Marantz LS-60II (circa 1986)
Little is documented about the Marantz LS-60II. The record shows a compact three-way bookshelf speaker from the mid-1980s, sold in Japan for ¥50,000 a pair. It was a bass-reflex design with a magnetically shielded enclosure. The "anti-magnetic" construction meant it could sit close to a television without causing picture interference, which counted for something as AV setups grew.
The drivers are a 20 cm cone woofer with a newly developed rubber surround, a cone tweeter, and a 1.5 cm dome super-tweeter for the uppermost frequencies. Rated impedance is 6 ohms, maximum input is 120W, and the stated output sound pressure level is 92dB/W/m. The cabinet measures 250 × 450 × 262 mm and weighs 8 kg per speaker.
That is nearly all that survives. No independent reviews, production run details or crossover information have surfaced. The only corroboration for the 1986 date is a Pinterest pin and a handful of used-market listings. Yahoo Auctions listings have appeared as low as ¥1 for a non-working "junk" pair, and a better-condition set fetched ¥4,500 in mid-2025. One Russian listing noted the woofer surrounds had been replaced, which is unsurprising for rubber surrounds of this age.
- Type: 3-way, 3-speaker, bass-reflex bookshelf
- Drivers: 20 cm cone woofer, cone tweeter, 1.5 cm dome super-tweeter
- Impedance: 6 Ω
- Frequency range: 40 Hz – 30 kHz
- Max input: 120W
- Sensitivity: 92 dB/W/m
- Dimensions: 250 × 450 × 262 mm
- Weight: 8 kg
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