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Vintage EPI speakers

Winslow Burhoe founded Epicure Products, Inc. in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1970 to build speakers around one module he had designed, an 8-inch woofer and a 1-inch tweeter. The tweeter was his own invention, an inverted dome that dips inward and is driven by a voice coil smaller than the dome itself. Early models carry an M in the name, from the M100 to the walnut-and-brass M150 and the two-module M250 corner speaker, and Burhoe designed some of them for particular spots in a room, like corners or long walls. Later 1970s models such as the 110 came in walnut-grain vinyl, and EPI carried on through the 1980s with towers and smaller boxes. Harman bought the trademark in the early 1990s. Original inverted-dome tweeters turn up as used spares, so a pair can hold a mix of tweeters. Make sure both match and both play.

4 models we cover.