Opinions on Pioneer CS series speakers


I am looking for some SET friendly speakers for very short money . I have a chance at some Pioneer CS 88a's for @ $500 in decent shape and a pair of CS 77's (no 'a' suffix) for $250 .
Now I see that they are rated at 97db. efficiency but these things have a lot of speakers inside with 4 & 5 way crossover designs . Can these really be considered SET friendly ? I want to try 300B and maybe even 2A3 amps .

Thank You
saki70

Showing 1 response by loomisjohnson

the cs88a have their afficionados, though $500 seems high--they seem to sell pretty reliably for $250-350 on ebay. they're very early 70s, so you're gonna have to refoam + the tweeters and supertweeters tend to fry on these (though it seems pretty easy to get replacement parts). the cs77, which i haven't heard, seem to go for $100 or so. personally, i'd opt for something like klipsch (quartet, kg, klf), which are more modern sounding and very efficient, or for a current design like tekton or zu