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. Slightly fewer in today’s roundup than usual, but a few interesting options out there!
OHM F Speakers
$1,100 · Coeur d’ Alene (Spokane)
Really uncommon omnidirectional speakers, sometimes considered the holy grail of that genre. The Ohm F uses Lincoln Walsh’s inverted-cone driver to radiate the full frequency range in every direction from a single transducer, no crossover required. Genuine Fs turn up rarely and the seller describes very little use with an excellent exterior, making $1,100 a serious bargain for a speaker that still sounds unlike anything else made.
JBL L100 Speakers
$1,250 · Seattle
The speaker that put a Quadraflex foam grille in every 1970s living room, and arguably the most iconic American monitor ever built with a 12-inch white-cone woofer, midrange and tweeter and front-panel level controls. The seller reports flawless cabinets and grilles with zero nicks, scratches or water stains, which is uncommon for the now fifty-year-old L100.
KLIPSCH KG4 SPEAKERS FOR SALE
$750 · Portland
Klipsch’s KG4 was the value entry to the family in the mid-1980s, pairing a 10-inch woofer with a passive radiator on the rear for surprising bass extension out of a compact tower. High sensitivity makes them a natural match for low-power tube amps, and the seller admits the only reason they’re going is an overstuffed listening room. I used to own a set of these, and used them as my test bench speakers: they were efficient enough to work with literally anything, and had a wide enough frequency range to be useful for testing all kinds of music. Even driven by a 1/2W per channel SET tube amp they sounded fantastic. I do think the price is a bit high for these, but the exterior looks very nice.
Bowers and Wilkins DM330 Speakers
$285 · Emmett (Boise)
A mid-1980s British floorstander from B&W’s DM series, using a 2.5-way arrangement with dual 200mm drivers and a 26mm tweeter for 91dB sensitivity and a notably open soundstage. At $285 this is one of the cheaper routes into vintage Bowers & Wilkins house sound, and the seller offers a demo. Worth a look.
Vintage PAIR of Wharfedale w70 Home Stereo Speakers Mid Century
$380 · Hillsboro (Portland)
Wharfedale’s W70 dates to the era when Gilbert Briggs’ company was building substantial sand-filled and heavily braced cabinets in Yorkshire, and the mid-century styling has made them as much a furniture find as an audio one. Tested and working, though the seller is upfront about an attempted side repair and water rings on the top.
Vintage Sansui SP-200 Speakers
$350 · Sequim (Olympic)
Sansui’s SP-200 is Japanese golden-age engineering at its most unapologetic, and predates the quality decline that’s associated with Sansui speakers as they moved through the 70s and into the 80s. These are 42 pounds each, with a 12-inch woofer, two 5-inch midranges, twin horn tweeters and a rear brightness control. These all used rubberized surrounds, so nothing to repair on the drivers, either. Again, I think these are priced just a bit high, but not crazy.
Soliloquy 5.3 Full Range Hifi Tower Speakers Loudspeaker Sound Great
$600 · Boise
Soliloquy was a short-lived North Carolina boutique that built solid-hardwood cabinets and voiced its speakers specifically for low-power tube amplification, earning a devoted following before the company folded in the mid-2000s. The 5.3 retailed near $1,900; at $600 with only moving scuffs and flippable spike feet, it’s a lot of speaker for the money.
VTG MCS Modular Component Systems 683-8320 Linear Phase Speakers Techn
$350 · Hillsboro (Portland)
MCS was JCPenney’s house audio brand, and the better models like this 683-8320 were built by Technics — the “Linear Phase” badge refers to Technics’ driver-alignment work aimed at getting all drivers arriving time-coherent at the listener. Department-store branding keeps prices low on genuinely well-engineered Japanese speakers.These were high-end enough that they’re worth collecting, but pededstrian enough that the prices aren’t bid up.
Klipsch rp 600m ii
$475 · Damascus (Portland)
The RP-600M II is the current-generation Reference Premiere bookshelf, and the mark-two revision brought a redesigned Tractrix horn, a new woofer and a rear port that made it far more forgiving of placement than its predecessor. Listed at $475 against a $699 retail, described as like new.
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