Somewhere in my garage I still have a Kirksaeter bookshelf speaker from the 70's, the same period which you speak of. When I first acquired them at the flea market some ten years ago, I listened to them and they sounded just ok, nothing remarkable. If I remember corrctly, when I opened them,it seemed that some or all of the parts were Philips. If these are somewhat like the ones I have, they are only worth about $100. I would look for better values. The Dynaco A25 and A35 would be better speakers at a lower price. There are a myriad of good speakers you can acquire for $500 and below.
does anybody know about kirksaeter?
how good are they with a 500.00 budget? they are the 1970 monitor for sale here.a audio guy more lerned than said he's never heard of them. he's been an audio junky for 50 yrs. looking for a good to great monitor for a 11by 17 by 8 ft room. been to klipsch and paradigm(not studios). i loved the vandersteen 2ce, but too big. help? thanks for rply bryon