I am 63 years old. I Still have my EPI 100's from the 70's. I have put them away, took them out, put them away, and took them out of the closet over the decades, and have bought many a modern Speaker thinking they would be better than the EPI 100's. I run a recording studio, and have bought nearly all of the major "studio monitors" of the day. Many of them costing over 20x more than the EPI 100's. Again, the same thing. EPI's in the closet. But, guess what. The EPI's keep coming back out and I wind up selling the monitors of the day and leaving the EPI's out for me to enjoy. They are truly magical. They do things other speakers of the modern day just can't do. I don't even mess with a sub with them. They are so well balanced on their own. Focal monitors of the day, appear to all of my friends who own them proudly, as they brag about the inverted dome tweeter in their monitors that Focal invented. I love showing them that I have had a inverted dome tweeter for over 50 years. They are shocked when I pull my grill covers off and they see the tweeter in the EPI. Many of my friends have cried. Their bubble shattered! I love it. They also can't believe the sound.
No Polk SDA? The best value, under appreciated vintage speaker series! And probably the most hyped (overrated at the time) late 80’s speaker. The monsters are amazing. Audiophiles spit on them. Vintage hi-fi shops laugh at me when I ask about. A Merlot of the speaker world. But, Impressive how they can fill a room. Made for 70’s Pink Floyd. Bring tons of watts as they are power-hungry. Pair it with a big Yamaha CR receiver or 80’s Yamaha integrated amp. Lots were built. Some later badly modded. Could not give them away for many years. Skylab should do a video about.
If I need to relax, I watch one of your videos. Thanks for your presentations and information! I own Klipsch KG 1.2 bookshelves with a matching passive sub, all in mint condition. I picked this set up from a Craig’s List sale. The wood veneer is all in perfect shape. This line of Klipsch has a different sound than the usual horn loaded models. The high end is not as hot…less sizzle! I never see these in shops. Ebay, yes. Shops, no. This line of Klisch has large floor standing speakers too. Did this line of Klipsch ever come through your store?
Nice timing. I have the EPI 100s, which were my mains in the workspace/den for months. I just took them out of rotation for a recap which all the old vintage stuff needs at this point. FYI - An online store called " Human Speakers" specializes in all things EPI, Epicure and Genesis speakers.
Identical to the EPI 100’s of the early 70’s were the EPI 90’s. Same cabinet and drivers except the 90’s had a walnut-flavored vinyl wrap and no tweeter level control. The secret to the EPIs was the fact that the crossover was just one capacitor on the tweeter, the woofer ran full range. Ed Burhoe, the designer, stated that the woofer was designed with a voice coil that had the desired inductance and served as a low pass for the woofer. My pair of 90’s I bought in 1973 when I was in high school was $180/ pair, while the 100s were $200/pair (not $99). My stereo was the envy of my dorm floor, also being that I was using a Dynaco PAS-3X tube preamp ($50 with Telefunken tubes)and Stereo 70 tube power amp ($70 - a dollar a watt!) with a Thorens TD121 turntable ($20 from a radio station converting to tape cartridges), an Empire 980 arm ($40) and a Grado FTE ($20) cartridge. I was into vintage before it was a thing 😆! At a time when most all hi-fi was made in Japan, everything I had was USA manufactured, except the Thorens which was Swiss. BTW, the EPI 100’s were rated #1 in a test of loudspeakers appearing in Consumer Reports, which was highly influential at the time.
So glad you mentioned the placement issue with Bose! It's super important to get the reflecting part working right otherwise they just sound flat and dull. Lots of people either don't know this or don't have the proper space to set them up, hence the rep.
Thank you for explaining that love/hate relationship with Bose. The only Bose I have are small outdoor ones that serve a specific purpose (outside or testing a new unknown condition amp). Not knowing anything about the old Bose speakers, I could not understand the hatred, bordering on religious fundamentalism against another religion, against them.
Totally agree on the baby Advents. I have a pair and sold another a couple of months ago. They are extremely easy to refoam and sound surprisingly good for the their size. They hit lower than they should. Very shallow but wide cabinet.
First "Audiophile" system I listened to was in 1981 and had Bose 901 speakers. I was impressed by how good that system sounded. That was 42 years ago and now they would sound like a clock radio compared to my tube amplified Klipsch La Scalas.
Thanks for the very cool video's. I look forward to watching each Sunday morning. I'm definitely a vintage stereo fanatic from the 70s and 80s So thanks again you make my Sunday!!
Hey I think it's great you're doing the live stream on sunday. Don't worry. Even if some of us miss it we just watch the replay anyway man. Extremely grateful for all your content.
I want to thank you for recommending the Bose 301s. I bought a pair of Series IIIs for my home office. Maybe it is just because I do have the perfect conditions but they sound awesome to me. Running a tiny Aiyama Amp and Schiit DAC through my MAC. I love the sound of these bookshelf speakers and at $200 they were a steal.
I should be able to make the live stream on a Sunday night... but that is the US Thanksgiving weekend. Kevin, you just mentioned Skylabs would be shut, and therefore you would be unable to make a video, likely to spend the time with family, but November 26th is still the intended date for the live stream ?
I picked up a pair of Mini Advent II a while ago for $5... Of course they need to be refoamed and I got the kit for about $28. I think it will be a good way to learn how to refoam. Based on the instructions, it seems pretty straightforward, maybe that will be a good project during the Thanksgiving break. The Sawafuji look very interesting. Idea for a future video: making a list of unknown brands/speakers to keep an eye out for (if it hasn't being done yet, I'm not sure) I'll try to be there for the live, no promises though but I set an alarm for it. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family
That’s what I’d like to do myself. I have been picking up older/cheaper audio equipment to try out and am looking for stuff I can try repairing too. I’d like to have a little side business in Rochester MN of speaker repair and possible electronics too. Need more diagnostic tools for that though. With Des Moines and the Twin Cities being as far as they are, there’s nothing local for that stuff.
Regardless of how their speakers sound, my guess is that many people are down on them because Bose has always budgeted highly for the marketing their products (money that I suppose could have otherwise gone into designing and building better speakers). Like it or not, this approach has obviously worked out well for them.
Hey Kevin, I'm extremely interested in your thoughts on the baby Advent 2 vs the Advent Graduate? I have zero experience with the baby Advent 2's, but I have had a set of Advent Graduates' for over 40 years, and love them to death! I had to replace the rings on the woofers once, and they're still going strong! I drive them with a small (50w/ch) Pyle class D amp, being driven by my main PC, and I absolutely love the sound that comes from them in that configuration. 50w seems to be a sweet spot for them in a fairly small room. I also have a pair of original ADS L300's that I had had almost as long as the Graduates, and I think that the Advents sound better at the low end, and every bit as good at the high end as the ADS'. But I would really love to heard your thoughts on the Graduates??? I hope you have the time to respond. I love your videos and agree with (almost) everything you say! Also, as aside, years ago, early '80's, I had a Pioneer SX-1050 driving a set of ADS L710's. I sold that whole setup when I graduated collage around 1982, and I so very much regret letting it go! What a mistake that was. Today, I would bet that the old Pioneer/ADS combination would out-sound just about anything in the modern era. This truly was the one that "got away" for me. The really painful thing is how much (or little) I sold them for, not knowing what I really had! Ouch!
I've picked up so many speakers at good will. Cleaned them up and performed a refoam. Baby Advent, Optimus Pro Lx5, Infinity RS 325 and Infinity SL40. Yep Bose definitely need to be placed correctly or they will sound horrible.
One of your videos caught my eye, and since then, I have watched several more. Learning about lot's of brands that I wasn't familiar with. I like when I see things that I had or friends of mine had back in the day. I listened to a set of bose speaker and they sounded great especially for their size. I got them home and hooked them up and at first they sounded great. Between songs I walked away from them and when the next song started I thought something went seriously wrong. It turned out that as I got closer they sounded better and better. Apparently they are designed to be listened to with in say 5-8 feet maximum distance. They became my small office speakers. I kinda liked the radio shack mach 1 and mach 2 speakers. I really wanted a big set of cerwin Vegas and I was saving up for them and the place that carried them closed and I couldn't find them anywhere. I had liked the mach 1 speakers but they were discontinued. I would have liked to have heard them side by side but it was not going to happen. I had enough to buy the mach 2 speakers and I used them for year and years then I moved and they didn't fit the new house. I had them in storage for 15 years and when I got them out and hooked them up they no longer sounded good. Turned out the speaker suroinds went bad. I looked for replacement speakers but they were a weird ohm I think it was. I found a local place that redid the surrounds and they did a great job and they are in my workshop now and I get to enjoy them all the time. Keep up the cool videos.
EPI 100 were my first good speakers. Got them around 1981, and mated with a 30 wpc Sony integrated amp. Later switched to a 38 wpc Marantz I got from my mom, as it belonged to my grandfather. I damaged one of the tweeters in a move and replaced the EPI with Jamie, later Dynaudio, then Linn, but that is another story.
I had a pair of Bose 601's, not sure of the series, but they sounded awesome! Very good bottom end. Ported on the rear. I currently have a pair of Clements 800SI (Spatial Image) speakers, Made in Canada, that are quite rare to see these days. They also sound awesome, with a great bottom end as well. Rear ported. These aren't bookshelf speakers, just not that common to find, like the last section of this video.
Really cool and nice with the "newer" info graphics with the bullet points with your voice over going over the details 🙏Very helpful good Sir, for me as a newbie 🙏🥁
Another fun video. Love the trigger warning. I think I’ve mentioned that a few people have known combined the 301 with the Big Advents. Its a killer combination and the bigger speakers solve the base issue.
In the mid 80s I was putting together my first, "decent" stereo. I got a Technics receiver and was debating between the Baby Advent IIs and the Bose 301s. The price was the same ($179 if memory serves) and I thought they sounded about the same. The salesman said the Advents would be better with my receiver since they were easier to drive. I went with his recommendation and was quite happy with the results.
I brought Marantz LS 17a Speakers in 1982. Still working well with renewed silicone. I would like to keep use them as my front speakers in home system. What wattage per channel should I look for in an AVR to utilise the LS's
I always love the Bose debate. Maybe it’s just me but as a kid in middle school and high school band, they had Bose in the music room and they sounded very good. I really enjoyed listening to them. Placement definitely is key for them. They’re nowhere near the best thing ever, but they really aren’t all that bad. Even if it’s just because your mind is being tricked to think they sound good. With that said, if I had a good room to be able to place them and make them work, I would have a set. I wanted to get some 301 Series 3 or maybe 4 for the basement for my wife to listen to music since she WFH. She isn’t an audiophile so she would be fine with them. There are worse speakers out there.
I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I used to live a few blocks from the Karns showroom on Fulton Street. As a teenager in the late 1970s hearing the Karns compared to other brands on display was my first exposure to "hi-fi" audio. I was hooked on audio as a hobby ever since. I never owned a pair of Karns, though.
Those darn EPI-100's. First offered in 1969 (I believe) they were the best "budget" speakers during the 1970's. I got mine late, as kitchen extension speakers, from Tech Hifi (12 W 45th street NYC) for $140 a pair in 1980. They have very good dispersion, HF response and surprisingly deep bass (+/-3dB's @ 48Hz) for such small systems being 21" tall and 25 lbs. They're true "bookshelf" systems.
I am from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and met Ray Karnes (RIP) in his retail outlet when I auditioned his speakers. From his obituary: He was the owner of Karns Electronics for 50 years. When Raymond was young the Kansas City Star labeled him "Boy Hero" for saving his mother's life. He was an airplane pilot, radio pioneer, an inventor with two patents, he also recorded and made records
The EPI 100s have a bunch of different versions. Also look at the Epicure Model 10 which are the same thing basically. I've refoamed a set of each and really like them
I remember those EPI's. For the money they were a steal. But 20 bucks for those Planars? What magnet material was employed as I believe Sumitomo/GM invented the Neodymium alloy in '93?
My first Stereo... A pair of EPI 100, Marantz 1060, and an AR XA turntable with SP 25 cartridge. The turntable was $66.00! I blew up the EPIs several times 😅
Keep the reviews coming. Look for some Ohm Acoustics Model’s C2, L’s or Walsh 2’s. I think you will really like them. Will try to be on the live. Happy Thanksgiving
I am not a Bose fan, but I just got a free set of Bose 501 (1979) speakers, and they are supposed to sit up against the wall, and they are playing through a HK 430 Twin receiver, and they sound surprising good.
I'll be there on your live stream. I like this channel. And knowing you're in Iowa too. We're darn near neighbors. LoL Plus I had a set of Bose in my old Chevy Blazer K5. They were good speakers.
I have a pair of Bose 301 Series V speakers that I picked up on facebook market place. I put a whole system (not exactly vintage) together from flea markets, thrift stores and facebook for $300 that includes a Victrola turntable, Onkyo reciever and Onkyo CD player and finished off with the Bose speakers. In a 12 x 13 foot office/bedroom the set-up is more than adequate.
If you find a pair of Australian made Krix Equinox book shelf speakers you won't be disappointed, Krix have been making speakers for 50yrs. mine are 24yrs old purchased these in a second hand shop for $120 from memory, new models today $1000-$1300.
Thanks for the EPI. I have two models myself and I enjoy them. I also really dig my two sets of Ohm speakers (again, different models). both the EPI and Ohms have foam surround rot so repair kits are a must for these.
Absolutely great site my friend ! I was a hi-end salesman through the 70's ! unfortunately R base line was based on price ! so Advent 4-B's at around $260.00 a pair the owner said to me one Saturday Realistic/Advent who cares they all sound the same ????? Bose was the push- 501 and 901's ! R sound room was long and not to BOSE spec's ! there speakers sounded like SHIT and were without a 100% square room ! one Saturday I brought in my Advent 4-B's ! I tricked my boss ! at closing time he dropped the BOSE line ! I have experienced 901's with huge power in a BOSE sound room ABSOLUTELY FREAKING INCREDIBLE !
Picked up Baby Advents at a garage sale for $5. Needed fresh surrounds. I ended up replacing surrounds and donating them to Habitat 4 Humanity. Also had a set of Bose 301s. Never impressed with them, so I sold them. I've been on a vintage KLH kick lately. Got a set of Model 23s in the garage. Had a set of Model Six's. Sold those. Down to just three sets of speakers right now.
I pick-up a pair of BOSE 301 IV(ugly black finish) at a sidewalk sale for $10 (pair!). they sound just fine. I find the placement to not be so ultra critical because at least one tweeter is sort of facing forward. lol . 301 trivia, each series of the speaker had a different crossover design. If possible please mention which vintage speakers still have a support system out there. As mentioned by another commenter, there is a great website for all the old EPI speakers run by a former employer. OHM speakers also have a great support/upgrade website.
I think mostly the Bose hatred comes from their single driver series - trying to do everything from low bass to super-twerter highs from a single (or multiple) 5". 🤮 These older Bose designs which used an actual woofer and tweeter are much more beloved, the 501 being the first home stereo speaker that ever blew my mind when I was 14 and literally went cross-country over the hill from our Bay area home just to find out where the deep, rich, pounding base was coming from - a party several blocks away - and that's where I was first introduced to 501s in 1974. ...and on those Baby Advents, those tweeters are basically poop, but I did to mine was order up a pair of CTS phenolic ring paper cones and then did a simple 6dB crossover with a 1ufd non-polarized mylar (or polystyrene) capacitor, and well it's just amazingly better sounding, much more open, present, and just more "Alive". The CTS it's the only phenolic ring tweeter I like, and I've tried the MGM and several other brands and they all sound worse than poop, however CTS did a really good job on designing theirs, and you'll find them in some older Altec and Electro Voice large bookshelf speakers that sound *_very_* nice. I also replaced all 4 of my Bose 301 tweeters with a single forward-firing CTS Phenolic Ring tweeter and now they actually image decently - lol.
The Epicure M100s were the 1st vintage speaker that I refoamed and recapped/real easy. I loved them then and today! Now I'm looking at a pair of Harbeth 30.2 😂😂
I knew Kevin was going to say "Bose" when he said, "I'm going to say a brand name that makes everybody cringe. . ." LOL I have a pair of Series II and Series V. Enjoy them both.
Can't wait for the live I'm definitely one person that's waiting for it. And I'm the David that gave you the KARNS and love the perspective ov them. I very much feel the same way about them. Definitely a speaker that needs a good stage. Can't just throw them in a corner. I know they will find a good home with you guys. I thought they sounded good about a foot and a half off the wall and probably great for someone that loves cheese, wine and jazz. At low levels not a rock out speaker.
Got bose in my old Subaru outback actually 8 speakers and a 6x9 subwoofer. Th fac sub blew so I replaced it with a 10inch Orion custom box same sub output coming from factory Bose car stereo 👍 made think twice bout Bose it sounds amazing up to 60% 👍✌️😁
Hope I get a chance to hear all of these at some point. I am, however, surprised that the Polk Audio Monitor 4 didn’t make the list. A pair of those were my main speakers for years and I was darn happy with ‘em.
I just had a pair of Monitor 4’s delivered earlier in the week. I haven’t had a chance to listen to them yet. They were a little more than I wanted to spend (just under $70 shipped) but they appear to be in very good condition.
@@skylabsaudio I think it was 1983 and a good friend made me meet him the best stereo store in Fairbanks, Ak. Once there he pointed to the little Monitor 4s and said I had to hear them. The salesman cranked ‘em up and I was absolutely blown away…but then realized the mistake. “No, not the big speakers”, I said, “I want to hear the little Polks on top”. The salesman said - “those ARE the little Polks on top”. And he was right! The best $200 I ever spent!
Loved the show Kevin. I wiil see your show Sunday. Going to set my reminder. I totaly agree speaker placement is a big deal when looking at speakers. Happy Thanksgiving from the Bayeux State.
I occasionally buy thrift store or Craigslist speakers not to use as-is but because I want to salvage or repurpose either the cabinets or the drivers for DIY projects. I currently have a pair of Wharfedale W70 cabs in lovely mid century modern blonde birch waiting for the right salvaged drivers to come along. For those inclined to educate themselves about speaker design this approach can result in classy speakers with spectacular sound on the cheap---not taking into account one's labor, of course. For those not so inclined, this will be a long-odds roll of the dice.
I got a pair of epi 100 series for 10 bucks at Goodwill. The theater looked better than the one you showed and I'm guessing maybe they were an 80s edition? Anyway, they sounded beautiful in my room until one of the wires in one of the woofers came apart. I fixed it and then the other speaker crapped out. I really miss them. I scored a very well taken care of 301 Series 3s for 50 bucks. I wish I could turn those tweaters around. I have them hooked up to a Yamaha amp I got in 2002 with a pair of Klipsce Icons. No bridging or whatever the correct term is. Two sets of speakers get all the more sound and together, I love the sound I get. It's a cheap setup but compared to what I grew up with at the end of the 70s and during the 80s and even the 90s, my ears are happy. I miss those EPIs though. I still have them but they are just speakee stands now
Great stuff Thank you ! I have to say. Even cost reachable Joe the Plumber vintage speakers? You can't touch them today. I can't substitute some great old speakers I own w new ones. I tried and put my vintage speakers back in the mix. I have two pair of front's high and low. Dual LS 262EB and JBL HLS 610's. The biggest difference no one talks about is in the construction of the cabinets. Both sets are constructed of 100% 4 sides premium instrument quality acoustic plywood. Sound meters and methods of measurements do not reveal these quality difference's. Their not looked for in contemporary speaker designs. Audio processing is more or less constantly on and brought downwards then synthesized back up to acceptable perceptual nuance replication quality over digital source and carrier. Thank you. A concert woodwind player would tell you about the difference replicated in the totality of their breaths echos and pre compressed expression. To the ears that have been bathed in analog resonance. And audio groupies of every nature. Some converted compositions you can't listen to any other way but analog. I think of how many ears are already around that have never tasted this. At the end of the day both at top quality equipment outfitted. Are great.. STILL Do I through all this out the window or continue to collect and spin bath in vinyl? If it's inconvenient to manually select and play the music you choose to take the moments to live under. You could be missing a unique thrill found only that way. If music is a thing for you that is... Be fortunate 🍀
I know I am late, but I never hear about EPI. I have seven of the 100's with the gold ring tweeters in my 7.2 surround sound home theater. All refurbed with Human Speakers part.
In this installment of Vintage Bookshelf speakers, I actually haven't heard of the latter three. In contrast, the first two brands are BIG! Of course, Bose is very well known and just like you say, some people like them, most (in my area) don't. I do remember the series II at the local PC Richard or (blast from the past warning) Nobody Beats The Wiz store. Of course the flagship 901's they had nicely positioned and even with the EQ on them, it fit that old saying, "No Highs', No Lows, It's Bose." I am sorry, but when it comes to those 901's, that is definitely the case. The midrange however was in your face. They had others in the lineup such as a 101, which was a Minimus 7 style speaker. Then there was the 201 and this had only one rear facing tweeter and the woofer was in the front, or I thing it might have been placed the wrong way around. At any rate, I never heard these as it was never hooked up. The 301's were interesting, but again, I wasn't impressed with the bass performance on these. However, it could have been that they weren't positioned right. There was a floor standing 601 as well and that I never heard either. I think I would like to give the 301's another shot. It might be a good speaker for the game room given that it really isn't a central imaging speaker. Now, don't get me wrong, there are some things that Bose makes that I really like and the big one here is the Wave Radio. I like this thing so much, I have two of them! The other speaker company, Advent, is one I hold in higher regard than Bose. I heard some of the larger speakers back in the day and it was this speaker that had introduced me to Henry Kloss. In fact, I have a Cambridge Audio sound system on my computer, which IS a Henry Kloss design. However, it is a small system and I want to upgrade it to something larger as I want to hook a turntable up to my computer to digitize some records, but since I am by my computer a good portion of the day, I also want to use my desk area as my hi-fi listening area, especially since the turntable will be there. I was looking, at first at some speakers from Elac and Sony, but they have rear ports on them and I have to put the speakers on an 8 inch deep shelf as close to the wall as possible. Not many speakers are that shallow. Looking at the first part of this, I was reminded of the Realistic Minimus 7, but I think that might only be a minor upgrade. I do want something bigger. In this part, we start off with the Baby Advent. Here this speaker is only 6" deep and has a 6.5 inch woofer. They would fit perfectly on the 8" shelf. They are acoustic suspension, so no rear port to deal with! So I am thinking these might be the way to go. One thing I am a bit surprised though, how come KLH didn't make the cut? Another decent Henry Kloss design.
Happy holidays! I was hoping I could pick your brain on some speakers. I ended up auditioning two (phase techs and the ohms). Seller agreed I could hold on to the ohms and if I don’t love them he’d bring over these three so I can hear them on my system: Canton Karat 300 Dahlquist DQM-9 Altec Lansing 305 I was curious if you have heard any of these 3 or if you have an opinion on them. I’m excited to try them out but in your opinion is there 1 that is more highly regarded than the others?
People hate Bose because they are far too expensive for the sound and build quality, and the company was notorious for sueing anybody that looked at them the wrong way. bose=buy other sound equipment.
A great video. Some thoughts. A speaker you may have overlooked is the Harmon Kardon HK20. They were a very simple two way with I believe a 6" woofer with an accordion surround that will probably last an eternity. I believe they were crossed over to a 2 1/2" tweeter so real highs were next to impossible. They were a very "smooth" sounding speaker with no real big flaws. Here's my problem. The speaker connections in the back were not only the simple screw head type, but they were impossibly close together. I mean literally right next to each other so not shorting them out was a task of no easy proportions. Further thoughts on the EPI 100 (your not liking the change in logo not withstanding). The early models, like AR speakers, glued the grills in place so they are next to impossible to remove if you need to get inside the speaker to service them. Later models used pins so much easier to service but generally only find this iteration vinyl clad and didn't seem quite as solid as the early iteration. Sometimes I am dismayed when some "audiophile" channels list their 10 most significant speakers of all time, seem to be fixated on the mid 80's and beyond so their choices are the logical picks: Spendor, Spica, Thiel, Vandersteen, etc. They always seem to neglect the speakers that, at least in my mind, changed the world of hi-fi: KLH, AR, Advent, EPI. Maybe someday go through Advent and how it went from the original to the mid-seventies' iterations to the "New" Advent to the Advent 1, etc.
EPI M 100 winslow burhoe Jag har designat innovativa högtalare i världsklass för en mängd olika företag sedan slutet av 1960-talet (AR, KLH, EPI, Burhoe Acoustics, Boston Acoustics, Energy, Nuance, etc.) har gjort många EPI EPICURE som jag anser är dom bästa vintage högtalare man kan köpa för rimliga pengar själv har jag ägt flera 100 olika högtalare men just M100 M150 är favoriter slår ut det mesta men man måste ha en bra förstäkare som orkar driva dom dessa såldes i paket med Harman Kardon
Two other brands to hear would be Acoustic which were made in Calif. -- and used by the Doors as stage monitors-- also you didn't look at another 70's phenom-- the Genesis IIs-- east coast sound mellow also don't forget the Yamaha 690 IIs seem to hold their price--- nothing phenomenal but good home unit speakers
Recently found a set of KEF uni-Q technology speakers for $60.00 in pristine condition, don’t know anything about them and honestly haven’t gave them a try yet.. Do you have any knowledge or opinion as to what to expect ?
Good morning Kevin, same as always I enjoyed your video. I am persuaded to leave the first comment on this video and my first comment ever for anybody. I had experience with all these speakers in my life, except Karns and Dynawave. I wish I was living in your area to visit your store. Keep up good videos and wish you the best. .....Kevin
The classic Advent Speakers sounded great. I'm 46 now and can still remember the first time I heard the floor standing version. Clean and smooth sounding.
It’s time we let go of the Bose shame, so good on ya. 301 series III and above are legit fun, sounding spacious and punchy. Do they image? 😆no! But who cares? That’s not their design goal. They’re for “room filling sound” via acoustic reflections and punchy semi-directional bass you can feel.
I had a pair of Bose 301's v5. They sounded like they were being smothered with a pillow. The build quality was extremely cheap. They are the most over-priced speaker of all time.
I have 2 pair of 901's and multiple other bose sets including the 301's my newest purachace is a pair of rare Bose omnivectors I need to re- foam and recover.
Just pulled some EPI 1200s out of my parents basement and am in the process of replacing the surrounds....or at least trying to. Curious what your opinion is of this model.
The tweeter on that speaker looks damaged...or just unglued around the edge of the inverted dome.i have many pairs of epi/genesis physics..i beg you to find a pair of genesis physics model 1s or 1+ or 110. Please..the genesis handles more power and the woofer goes slightly lower. Yes the drivers are almost identical but improved version.
Just curious as to why you never mention the old Fisher speakers. I found a set of 15inch at a yard sale for 50 bucks and they rocked. These were pre Kmart days before they went to junk as kmart house brand.
I accidentally ran across a pair of Synergistics S-52 at a flea market. I was amazed at how well I liked them. They were a house brand for a NE retailer, produced by RTR. I probably couldn’t get $100 for them if I were to sell them, as they aren’t well known. Ehh, that’s OK, as they have really grown on me.
EPI’s logo only got worse, ie, more generic looking, in the late eighties and early nineties. I have some Series 3 Model 70s, which sound great, but have a logo that screams 80s techno.
