Top 12 speaker companies/Brands between 1950 & 1970, They changed to audio world.

Have you ever thought about what companies that really paved the way in the past, to create a audiophile market and mainstream audio market.
Well here are the 12 companies/brands that led the way, and created the great hobby we have today.
But they also made the modern day audio business possible.
Sit back and enjoy, as we explore the top 12 companies/brands in the early days.

[@hitechrr]

I still use my Acoustic Research AR-16 speakers that I bought in 1977.

[@93hostang]

Thank you for the video series! I am looking forward for the 90's to present installment. I do though have a request. Could you provide links to the speaker and component companies you discussed in the video description? I wasn't sure of some of the names you mentioned in the videos, and would like to read about some of these vintage brands that are no longer available. Even if it's only a wiki link? I understand your disdain for Klipsch, but I was quite surprised they were not mentioned in the 50's to 70's brands, as they literally were the first company to engineer a speaker that would bring the experience of live music to your home. I'm not surprised that you're not a fan of the Heresy's lol, but in fairness they were designed as a center speaker to compliment the vocal range of their horn loaded cabinets. The fact that they were so inexpensive compared to the Klipsch Horn and La Scala models, it was the only way the average consumer could get the "Klipsch sound" without re-mortgaging their home. The people who had them began to sing their praises, because they hadn't experience anything else like them, and they eventually drew a cult following. Now, any dealer worth their salt will tell you that the Heresy's NEED to be paired with a good subwoofer to get the "full" sound you described they were lacking.
However, as I am writing this, and watching the video, at 21:13 you went into great detail about the Klipsch heritage line of speakers... Hahahaha, maybe I should've waited until the end of the video before writing an incredibly long and drawn out explanation of why Klipsch should have been included in this era of hi fidelity speakers.
At any rate, thank you for the content, and I look forward to watching more of your videos.
-Chris-

[@SheikhN-bible-syndrome]

I've got a pare of EV Regina speakers from 1963 and they still work! They were my 1st vintage speakers that I bought when I got 8nto vintage audio
And I just picked up a pare of coral audio bx-7 speakers and the build quality is top quality they are early 1960's and they still work too! I opened them up to see what kind of drivers were in them and they have 1 10" and 2 3" alnico drivers in them! The only frustrating thing is that I cannot find a single bit of info on these components I can find info on many of their other drivers and a few alnico drivers but not these not even pictures that match these which is frustrating because they look to be very well built cast frame and horseshoe alnico motors and dark paper cones with kinda this orange color surround no spider sag no rubbing I'm shocked that they are 100% working being this old and the cabinet is 3/4" oak very nice

[@swinde]

At one point Acoustic Research had a large share of the high fidelity speaker market. (32% in 1966) I still have my AR-3a speakers and love them.

[@sammyjenkis4791]

FALSE!

[@swinde]

@@sammyjenkis4791
32% of the US domestic market. Under "AR-3 loudspeaker" in Wikipedia article.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Research

[@socksumi]

I love vintage speakers but there's a clot of crap you have to sort through to discover the jewels. If you're talking 1960s British how about KEF, Spendor (the famous BBC designed BC1), Radford and their legendary transmission line designs. Glad you mentioned Quads' famous electrostatic which came out in 1957 and remained legendary and unchanged into the early 80s. I know not so famous in North America but in Europe and Japan these were legendary. Even today the Quad's transparency and clarity is still some of the best which is why they are so expensive on the used market. My fav box speaker from the 50s is the JBL Hartley corner horns. I much prefer them over their competition such as vintage Klpschorns.