EPI

Browse EPI vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Speakers

• 10 — EPI 10 — a little-documented model from Epicure Products' Linear Sound speaker line. Almost no specifications or period reviews survive.
• 100 — EPI 100 (1970–1980) — Epicure's classic acoustic-suspension speaker, praised by HiFi/Stereo Review in 1970 and claimed sold by the half-million by 1980.
• 1000 — EPI 1000 speaker flagship, $1000 price, 1973 Linear Sound lineup, little documented. Find production years here. Find production years here.
• 100S — EPI 100S — little-documented model; shares design with the well-known EPI 100 (2-way acoustic suspension, 8-inch woofer, inverted-dome tweeter).
• 120C — EPI 120C loudspeaker (circa 1979–1980), a two-way floor-standing model with 10-inch woofer and three-position tweeter control.
• 139-EA — EPI 139-EA — an obscure late-1980s EPI Tower speaker, documented only via a 1988 discount-store ad at $139 each.
• 180 — EPI 180 speaker (1970s) – dual 8-inch woofers, 1.800 Hz crossover, 61 lbs. A doubled acoustic suspension design that stacks two EPI 100 modules into one forward-firing cabinet.
• 200 — EPI 200 speaker – little documented beyond 1977–78 ads citing Linear Sound, 34 Hz–20 kHz response, and 30-watt amp compatibility.
• 201 — EPI 201 Quartet speaker with outward/upward-firing drivers, impedance switch, and tweeter control – reviewed in HiFI-Stereo 1971.
• 400 — EPI 400 The Mini Tower — a little-documented mid-range speaker from EPI, known only from a single 1973 ad at $389. Find when it was made here.
• 50 — EPI 50 speaker – little documented. Period ads cite Audio magazine review: 45–16,000 Hz ±3dB, excellent dispersion, $55.
• 601 — EPI 601 speaker, extremely obscure model with almost no surviving documentation. A single 1973 Audio magazine listing may reference it with three 1-inch tweeters, two 8-inch woofers, and one 6-inch wo…
• 70 — EPI 70 home speaker from the late 1970s, little documented. Known specs from period ads: 60-20kHz response, 1-inch air-spring tweeter, 6-inch woofer.
• 70C — Almost nothing is documented about the EPI 70C, though the EPI 70 is listed in period advertising (HI‑Fi‑Stereo‑Buyers, September 1978, p.27).
• A300 — EPI A300 three-way speaker, rated 40Hz-20KHz and 20-250W in EPI's 1981 lineup. Scarce documentation — specs, history, and what's known.
• E-10011 — Little-documented EPI model, known from a July 1988 ad listing the T/E 10011 at $75 each. No specs or reviews survive.
• E-70 — Little is documented about the EPI E-70. The Archive has found no review, service sheet, or technical specification that uses the exact "E-70"
• LS-70 — EPI LS-70 car speaker, little documented; period ads claim 70–20 kHz response, 1800 Hz crossover, and over 60 watts power handling.
• STAT-450 — The EPI STAT-450 is one of those fascinating hybrids that audio enthusiasts still talk about in hushed tones: a conventional dynamic woofer married to…
• STAT-450S — EPI STAT-450S speaker — an undocumented variant of the EPI STAT 450. Very little is known about the S suffix. Period reviews of the standard STAT 450 describe a 10-inch woofer, three electrostatic twe…
• TIE-280 — EPI TIE-280 speaker from the Time/Energy Series II line, advertised 1986–87. Virtually no specifications or production details are documented.
• Tower — Little is documented about the EPI Tower. The only period Tower reference is EPI's own name for the Model 400 — The Mini Tower — priced at $389 in 1973.

Other Models

• MODEL-100 — EPI Model 100 (1970) — the $89 two-way bookshelf that launched Epicure, with an 8-inch woofer, 1-inch acoustic-suspension tweeter, and a single-cap crossover.
• MODEL-201 — EPI Model 201 — two-module bookshelf speaker from Epicure's modular line; period reviewers praised its highs and tweeter control.