A recurring feature curating interesting speakers for sale on Craigslist from around the Pacific Northwest. Links to Craigslist postings might go down at any time if they’re sold or pulled from sale.
klipsch la scala industrial split
$2,300 · Eugene (Corvallis)
This $2,300 pair in Eugene is the rare ‘Split’ configuration of Klipsch’s legendary La Scala. This is a horn-loaded, high-efficiency Heritage design dating back to the 1960s that was originally built for portable PA use by traveling speakers, with the top-hat mid/tweeter horn separating from the folded bass bin for easy transport on the built-in wheels. Really cool, and customizable.
Dutch & Dutch 8c Active Speakers
$7,900 · Boise
At $7,900, this is a pristine pair of Dutch & Dutch 8c active monitors. They’re a modern DSP-corrected, cardioid-radiating design out of the Netherlands that’s widely regarded as one of the best-measuring loudspeakers made today, prized by mastering engineers and audiophiles alike for room-independent bass and pinpoint imaging.
JBL 4312B Control Monitor Speakers
$1,000 · multnomah county (Portland)
This $1,000 mid-80s pair from the Portland area is the ‘professional’ mirrored-pair sibling of JBL’s iconic L100 and is known for punchy, musical studio monitoring in one of the most enduringly collectible JBL cabinets.
DAHLQUIST LOW BASS MODULE DQ-1W
$275 · Portland
Priced at $275 in Portland, the DQ-1W is a companion bass module built to extend the low end of Dahlquist’s famed DQ-10 phased-array speakers from the 1970s – basically a subwoofer. This is a rare piece of a system that pioneered time-aligned, deliberately imperfect driver placement to improve imaging.
JBL 2800 Large Oak Speakers
$75 · Port Angeles (Olympic)
A working $75 pair from Port Angeles, these oak-cabinet JBL 2800s are a solid entry point into vintage JBL home audio, with the large-driver, warm-voiced sound and midcentury wood veneer that made JBL’s consumer line a fixture of 1970s–80s living rooms. Not as iconic or collectible as some of the earlier models, but solid enough for what they are.
SLS Q Line Gold – Kevlar & Ribbon Speakers
$80 · CDA (Spokane)
This $80 pair from Coeur d’Alene pairs dual 4-inch Kevlar woofers with a 1.25-inch planar ribbon tweeter. SLS Loudspeakers built its reputation on exactly this kind of exotic driver combination, delivering the fast transients ribbon fans chase at a fraction of typical ribbon-speaker prices.
Vintage Speakers BSR JBL
$75 · Klamath Falls (Klamath)
This $75 Klamath Falls listing pairs two BSR DR-1550R five-way acoustic-suspension speakers with a JBL SC-305 cabinet. It’s an unusual mixed-brand system, since BSR is far better known for turntables, built on the sealed-box acoustic suspension principle pioneered by Acoustic Research in the 1950s for tight, extended bass from a small enclosure.
Vintage Black Widow Speakers
$250 · Albany (Corvallis)
Listed at $250 in Albany, these vintage Peavey Black Widow 12-inch drivers are a workhorse of the guitar-amp and PA world, built around Peavey’s Super Structure/Focused Field Geometry magnet design that’s kept them prized for decades for their power handling and rugged reliability. It’s not quite hi-fi, but more in the PA speaker genre – but still pretty interesting.
Peerless XLS Series Floor-Standing Speakers Orion -4 Speakers
$4,700 · Boise
At $4,700, these Boise floor-standers use Peerless XLS subwoofers with passive radiators and a copper-phase-plug midrange in a cherry cabinet. Peerless XLS drivers are a favorite among serious DIY and boutique speaker builders for their low distortion. These look like a DIY project, but a very high-end one from someone who knows what they’re doing.
Massive Vintage Speaker Blowout Sale Advent Klipsch JBL Bose Cerwin Vega KLH Bo
$50 · Boise
This $50-and-up Boise blowout is a grab bag of American speaker history: Klipsch KG series, Advent Prodigy/Mini, JBL, Cerwin Vega DX-9, Bose, and Polk SDA all in the mix. A good hunting ground for anyone assembling or restoring a vintage system, but who knows what the actual prices are by item.
JBL STUDIO 590 SPEAKERS (pair)
$500 · BELLINGHAM (Bellingham)
Listed like-new at $500 in Bellingham, the JBL Studio 590 towers carry forward JBL’s signature waveguide horn tweeter for controlled, detailed high-frequency dispersion paired with the brand’s classic dynamic low end.
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