When Klipsch say 105dB sensitivty, in reality it's probably 95dB.
They have a history with their sensitivity figures.
Yeah, I just read reviews of two of their speakers, one Heritage and one modern style, and both measured WELL below their ratings. I haven't seen any "quality" manufacturer be off by that much. Sure plenty that are off by 2-3 dB, which is embarrassing and really my limit for trustworthiness, but almost 10 dB in the two cases I read. That's some serious bs.
i think the list of LE 911s with a subpar resale is quite short (is there currently any pre-996 LE that isn't in the stratosphere? just skimmed through mobile.de and at least here in europe even the 996 era seems to be holding up pretty well when it comes to GT2s and 3s)
the Dynaudio Heritage Special is supposedly limited to 2500 units... all things considered, after 2 years it seems to be holding pretty well, secondary prices here in EU are around 5k while MSRP is 6k.
I didn't consider the value of pre-996 cars because honestly that's over 20 years old and if we're talking about buying speakers with the expectation of holding on to them for 20 years that's a way different proposition. If you look at speakers from 20-40 years ago then even normal production run speakers have increased in absolute value, but few could be considered collectible as the rates of return and appreciation has been, in a word, poor, compared to many other collectible objects. A website that sells used gear in NJ, Skyfi Audio, routinely has 30-50 pairs of vintage speakers that are considered "high quality" examples, so top $, and only the oldest speakers sell for significantly more than the their original prices. The ones that seem to increase in value the most are generally the ones that have significant sonic performance for their years of manufacture, like certain JBL's, Quad's, Altec's, B&W's, and a few others. Yes B&W's seem to hold their value well, but I credit that to them being a "prestige" brand like McIntosh where wealthy people just treat them like they can do no wrong and all their gear is worth ridiculous amounts of money. The job the McIntosh brand has done in establishing itself as the Cadillac of the audio world is commendable but honestly when I've heard a few of their amplifiers they've only sounded serviceable and I think they are one of the most painfully overpriced bs brands out there. I tend to see B&W as similar but not as bad. So I wouldn't compare either to a Porsche because the performance side of the equation seems to be missing.