Lafayette Criterion

[TAGO MAGO]

I just picked up a $25 pair of Lafayette Criterion VI speakers today that look interesting although since I am relocating, they went into storage. These are interesting speakers with a woofer in the center with a mid-range above it and two tweeters and two super tweeters in each cabinet. I have heard lesser Criterion speakers in the past and thought they were pretty nice sounding (for what they were at least). I've often assumed Criterion was Lafayette's equivalent to Radio Shack's Optimus line. Any opinions?

 

[godzilla]

I got a pair of Criterion bookshelf speakers a bit ago. I paid $5 for them and they performed as much. I thought about rebuilding them just because they were in excellent cosmetic shape, but never got around to it. Sold them in a garage sale this past Summer for $5.

 

[angel17]

I just picked up a $25 pair of Lafayette Criterion VI speakers today that look interesting although since I am relocating, they went into storage. These are interesting speakers with a woofer in the center with a mid-range above it and two tweeters and two super tweeters in each cabinet. I have heard lesser Criterion speakers in the past and thought they were pretty nice sounding (for what they were at least). I've often assumed Criterion was Lafayette's equivalent to Radio Shack's Optimus line. Any opinions?

Criterion Vl speakers were my first set of speakers ever in 1972, I was a 16 year old kid and my mom bought them for me at $89.99 a piece,nice sounding and nice cabinets. They still in use, I recapped them and gave them to my favorite uncle with a Lafayette 1500TA receiver.