Is there a category for Vintage?

[JBL 4645]

New turns into Vintage then turns into, Antique or Rare?

So is that a fair way of putting it?

How many years does it take to classify audio gear to be Vintage?

[Harvey Gerst]

New turns into Vintage then turns into, Antique or Rare?

So is that a fair way of putting it?

How many years does it take to classify audio gear to be Vintage?

Lemme put it this way:

I'm now considered "Antique", and soon to be "Rare".

BTW, "new" also turns into "junk".

[timc]

BTW, "new" also turns into "junk".

HAHAHA!


-Tim

[JBL 4645]

Okay then so are my plastic JBL control 5 vintage or junk or let’s be fair “rare”? Nah, they are still being produced so I guess they don’t fall into the category.

[timc]

I hope a loudspeaker with plastic enclosure never gets labeled Vintage.

Ofc talking about normal plastic here. There are some pretty amazing composites on the market.


-Tim

[JoMoCo]

Once something is out of OEM inventory, it is all vintage. Now vintage with resale or collectable value is another thing completely......

[hjames]

Okay then so are my plastic JBL control 5 vintage or junk or let’s be fair “rare”? Nah, they are still being produced so I guess they don’t fall into the category.

They are just "used" - Vintage has a certain class and style -
contemporary plastic boxed need not apply ...

Now, if they had a neat Art-Deco look or had been made with bakeolite ...?

(but they weren't).