philips 476 speakers any good?

[Sansushi]

pair of philips 476 on local cl. anyone familiar with these speakers? worth a listen?

 

[PastTechFan]

pair of philips 476 on local cl. anyone familiar with these speakers? worth a listen?

Not familiar with them, but apparently good units - info here:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/phillips-476-speakers.615536/

It all depends on price and condition.

 

[mhardy6647]

Yes, they were worthy loudspeakers of their era.

philbro10 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

 

[Sansushi]

thanks pasttech. look to be in excellent condition at reasonable price. i've been looking for affordable jbl 3 way in my area without any luck yet.
guess i could try these while i'm looking. always fun to experience something different.
maybe they would abate the jbl itch for a while.

 

[PastTechFan]

thanks pasttech. look to be in excellent condition at reasonable price. i've been looking for affordable jbl 3 way in my area without any luck yet.
guess i could try these while i'm looking. always fun to experience something different.
maybe they would abate the jbl itch for a while.

I'm simply the messenger, mhardy etc. are the guys with the knowledge.

Philips made some nice stuff over the years. Their drivers were used in a lot of speakers (beside their own products).

 

[mhardy6647]

I'd far rather listen to the 476 or 477 than virtually any JBL product I've heard in ca. 4 decades of dinking around with hifi.

Just one opinion, but one that is, at least, empirically well grounded (i.e., lots of ears-on experience).
I am just not a JBL fan.

 

[Sansushi]

thanks mark. i was on the fence on these but you've convinced me they are worth a listen. they are at a very reasonable price assuming they don't need too much work.

andy

 

[mhardy6647]

If memory serves the woofers had foam surrounds, so re-surrounding will be needed.
Those Philips dome MR and tweeter drivers were available for years to the OEM and DIY markets -- both were, from my perspective, pretty nice.
YMMV and all that, though, of course.

 

[mars_volta]

New foam I bet they rock!

 

[rmeade]

I had a pair of the 477; which had replacement woofers (apparently common). They are placement sensitive. in the man cave they sounded fine. I moved them to the living space and they did not sound fine. I tried to sell them (asking $50) but had no luck. So I threw them out.

Check out the drivers before you buy

 

[Sansushi]

how will i tell if they are original drivers? don't have info on what originals are