Soldato
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I've recently been upgrading my gear slowly and was wondering is there any point in upgrading old speakers that are still in working order?
I have a pair of B&W DM602 S2, which are nearly 20 years old now!!, They are in mint condition and still sound pretty good to my ears but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading due to the age of the speaker?, do they degrade in sound quality over time? for example the ferrofluid in the tweeters maybe gumming up a little and dulling the sound? I just feel a bit of sparkle missing from the tweeters but B&W's say that the fluid should be fine even after 20 years, they still hold parts for the speaker and charge £90 for the two tweeters which I thought was pretty good.
I was maybe considing the new B&W 685 S2 @ £500 but I'm wondering if I'll be getting a worthwhile upgrade, factoring in the sale of my 602's the upgrade may only cost £300-350.
Any guys on here still enjoying older speakers?
I have a pair of B&W DM602 S2, which are nearly 20 years old now!!, They are in mint condition and still sound pretty good to my ears but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading due to the age of the speaker?, do they degrade in sound quality over time? for example the ferrofluid in the tweeters maybe gumming up a little and dulling the sound? I just feel a bit of sparkle missing from the tweeters but B&W's say that the fluid should be fine even after 20 years, they still hold parts for the speaker and charge £90 for the two tweeters which I thought was pretty good.
I was maybe considing the new B&W 685 S2 @ £500 but I'm wondering if I'll be getting a worthwhile upgrade, factoring in the sale of my 602's the upgrade may only cost £300-350.
Any guys on here still enjoying older speakers?
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