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Anyone else own EPI/Epicure "back in the day?"

My first "real" stereo system in the late 1970's included a pair of Epicure 10 speakers with a small paper woofer and the EPI inverted Air Spring tweeter. I gave them (and the rest of the system) to a friend upon graduating from grad school, but I kind of wish I still had them to see how they'd stack up against today's gear.
Anybody here own (or still own) EPI's?
rebbi
johnnyb53
3,490 posts
 
Compared to horns and JBL titanium tweeters, the EPI might have been polite by comparison, but compared side-by-side with ARs and Advents (which I was able to do in a single store), the EPI "spring air" tweeter was noticeably faster and more extended. My A40s don't sound particularly closed in compared to modern speakers, just a bit rougher.
sm2727
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I had Epicure 20's and loved them.  I think they would do very well today.I saw a website a few years ago with someone restoring them.  I remember a wonderful balance.   I had  friend with Dahlquist floorstanders that envied my sound.  That was 1980 or so...
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dlcockrum
2,105 posts
 
Excellent speakers then and now. A few years ago, I bought a pair of EPI 100s, refurbished them with woofers from humanspeakers.com, and still enjoy listening to them from time to time driven by an Onkyo A-10 integrated. Neutral with good timbre and transparency. Excellent with small ensemble and acoustic jazz, not so much with rock. Don't overdrive them though, the woofers are very sensitive to too much juice.

Dave

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