Here's Something You Don't See Everyday, lol! Beautiful 100% Marantz HD66's

Big Tuna · Jul 12, 2008

Today I had some spare time and I decided to go over to my storage and dig out my Marantz HD 66 Speakers that have been sealed and silent from use for just about 20 years!! They are 100% original and everything a HD 66 should be, original drivers, original foam grills with badges, soooo very hard to find in this condition, and the walnut veneer is absolutely the most mint I have ever seen for 32 year old speakers! I am going to have them professionally appraised when I have time. They were my brothers since new and he gave them to me when he moved in 1988. Next to my Kenwood LS-408B's that were my other brothers, I will NEVER part with these beauties!

Charlie:nutz:

bolly · Jul 12, 2008

soundweasel · Jul 12, 2008

whoa! :yes:

stuwee · Jul 12, 2008

:ntwrthy::ntwrthy: :naughty:

Big Fish yer 're

I gots a nice place fer dem in da boudouir:drool:

tarior · Jul 14, 2008

Sweet!

Big Tuna · Jul 14, 2008

Well Guys, The Foams disintigrated on the HD66's

After that day of listening to my music moderately heavy with the HD66's the foams just couldn't handle the bumps. They went POOF the following afternoon. I heard a pop on a bass note and went ,oh no... I was thinking that a voice coil gave out but it was only the foams splitting like a rotten egg. I pulled the first woofer and started my gazillionth refoam project that night. Here's a pic of the first HD66 woofer 3/4 of the way done. Only glued the sourround to the cone so far. I am happy I actually got foams that fit perfectly

I love the fact that these 10's have eight holes instead of 4 like every other 10 incher I have ever seen, plus here's an inside shot of the HD66 Cabinet also to show the absolute quality construction of these beauties, You can see that it is indeed solid Walnut Wood

These Marantzs are the last of a high quality craftsmanship. Back then quality came before money. They were made in 1976:thmbsp:

Charlie:nutz:

Edit: I'm sorry about saying these were solid walnut, however, in fact they are not solid wood as I had previously thought, but are MDF with veneer on both sides for added strength. Very Beefy and expensive construction methods.

Big Tuna · Jul 14, 2008

Here's the Pics, couldn't upload them in my above post

Once again I could not upload pics for the thread above because of some server error, what a crock!! Lets try it this time

:yes::yes:

CUlater · Jul 14, 2008

Very cool...impressed that the grills and port plug are seemingly intact. On the ones I found both were completely disintegrated. Solid walnut, eh? I'll have to dig mine out and do a little restoring - thanks for the inspiration!

Big Tuna · Aug 5, 2010

Time to awaken this old thread! I can't believe it's been two years ago! My HD66's have since been put back into Hibernation. Someone please talk me into taking them out to use them again. Those foam sculpted grills are soo pretty to look at in person.

CUlater, you are member #307, did you know that your moniker(AK name) was used on a license plate in the movie "One Crazy Summer"? Teddy's Ferrari 308 GTS

AK member BrianB is #287 and he's the vendor forum Moderator :yes:

Mickeyrat · Jul 24, 2023

Big Tuna said:
Time to awaken this old thread! I can't believe it's been two years ago! My HD66's have since been put back into Hibernation. Someone please talk me into taking them out to use them again. Those foam sculpted grills are soo pretty to look at in person.

CUlater, you are member #307, did you know that your moniker(AK name) was used on a license plate in the movie "One Crazy Summer"? Teddy's Ferrari 308 GTS

AK member BrianB is #287 and he's the vendor forum Moderator :yes:

VERY old thread I know, But i just picked a pair of HD66's in need of re-foaming(kit on the way) and missing the grills. Which is why I am reviving this thread. In your estimation , would it be possible to recreate these somehow on my own? Most interested in the frame itself as the front can then take whatever ends up working.....
Also bought a pair of HD660's missing the grills but had re-foaming done by the guy I bought them from already....

Tjchapin · Jul 30, 2023

Mickeyrat said:
VERY old thread I know, But i just picked a pair of HD66's in need of re-foaming(kit on the way) and missing the grills. Which is why I am reviving this thread. In your estimation , would it be possible to recreate these somehow on my own? Most interested in the frame itself as the front can then take whatever ends up working.....
Also bought a pair of HD660's missing the grills but had re-foaming done by the guy I bought them from already....

I have a pair of hd55 that have a repro wood frame and a pair of hd88 and with similiar setup. I am fortunant the drivers are all original unfortunantly it is nearly impossible to find original grill covers as they do not bode well with time. But its almost a shame to cover these gorgeous and incredible speakers. Congrats on your purchase and thank you Ed May for leaving JBL for Marantz

Here's Something You Don't See Everyday, lol! Beautiful 100% Marantz HD66's

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