This is a very nice looking, great sounding classic EPI 202 speakers. The feature a pair of Winslow Burhoe’s 8” woofer 1” Masonite air spring tweeters in each cabinet for a marvelous sound and amazing bass.I restored these with fresh refoams, caps and a nice wipe of Restore-A-Finish topped with a coat of Feed and Wax on the walnut veneer cabinets and they sound and look great. The grills look good and the old dried glue was replaced with fresh Velcro to facilitate removal far easier. One of the vintage circle EPI badges is missing and there are some scratches in the top of one cabinet, but as the photos show, they present themselves very well.
These are a rare bird in the audio world as many tend to hang onto theirs; I’m actually on the fence with these myself right now. Cash pickup at my home near 12 and Ryan in Warren, MI and adjacent to Detroit proper. These are not shippable as the size, weight, and cost make it difficult to do and more work than I care to take on.
$300 OBO and listed on other platforms.
The following is copied from the "Brown Booklet":
The Model 202 was designed to satisfy the aesthetic tastes of EPI's customers who wanted the advantages of the Bi-Module concepts but were unable to accept the radical approach to cabinet design used in The Quartet [the Model 201]. The 202 uses exactly the same components as The Quartet, but because the woofers are mounted lower to the floor, it produces slightly heavier bass. This has two advantages:
If you position the speaker in a corner location, the low frequency response will be phenomenal, as both modules take advantage of the three sided location to produce sound pressure levels that make the speakers seem many times their size. For people who like window-rattling bass, this is an excellent consideration.
However, move the 202 out of the corner and the bass response lessens to provide the uniform tonal balance characteristic of all EPI Loudspeakers. Now you have a speaker that will sound perfectly balanced in acoustical positions that are usually unacceptable, for example: in the centre [sic] of a large room [or] on either side of a sofa.
These are a rare bird in the audio world as many tend to hang onto theirs; I’m actually on the fence with these myself right now. Cash pickup at my home near 12 and Ryan in Warren, MI and adjacent to Detroit proper. These are not shippable as the size, weight, and cost make it difficult to do and more work than I care to take on.
$300 OBO and listed on other platforms.
The following is copied from the "Brown Booklet":
The Model 202 was designed to satisfy the aesthetic tastes of EPI's customers who wanted the advantages of the Bi-Module concepts but were unable to accept the radical approach to cabinet design used in The Quartet [the Model 201]. The 202 uses exactly the same components as The Quartet, but because the woofers are mounted lower to the floor, it produces slightly heavier bass. This has two advantages:
If you position the speaker in a corner location, the low frequency response will be phenomenal, as both modules take advantage of the three sided location to produce sound pressure levels that make the speakers seem many times their size. For people who like window-rattling bass, this is an excellent consideration.
However, move the 202 out of the corner and the bass response lessens to provide the uniform tonal balance characteristic of all EPI Loudspeakers. Now you have a speaker that will sound perfectly balanced in acoustical positions that are usually unacceptable, for example: in the centre [sic] of a large room [or] on either side of a sofa.
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