Marantz HD77
Loudspeakers
HD77 is a model name of Marantz 4-way high-fidelity loudspeakers produced during the mid-1970s. They were bass reflex speakers but came with a cylindrical piece of foam which fit into the bass-reflex port of the enclosure, allowing listeners to achieve more accurate bass response similar to that of airtight speaker boxes. Although this configuration wasn’t fully airtight in theory— technically considered aperiodic—the plug used was actually made of closed-cell foam, which did seal the cabinet completely. The plug was cut slightly larger than the port opening, and when inserted and tightened with a retainer screw, it compressed to create an airtight seal, effectively converting the speaker into an acoustic suspension type.
The HD77 was designed by former JBL engineer Edmond May. The speaker’s front baffle included resistive potentiometer controls that adjusted the response curve of each driver from soft to bright, offering great versatility and allowing users to tailor the sound to a wide range of listening environments.
Technical details
Weight: 49 lb (21 kg)
Power handling: 250 watts RMS, 330 Watts peak
Impedance: 8 ohms
Physical dimensions
Marantz HD77s had a total volume of 2.8 cubic feet (79 L) each. The cabinet dimensions are:
Depth: 12 inches
Width: 15 inches
Height: 28.5 inches
Drivers
The four drivers of the Marantz HD77s are a woofer, mid-range, tweeter and super tweeter. The given frequency responses are what the crossover circuit feed to each speaker, not what each speaker would respond to with no crossover circuit(full spectrum). The mid-range, tweeter and super tweeter have crossover controls for switching between a laboratory "flat" +/- 0db neutral response and a "room EQ" response.
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