setup with a variety of smaller speakers and some fairly mundane boxes can sound surprisingly good to my less than perfect ears. Perhaps due to a lack of reflected sound? Kudos for a look at the TLs, a design I'll always have a soft spot for.

How about some Harbeth Kelvin surely a fine example of British classic speakers for detail & midrange honey sound. Best Ritchie

No wharfedale?

If you like vintage speakers: Celestion 66 Yamaha NS1000m AR3 or derivatives My favourites (second 2 dependant on amp).

What abaut beovox s45-2?

Great, thank you! 👍

I'd like you to try the IMF RSP MK IV. They are big, have KEF bass and midrange and Celestion HF and Ultra HF speakers and need a lot of power. I never heard such an airy low bass, mids and highs are just sweet. In the 1980s I had alot of experience by building these speakers myself.

Vintage Tannoy 15" concentric driver w/ super tweeter sitting on top and vintage rel storm lll sub hooked to a Conrad Johnson Premier 10 Pre and CJ Premier 11a tube amp...you will never get ear fatigue, very natural and pure🎶😁

Sunday morning, fresh cup of coffee > press Play

Superb video Kelvin. Im currently using Yamaha ns1000 & Imf tsl50. Im really enjoying them. Is there any speaker 70s or new thats on your wish list?

One of the best vintage speakers in my humble opinion > Monitor Audio MA3 from around the mid 1970s .

Great Collection i remember most of these, i worked in an hifi shop in the 80s. They all have one thing in common, ugly front baffles!! for small speakers i had AR18s great for there size!

I want to know about your craftsmanship in your previous job as a stained glass artist. Maybe you will make a video about it one day. Can we find a website that shows your work?

Great stuff! It seems that KEF B and T units still rule.

Jacob Jensen put together allot of great loudspeakers.

Kelvin got a lot of speakers but best set are the Sendor's SP 2/3 .They just sound SO good

It's a shame you don't do a review on Richard Allan RA8 or the monitor 80,s.

Great to see you Kelvin, get yourself some Grundig and Telefunken if you haven’t already!

It was Spencer Hughes that created Spendor speakers.

This was a great one. What would you give the Beovox 3700?

Those B&O have nice drivers! I think a little more thought with the crossover, they would have been a great speaker for any system.

Very nice one. Thanks A lot!

Good selection of speakers Kelvin, just wondering if you could get hold of some 70's Goodmans speakers..the RB range I remember especially the "20"s they where around ninety bucks in 1978 and I had them in a photo studio and sounded pretty good to my tender ears back then. Thnxs for the review as Always, Cheers, Kelvin.

Fine speaker review sir the dyanco a25 is still being used here and it's fine.

How about HPM's....?

No rogers LS6? Interesting. I have those at the time, would be hard to part with as their the first ones made, serial numbers st001a and st001b which ill probably never find the first of any british classic again, like a needle in a haystack, and unsure of the actual value of this particular set them being the first set of those produced so wouldnt know how to price those if i decided to sale anyway. I like them better than the proacs ive had before and the lss/5a, but i like those all fine as well. Anyway, great video, keep em comin!

The latest version of that Elac is getting very good reviews.

Lava lamps!

11:45. Bass light. I can see the foam fill plugging the port. Move that away from the port and you will gain bass

Exellent video as always. Kelvin, What is your current favorite amp for ls 3/5a? Regards from Poland :)

Wow that was like The Generation Game, do I get to keep all the speakers I can remember?

Class review 😊

I get the impression your not a fan of Wharfdale speakers. I would be fascinated in a review of the 70s 3xp range, namely Linton and Glendale.

Wharfedale Meltons - don't judge me!

Just as well that you didn't have Coda II, my first speakers, and to say the least, they weren't the finest KEF's.

Do you guys have Cerwin Vega in the UK? I you dont see those brands in the US. I'd like to koww your opinion of the Cerwin Vega VS 120 - 3 way 12 inch ported woofers had them since 93 - never heard a nicer , richer speaker.

Hey K :-) So many speakers, are you an hoarder? haha. There are way to many variations in how one hears music from a defect to injury to being exposed to really loud sound for long periods. For example; the brain of any man married more than ten years definitely filters out female vocals. ;--D. Cheers Big Ears!

Have you tried blocking the ports on the lec? What you're saying sounds it might give it an improvement especially in the low mid-range. Try it out let me know yeah I could tell with the kefs there's a design issue going on there. With the size of the vocal coil of the woofer and the small tweeter is just wrong they don't make good partners that's why it Sheltie going up too high! A larger tweeter going up one and a half inch would have been a better choice marriage. Allowing the tweeter to to go a bit lower and rolling off the top end of the woofer would have sorted it out. I mean it's possibly you could change the crossover slightly with a different type of capacitor and inductor to smooth it off! but at the end of the day you're better off probably with a better woofer or full range driver

Listened to the latest Rogers over the weekend. But I would say they can be a bit shouty in the high frequencies. Entertaining but not the mystical master that's portrayed.

Where would the ar18hj be in your list?

Seas tweeter, not Vifa

Any recommendations for a sub with the Rogers speakers?

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No celestion ditton 66. Ahi ahi ahi... 😂

Only uk speakers ?

Kef cantata?

can't believe not single EPOS speaker in your collection... you got the awesome ES11 or 12 or the bigger ES14 and nada and you live in England, sad man, sad!!! just joking!!

0:29 Kef Coda bb 6/10 1:59 Beovox 3800 7/10 3:34 Elac debut 2.0 db6.2 ??/10 4:48 Kef Cantor 5/10 6:23 Beovox 3000 7/10 8:30 ParaLab ?? /10 10:44 Bowers & Wilkins DM4 8.5 /10 11:56 Beovox cx100 6.5/10 15:16 Monitor Audio MA4 8/10 17:30 Rogers LS35a 9/10 19:48 Monitor Audio 252 ??/10 21:15 Beovox S75 7.5/10 24:33 SpenDor BC1 9/10

Learnt so much, thanks.

What a cracking video-really loved this 😊😊

Brilliant as always kelvin 👍

I know nothing about you sir. But you delivered an interesting and truly subjective review. I watched till the end. Well bloody done! This from Vancouver Island BC Canada. Cheers!

Thanks Kelvin, great video as per. Have you ever tried the Beovox CX100s paired with the Cona sub speaker that was an option at the time? I added the Cona to my C75 speakers (the C75s were replaced by the CX100s, but are essentially the same I believe) and I'm really happy with the overall sound that the three speakers give. The Cona is an unusual piece of kit and I would love to hear your take on it. All the best.

The Monitor Audio needs to have that tweeter grille removed..Its a silk diaphram so its not especially vulnerable to damage as opposed to a titanium dome..sounds a lot better without the metal mesh..You might need some small washers to make up the difference due to the plastic frame not being there any longer..

Any recommendations from this list for speakers to suit a Pioneer sx-980? I currently have Mission 720

Best bargain in speakers is definitely the acoustic energy aegis one and the ae100 series. Mind the B&W dm610i are excellent. Mordaunt short ms202 about the most underrated speakers. They were slated and are actually very good speakers indeed. So musical and enjoyable

Love this channel. Dangerous viewing though.

Interesting as always, but what are your thoughts on electrostatic speakers?

Another brilliant, informative video Kevin. I feel more confident now when searching to purchase vintage speakers, armed with your insightful knowledge, that I can get the sound I am looking for.

Loved it. Took me right back to when my ears worked properly lol

Another great video from Kelvin! And perfectly timed, I was actually looking for a thin speaker to fit in a particular place, and there it is, The B & O CX 100 which I knew nothing about. I have actually bought a pair and am really looking forward to trying them out when they arrive. Thank you!

Great comparisons, surprised no vintage Tannoy in your hifi collection? Vintage Tannoys are a bit like an old pair of slippers......you know they are old and probably a bit past their best but the fit and comfort are perfect.....and a new pair of slippers will be poorer quality and made in China.

Norway is Seas, Vifa is from Denmark

I decided to check out the big 'E' shopping place for vintage KEF and other British speakers. There are some nice deals, and it's often difficult to assess the overall condition of 40 year old speakers until they arrive at your home. Ten years ago much lower prices made collecting more fun.

Kelvin have you ever tried horn speakers a review would be great totally agree with your choices other than the royd sinatra as an inclusion

You are the Keith Richard of the hifi world, congrats