Marantz HE 12 Speakers

[Chantelcronk]

Anyone know anything about these speakers thanks

 

[Dswankey]

What is it specifically your looking for info wise?

 

[swechsler]

They look like speakers that were designed to go with a rack system (and it looks like Marantz did make some of those). If you already own them, enjoy them for what they are. If you are considering purchasing them, you can probably do better.

 

[goodolpg]

Agreed. The lack of info, especially considering how much info is available for Marantz in general, indicates a pretty good chance they were part of a rack system.
mid to late 1980's or early 1990's maybe...

 

[Lavane]

They look look like 80's speakers when Phillips bought out Marantz.
If they are really rated at 95db, it wouldn't take much power to drive them.
They might have some decent low end too. The paper cone mids and tweets look to have rubber or maybe foam surrounds. If cheap enough, they might be worth a try. The overload indicator is nice. They may have been from a Phillips made rack system, but defenetly not from the really cheap furniture store rack systems I used to see, like Pilot and Marantz. Those were horrible. Made to look like separates, but really just a single plastic face plate on an all in one POS.

 

[swechsler]

They look look like 80's speakers when Phillips bought out Marantz.

I used to have a pair of Maranz speakers from the Philips era. They were quite good and looked nothing like these.

 

[Lavane]

I used to have a pair of Maranz speakers from the Philips era. They were quite good and looked nothing like these.

I wouldn't say they're great, but they don't look near as bad as some of the 80's rack systems that had painted on tweeters and midrange drivers under the grill cloth. There are some nice 80's Marantz branded speakers for sure, these aren't them for for sure though. But if cheap enough, say under $100 I might use them in a second system, or garage system. The thing is to listen to them first. Most of the speakers I own and have had I auditioned them first. See how they sound and go from there.