Era

Speakers from the 1970s

The busiest decade here. JBL's L100 Century turned a studio monitor into a living-room hit and led to the 4311, L36 Decade and L65 Jubal. Altec sold its theater horn parts to homes as the Valencia, Santiago and Model 19. EPI built its inverted-dome tweeter into the 100, M150 and M250, Advent added the Smaller and New Advent and the Advent/2, and AR replaced the AR-3a with the AR-11. Many of these woofers have foam surrounds, so ask about refoams.

18 models we cover.