Technics SB-88 (c. 1970)
Little is documented about the Technics SB-88. What the record shows comes almost entirely from a period advertisement that ran in High Fidelity (April 1970, p.68). The SB-88 was a 3-way, five-speaker system priced at $249.95 per unit. That is roughly twice the $125.00 per-unit price of the smaller SB-33 bookshelf system advertised alongside it.
The ad claimed the SB-88 was built to outperform anything in its own price range. That is an advertising claim, not a measured review, and no independent test of the model has surfaced in the sources examined. Driver complement, cabinet construction, frequency response and power handling all remain undocumented so far.
Known specifications:
- 3-way, five-speaker system
- $249.95 per unit (manufacturer's suggested list price, c. 1970)
- Positioned above the SB-33 bookshelf ($125.00 per unit) in Technics' early-1970s speaker advertising
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