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My Fisher XP66c Speakers Went To The Dump Today

A very sad day. I've had them since 1979 - almost 40 years - and they were still working when I trashed them. And they weren't new when I got them. They were at least third hand.  Sure, they had a few dings and smushed corners, but they still sounded pretty good as long as you didn't crank 'em. And you could still polish up the veneer to a respectable sheen.

I used them until I got the Magnapans in the 80s, and then they became the bedroom system. And they outlasted the Magnapans by a long time. 

I tried to sell them, I tried to give them away, but no takers. So here's to Avery Fisher and the XP series. He knew how to build a really good small speaker.
dragunski
dragunski OP
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After all these years, I finally get around to Googling them. Vintage 1973, according to Radiomuseum. Can't find the original price, but I found the spec sheet in German. 

And then there's this Youtube, where they really, really sound awful.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=30lVg7HsbEg
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rar1
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Well, they weren't Avery Fisher when they were made.  It was the time of the Fisher Studio Standard line, etc and Far East Asia manufacture.  It was not the same Fisher of LIC, Queens days.

Fisher was sold to Emerson Radio before I entered High School (1971).  Unfortunately, that wasn't the same Emerson from its NJ glory days.

Rich 
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