MB, I'm of the believe that anything and everything can be quantified. The issue is, are we measuring the right things and are the measurements interpreted correctly?Going back to vintage sound, I was looking for both quantitative and qualitative descriptions. Quantitative could be in the form of frequency extension, frequency response, sensitivity, dynamics, directivity, etc. To tell you the truth, I don't really know what I mean by vintage sound. It's a term I've heard used more than once and was interested in what it refered to.