Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models....

If the Sony speakers that you found are the ones I'm thinking of - they had a complex cabinet shape (vaguely Avalon-esque) - then they were much more than simply decent performers. I once owned a pair: nicely finished, wide bandwidth, and quite neutral, if not terribly dynamic. Great for jazz and small scale classical music, but maybe not the right choice for Mahler or Mountain.

Good Luck

Marty

Oops, mine were 3 ways.

As Emily Latella said "Never mind".

Marty

Bill,

Now that you mention it.....

I seem to recall that mine were the ssm-7 (smaller 3 way), but yep, that's the series. I thought they were quite good in a lot of ways, but I did eventually sell them. (I geuss they weren't quite good enough to keep for the long haul.) I do remember buying them pretty cheaply on closeout somewhere and thinking they were a steal, so when I sold 'em, I pretty much recouped my purchase outlay. My memory of the ownership experience is largely positive.

Marty