Fisher Vintage Speakers

Vintage Speakers by Fisher: Oldies But Goodies

Fisher is first among equals in terms of studio-quality loudspeaker systems. Durable construction and select materials enable these speakers to excel in home setups or in professional recording installations. Here are a few tips to help you wade through your affordable selections available on eBay.

Difference between two-, three-, and four-way speakers

Vintage Fisher speakers come in a variety of configurations to suit a vast array of sound system setups. Two-way, three-way, and four-way are the three main configurations, or types. A two-way Fisher Speaker like the ST-992 contains a woofer and a tweeter to generate low and high frequencies. The Studio Standard STV-754, a three-way speaker, contains a woofer, a tweeter, and a mid-range. The latter produces frequencies associated with tenor and contralto ranges of tone. The four-way Fisher XP-7C boasts a similar configuration, except it has an extra tweeter that produces additional treble wavelengths. Some prefer a four-way when listening to jazz, classical, live music, or analog LP records.

Does Fisher have speakers that are just tweeters?

Absolutely. Well-preserved, vintage, pre-owned Fisher speakers are available as tweeters, mid-range, and wooders. Fisher 351 and Fisher T-203 are one of many vintage tweeters that often appear on eBay. Product titles and descriptions may indicate which original cabinet or model the component comes from, but you can always swap tweeters between brands and models, so wiring the vintage tweeter into your existing Fisher is doable.

Optimizing home theater systems with Fisher speakers

Any three-way Fisher speakers, such as the Fisher ST 845 speakers, can serve your home theater system well. Consult your home theater system owner's manual to confirm the number of speakers the system supports and the speaker types. Home theater system sound consoles typically contain a certain number of outputs to interface with speakers that produce specific ranges of tone. Luckily, three-way speakers cover all your tonal range within audible human hearing, so you can use three- or four-way speakers as a default as well as Fisher 15-inch speakers (woofers) and smaller tweeters and mid-range speakers to ensure movie theater-quality harmonics.

A word on Fisher hi-fi speakers

Every Fisher speaker system is a hi-fi system. Hi-fi is a generic term used to describe premium audio equipment that reproduces warm, clarion sound with inaudible noise, neutral frequency response, and little to no distortion. Fisher's selection consists of high-end, studio-quality hi-fi loudspeakers whose designs meet or exceed industry standards for hifi sound. What's most important is to match speaker size to room size. In small rooms where you're 6 to 8 feet from the source of sound, go with small box or medium-sized speakers. In large rooms where you're 10 or more feet from the source of sound, go with a mixture of small, medium, and jumbo floor models.

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