Marantz LS-153 (circa 1988)
The Marantz LS-153 is a small, wall-mountable speaker system from around 1988. It sold for ¥12,800 a pair. It's a compact sealed design, roughly B5-paper sized, built around a single 10 cm full-range driver. It's just under 5 cm deep, so it was clearly meant for discreet placement. Marantz marketed it as a sub-speaker for a Dolby surround setup.
The specs are straightforward: 6 Ω impedance, 87 dB/W/m output, 30W max input, and a stated playback frequency band of 120 Hz to 8,000 Hz. Those are honest numbers for a small satellite of this era. Each unit weighs 0.9 kg and measures 182 × 257 × 49.5 mm. A stand was included that could orient the speaker either vertically or horizontally. The LS-153 appears in the 1989 Marantz Dutch brochure, so it was part of the company's late-80s lineup.
Beyond that, documentation is thin. No production run dates, no successor or predecessor models, and no period reviews have surfaced. What remains are mostly listings: a pair described as new old stock on a Belgian classifieds site, and an Australian auction listing at AU $55.
- Type: 1-way, 1-speaker, sealed, wall-mountable
- Driver: 10 cm full-range
- Impedance: 6 Ω
- Max input: 30W
- Output: 87 dB/W/m
- Playback band: 120 Hz – 8,000 Hz
- Dimensions: 182 × 257 × 49.5 mm (W×H×D)
- Weight: 0.9 kg
- Original price: ¥12,800 per pair (circa 1988)
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