I cannot remember when I bought these, early eighties perhaps. Teamed up with a B&O TX2 record deck (yes, vinyl) which is a bit younger than the speakers and an Audiolab 8000A amp. They sound perfectly okay in a room 18 feet by 15 feet (sorry for the Imperial measurements, but my title is Old Fart). I am sure that there are far superior speakers out there, but until they die a death I will not be replacing them. Very nice Classical sound (classical as in Bach, Sibelius etc.) and a comfortable size. I have mounted them on two (one each, not two per speaker) lightly decorated wood carved elephants, so the sit about 18 inches off the floor). No spikes, bi wiring, £100 a metre (39 inches at a guess) cabling involved. Shostakovich's 11th symphony rumbles the floorboards and your intestines with this set up. However, Respighi's Pines Of The Appian Way needs something bigger.