Any worthy 70s Marantz Speakers?

[audiobeer]

Is there any early 70s Marantz speakers that are known to be good? I don't see much about these?

 

[Lavane]

Imperial 6's, 8, s and 9's. Later 70's would be HD77's and 88's. I heard some 5's once, not bad for a small speaker.

 

[Karmices]

I've had the 6's and 9's. The Imperial 6 speakers are decent, but to me they aren't anything special. The 9's sound really nice, but I think they are harder to find. I can't speak on the later 70's and 80's speakers as I've never owned any.

 

[audiobeer]

Thanks for replies, search engine found a boatload on Audiokarma!

 

[ChrisMarantz]

I use my HD77's everyday in my shop and I really like them. They don't cause listening fatigue after hours of use. I rebuilt the cross-overs when I got them, I had the woofers re-coned and added some fill to the cabinets.

All of this seemed to improve their sound, I think the cabinet fill did the most for the sound.

As a comparison, I also have a pair of Pioneer HPM100's which are my go to speakers for loud, in-home rock concerts . They tend to cause listening fatigue after several hours of use.

 

[sixthday]

Imperial 8 and 9 as well as HD880 got my votes.

Is there any early 70s Marantz speakers that are known to be good? I don't see much about these?

 

[lissenup]

The HD 880's were awesome.