Technics SB-7000A
Technics SB-7000
(late 1976 - 1979)

To some a truly excellent loudspeaker, to others a lame and sluggish thing. I don't know for I have never heard one...
Technics used variations of the SB-7000, SB-7070 and the pricier SB-8000 to accompany its demos in the late 1970s : have someone perform live, record through an RS-1500US or RS-1800, then replay through the SB loudspeakers... Must have been at least good enough to sustain the comparison ! Phase chaaracteristics seem very good and so do the rest of the specs. Even the level controls for the high and mid drivers function as Q pots : altering the resonance sharpness rather than regular level pots !
Also, the SB-7000 had the "studio professional" look written all over itself - a big plus in 1977 ;-)

Japan seems to have seen only the SB-7000 ; the SB-7000A was perhaps export-only - I don't know of any differences between these two "versions"... The specs and graphs shown here are all for the SB-7000A.
Also known in Japan as "Technics 7", and available there in white (with flashy green covers - SB-7000W) or with real wood veneer sides (SB-7000MP).

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