When I was at MIT (fall of 1981), my fraternity purchased Boston Acoustics A150 speakers they were $750 a pair, in Boston! They were driven by a (frequently overheating) 500w carver cube. They were ...
My dad has some a150 still, they still sound good to me. I have a friend that had some expensive focals that were worse and my $1500 sony 5.1 is completely rubbish next to it, as is the $600 Samsung ...