The Audio Technicians Blacklist: 5 Hi-Fi Speaker Brands to Never Buy
64K views · Jun 5, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@WiredTruthHIFI · 3 months ago (edited) · pinned
👉 <a href="http://wiredtruth.netlify.app/">wiredtruth.netlify.app</a> 👈<br><br>Which speaker brand has disappointed you the most? Drop the name below 👇
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@robertmarquis8986 · 3 months ago
I still have my Paradigm monitor 7, 30 years and still running!
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@timokautto3263 · 2 days ago
Tangent Accustics RS4 i have had them for 0ver 25 years sounds still great
@xomthood · 3 months ago
Still running my 40 year old Advent Maestros.
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@Raphaking10 · 3 months ago
My B&W 685 bought in 2000s still delivers perfectly
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@stevehoyland4337 · 3 months ago
I have a pair of paradigm speakers owned them for about 30 years
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@barrykerr7540 · 3 months ago
In 1980 I purchased a ‘Coral’ 3way kit speaker outfit. I made the boxes to specs provided and was delighted by the sound powered by my Sansui au3900 amplifier. 46 years later these speakers sound very good still and have not deteriorated as far as I can tell. Impressive Japanese manufacturing me thinks.
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@427dorosz · 2 months ago (edited)
I bought my first pair of BOSE 901s 54 years ago. They were good then, but they didn't improve much after that. About twenty five years ago, I bought a pair of Yamaha NS-1000M. Still happy I did.
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@jaxager · 3 months ago
Klipsch premium model speakers are still handmade in Hope, Arkansas, where they've always been made.
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@MasterOfNone-1960 · 3 months ago
I had a 5 speaker Paradigm surround sound speaker set up plus their big subwoofer in the late from '98 to '01, and I enjoyed it for what it was. I got into 2 channel Hi-Fi in '24 and the first thing I did was donate the Paradigm speakers to Goodwill and by a modern set of Klipsch bookshelf speakers, and then I bought a set of JBL 4311B control monitors. I wasn't happy with either of these so I tried a set of 2-way ADS speakers, these worked for me and I ended up buying a set of large 3-way bookshelf ADS speakers that continue to amaze me. ADS are my end game speakers.
@RC_Turbo · 2 months ago
Bought a pair of Klipsch Forte speakers around 1990. Paired them with a Adcom 545 amp and Adcom preamp. Still jamming out like they did way back when
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@zodpoulenc8318 · 3 months ago
I still use a pair of Interaudio 1000s that I bought in 1973. They still sound amazing.
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