HISTORY:
These SONY bookshelf (actually we had them on the wall) loudspeakers were originally part of my own "budget listening" loudspeakers in the office, the main attraction was that they are ready to hang on the wall - space was an important consideration.
'Nice sound' although due to the small size, the bass (if that's your 'thing') is somewhat lacking.
Very retro (1980's) and fitted nicely with my other 'old YAMAHA gear' I had that the time.
Sound quality is surprisingly good, 'bigstage' with good imaging and certainly able to handle 'normal' small room levels without going to mush ...
SONY - Bookshelf Speakers (2)
Model: APM-100
Two Way Speaker System
Made in Japan
Aimed originally at the European market, with English, French & German language instructions on the rear.
Bookshelf format
Wall mounting brackets fitted as standard
Woodgrain veneer (plastic)
All metal front grille (non-removable)
Bass Reflex Rear Ported design
Nominal system output impedance (load presented to the amplifier): 6 Ohm
Power Handling: 35W RMS
Input terminal type: Spring loaded Push & Clamp
DIMENSIONS:
EACH speaker cabinet measures: 150mm wide x 220mm front to back x 260mm high
Weight (EACH speaker): 2.5Kg (important consideration when hanging on a wall!)
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO damage to the front metal grilles
Name badges are clean and undamaged
Cabinet seams are ALL great, no separations at all
Veneer is unmarked, EVEN UNDERNEATH (because they were hanging on the wall!)
Rear spring terminals are both in great condition
Wall securing bracket is in great shape
TESTING:
Good speakers for all types of music particularly jazz, rock and female vocals. Although small in size, I was pleasantly surprised at the reasonable bass response, you really cannot expect much from such tiny driver/woofers but they perform very well, particularly when up on a wall (which acts as a baffle)
The tweeters do a good job with the high end, highly responsive.
Overall, with various types of music these speakers do a great job considering they were never marketed as "high end" and they don't mind being pushed a bit hard either (no 'breakup or mushing' heard)
A nice couple of retro speakers from the Japanese although I seriously question the video (below) comment that these make great NF's - stick to using these for domestic/general listening!
