Anyone else own EPI/Epicure "back in the day?"


My first "real" stereo system in the late 1970's included a pair of Epicure 10 speakers with a small paper woofer and the EPI inverted Air Spring tweeter. I gave them (and the rest of the system) to a friend upon graduating from grad school, but I kind of wish I still had them to see how they'd stack up against today's gear.
Anybody here own (or still own) EPI's?
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I use a pair of EPI 202s in a secondary system. They are powered by a Sansui Au999 integrated for a vintage vibe. I also have a pair of EPI 350s used in a garage system. Both sound very good, but in a vintage way. Not particularly transparent and smoothed over treble. As an experiment I once substituted the 350s for my pair of Spendor 9/1s in the system with Roksan amplification. The EPIs were place in corners approximately 18 feet apart. The stereo presentation was diffused, not as tonally even, but the bass was great and on some recordings vocals were more in the room than the Spendors.

One thing that's nice about EPIs is that Human and Tribute Audio but provide extensive parts and service for them.