Good bass
Exceptional mids and highs
Very musical sound, more like real music than any other speaker I have ever heard in the sub $2,000 price range
Don't demand a ton of power

While not fatiguing, EPIs are a bit on the bright side. Great for classical, jazz, blues, or anything acoustic. Not the best "Yo Dude Rock-N-Roll" speaker...if that is what you are looking for.

I bought my first EPI 100s in 1982 and now have a few pairs and some other EPI 100s. I have compared them to several other vintage and modern speaker systems and I am always impressed by their clarity and musical nature. Their bass is good in both quality and quantity but it is the tweeter that leaves its competition in the dust. I have always found that violins, piano, brass, and the female voice that will give fits to speakers. EPI 100s handle these with grace and ease. Not the best speaker I have ever listened to but easily the best speaker for the money.

If you want to play them at party levels and not have them sound strained 60WPC should be enough power.

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Clean, efficient, low listener fatigue

Probably not the greatest for today's dance/electronica - but then you probably don't want to hear the detail on the crunchy samples and virtual instruments.

I purchased these when I was working my first recording studio job in the 1970's. They are classic midfield monitors, very neutral, accurate, with low listener fatigue. I was listening to JBL's at the time and I found the JBL's to be too forward in the mids and fatiguing. (The JBLs were powered by Crown's and the occasional MC-240, backending an API/Quad8 recording infrastructure)

The EPI's hava minimal crossover which should make for a good phase response - I think unnatural phase repsonse is a major source of unnatural sounding speakers.

They are secondary speakers now, still love them.

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clear clean sound and long lasting

need more base and EPI is no longer in business

I have enjoyed my EPI 100 speakers for over 30 years. They have been my second pair backing up my great JBL L100A studio monitor speakers. I have always enjoyed listen to the clear sound the produce. I have more then once looked at upgrading them but could not bare to part with them. I will continue enjoying them for years to come.

clear sound, you can heard each instrument on their own...their are made to listen jazz

no deep bass, their were not designed to listen Chemical Brothers!

When i heard them in a shop were ony sell vintage audio i was impress by the clear sound, the voices were very real and the bass was powerful enough...but i did´t bought them, i NEEDED to try others...i try others, some new some vintage but they didn´t impressed me as the EPIs...so i came back a few weeks later with my cousin (she is studing elecroacustic composition....) and she gave me OK i NEEDED!!

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sorry i really dont know

Warm tone. My current speakers have no soul.

None.

The EPI 100 is a wonderful speaker and it's heartening to hear all the rave reviews. I purchased mine in 1979 and paired them with Advent utility cabinets in a pre-surround sound setup. The Advents are gone but the EPI's are in my teenage daughter's bedroom. I offered to upgrade her to newer speakers but she is quite pleased with them. A colleague of mine continues to use his as well. They are simply classics.

Crystal clear highs, without being fatiguing. Good bass for their size. Very sweet sound character. Perhaps the best value for the money of any speaker in the last 20 years.

Deep bass is weak; they are best when coupled to a high quality subwoofer.

I bought these speakers in the mid to late 80's. Since then, I've replaced every _other_ part of my sound system, from the amplifier to the subwoofer and surrounds, but I can't bear to part with my EPI 100's. Truely one of the finest sounding affordable speakers of the last 20 years. I've listened to many speakers in my day and I _have_ heard better than the 100's. However, all the modern speakers I find to have a better sound than the EPI's are $1200/pair and up. If you can find a pair of 100's in good condition, without the foam-rot problem, don't let them get away! It might seem odd, but I'm still using these little $250 EPI 100's as my main speakers, coupled to a $6500 flatscreen plasma TV, a $1000 subwoofer, and a $400 amplifier. And I still think they beat anything I could replace them with for less than 4 figures.

good depth and image . great lower bass as well al around speaker as well . boxe them selvers are very heavy on there own for there size

Good power a heafty 100 watt amp i kept blowing mine with a 35 watt a side amp

As an owner and user of the boxes great if you can stillfind a pair . great sound all the way a good investment for first time audio file users . Going to refit mine when I gethe coin for playback monitors . Incedable little monsters cheap pitty company folded these eat up higher priced boxes of there time

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I had these when I was living in the US in the early 80's (EPI TE 100). Of the spekers I checked out in the same price range (Infinity, JBL, polk in descending order) this was the best. I can't remember clearly what it sounded like but I remember that it had good bass extension and could go loud and I liked it. When I returned to Australia I gave it away to a friend. I was very suprised to see it listed here and sad that EPI is now extinct. Since then I have owned many different lager/multiway ( and much more expensive)speakers and was not really satisfied. Now I have returned to a small simple 2 way like the EPI (Epos M12) and quite satisfied. My advise is to listen carefully and not to get impressed by how a speaker looks or costs or the number of drivers. A well designed simple 2 way like the EPI will usually sound better and more natutal than large/expensive multi way speakers - especially in a smaller room.

none at the price

A simple 2 way - was unbeatable at the price in 1984

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I listened to Infinity, JBL and Polk before I got the EPI around 1984. I owned many more since then

Excellent 'bass' response & well-rounded 'hi's - quite well built - MDF not as hi-quality as today's.

None, from my point of view.

I bought 2 pr [$99cdn/pr] of EPI100's when they were initially released into the cdn market [1969]. These speakers have been a "constant" in my listening environment ever since. A lot of electronics have driven them over the years & they have always sounded excellent. They were retired some years ago, but in the last year have taken up a new role as FRONT & REAR speakers in our home theater system. Once again, they have come up 'aces'. With a 8" Jensen 'sub' & a decent 'center' it is a fantastic 'economy' system. Just a note - the foam surrounds were completely rotted, but a couple of re-foaming kits from 'www.simplyspeakers.com'[approx $30 ea] & a free afternoon's time returned them to their former glory. Thirty years of service - I don't think they do that now, do they?

balanced and musical

none at this price point in 1973

I just had to respond to the so-called audiophile from Stamford. The early Epi/Epicure was based on the brilliant idea of a tweeter/woofer pair designed together as a module that required (almost) no crossover. Yes, that is engineering. A bucket of crossover parts is hardly a guarantee of sonic quality. I suggest you get your facts straight before you run your mouth. Each speaker came with its own frequency response trace. My first pair set me back 99 bucks and was a lovely walnut veneer with brass inlays. The EPI 100 promised and delivered quality sound at a reasonable price. The EPI 100 was a budget speaker that everyone from Consumer Reports to the Audio press recommended. They gave me my first exposure to quality sound many years ago, and I have several pairs of EPI speakers, large and small, in service around the house and at work. While I confess to a healthy dose of audio nostalgia, they remain quality products when compared to what is available new in today's market place. The early masonite tweeters didn't reach quite as high as the later versions that incorporated improvements such as ferro-fluid. There are at least 3 versions of the tweeters that I am aware of and all fetch reasonable prices on Ebay. The genius behind EPI was Winslow Burhoe who is still designing speakers. Check out his web site: http://www.directacoustics.com Mr. Burhoe worked for many companies and my absolute favorite product of his was the tweeters in the Energy Pro Monitor 22, a wonderful speaker from Energy in Canada. By the way, Epi/Epicure had many other speakers of note. These and the 80's line of speakers from Genesis (direct descendants of the Epi line) are wonderfully documented and preserved via Human Speakers. Check out: http://www.humanspeakers.com

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