![]() May the Boston Acoustics A40 live on in used audio departments of independent dealers, and in the internet. These speakers represented a better age, not just in audio terms, and I miss them. I finally sold my Boston Acoustics A40s to a cash conversion shop a couple of years ago. The Pioneer SX-1980’s can sell for up to 4000 and the Marantz 2500. Surprisingly a Technics SA-1000 recently sold with a buy it now at 1500 which seems fairly cheap. Of course, all of them are highly collectible and bring high prices at auction. The New York Times has thoughtfully archived a great piece that it ran on these great speakers from an earlier time: There you have it The most powerful vintage receivers ever made. Infinity, Acoustic Research, and Advent all had similar bookshelf speakers in the 1980s. However, these speakers were great for their epoch, particularly for those of us who were on a tight budget. These speakers could not match the B&W 685s (perhaps the closest thing to a successor speaker that we may have today) that I replaced them with in 2010. Without being overbearing, the A40s always had enough sound to fill up a dorm room or an apartment living room. ![]() These speakers had good sensitivity, great stereo imaging, had a sealed enclosure (a greater rarity in today's bass-reflex obsessed world) and took up little space. I replaced the drivers, and the speakers rendered fine service for another decade. Boston Acoustics fine customer service department sold me replacement drivers, which by then had rubber surrounds. By 2000 the foam surrounds had given way. I purchased a new pair of Boston Acoustics A40 in 1986. ![]()
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