Speaker help.

[justaskin]

Hi all. I'm new here and I'm looking for a little advice please.
I have a Denon pma-300v amp and a dual cs 503- 1 turntable. This has all been resurrected from my attic as has my record collection. I now need speakers, cheap speaker. I'm happy with second hand or vintage. Its a small cluttered room floor space of 10sqm. I will be listening to Genesis and reggae mostly quietly!!
Any help/advice appreciated. I have been looking at stuff like this; Denon/Mission SC-M101; Vintage Bose 205 compact Speakers.

Regards Kevin

 

[nopiano]

Welcome to the forum!

Those little Mission-designed Denons are decent. Buying thriftily and secondhand needn’t mean getting junk, as many folks sell cheap especially if they cannot post - often due to no packaging.

Facebook marketplace has bargains as long you can spot genuine ads. At least travel close to home and see them playing before handing over money. Or you’ll find all sorts on eBay, or maybe you’ve a local secondhand dealer?

New, if £99 is in budget, you can get Wharfedale Diamonds 9.0 with a warranty from Richer Sounds and doubtless other stores too.

 

[justaskin]

Welcome to the forum!

Those little Mission-designed Denons are decent. Buying thriftily and secondhand needn’t mean getting junk, as many folks sell cheap especially if they cannot post - often due to no packaging.

Facebook marketplace has bargains as long you can spot genuine ads. At least travel close to home and see them playing before handing over money. Or you’ll find all sorts on eBay, or maybe you’ve a local secondhand dealer?

Thank you for the reply. My only reason for not wanting to spend a lot is the amount of time I will get to use them. I have a set of technics but the have 4 wires rather than 2 which I need for the Denon amp.

 

[justaskin]

Thank you for the reply. My only reason for not wanting to spend a lot is the amount of time I will get to use them. I have a set of technics but the have 4 wires rather than 2 which I need for the Denon amp.

Also the Denon/mission speakers all seem to be 6ohm, is that not a problem wit an 8ohm amp??

 

[Entrigo]

Welcome to the forum!

Those little Mission-designed Denons are decent. Buying thriftily and secondhand needn’t mean getting junk, as many folks sell cheap especially if they cannot post - often due to no packaging.

Facebook marketplace has bargains as long you can spot genuine ads. At least travel close to home and see them playing before handing over money. Or you’ll find all sorts on eBay, or maybe you’ve a local secondhand dealer?

New, if £99 is in budget, you can get Wharfedale Diamonds 9.0 with a warranty from Richer Sounds and doubtless other stores too.

I had the Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 for a few years and they are very good speakers.

 

[nopiano]

Also the Denon/mission speakers all seem to be 6ohm, is that not a problem wit an 8ohm amp??

No, no problem at all. If you stick around you’ll discover that impedance specs on speakers are nominal, meaning the actual number is higher or lower at particular frequencies, but with music it’s rarely an issue.

If you can post a picture of the Technics speakers they might work too. The ‘4 wires’ invariably means a simple link can enable connection to a two core cable.

 

[gasolin]

Look for deals on Dali Oberon 1, the new replacement Sonik is released just under a month (february 2026) or spektor 1 that has been replaced by Dali kupid

 

[justaskin]

These are the images of the back of my technic speaker with the 4 cables. Can there be wired to the amp with only 2 ports?

 

[Fandango Andy]

Mission 701 regularly sell on ebay for £50 to £100, they sound amazing for the money, easy to pair and very forgiving about where you place them. The only downside they are large for the bookshelf/stand mount speakers. The later M71 also sound great, and are smaller, but aren't as forgiving over placement. They sell for similar money.

 

[Integralista]

These are the images of the back of my technic speaker with the 4 cables. Can there be wired to the amp with only 2 ports?

Hi, I just looked into manual for Technics minisystem, which was sold with your speakers. This system has specific biamplification concept, with separate amp for bass (higher power) and for treeble (lower power). Here four wires have specific reason and purpose. It will the best to pair these speakers with original Technics minisystem. If you want to use your Denom PMS 300 amp with different speakers, than old Mission 701 are very good. I can recommend also old B&W 302 bookshelf speakers. They were very good in their time period (30 years ago). Or old KEF Coda are also very good and not expensive. BR.

 

[nopiano]

These are the images of the back of my technic speaker with the 4 cables. Can there be wired to the amp with only 2 ports?

I suspect not, as Andy said above. They were a system design, not meant to be used with other gear at all. I think the crossover is missing (because that 2as done in the amplifier/main unit, so pairing up LF and HF wouldn’t work with a full bandwidth signal from a normal amplifier. You’ll see that Caution appended too!

In any case they might well be clapped out, so I’d look further afield as you’re doing.

 

[Integralista]

I suspect not, as Andy said above. They were a system design, not meant to be used with other gear at all. I think the crossover is missing (because that 2as done in the amplifier/main unit, so pairing up LF and HF wouldn’t work with a full bandwidth signal from a normal amplifier. You’ll see that Caution appended too!

In any case they might well be clapped out, so I’d look further afield as you’re doing.

This is "biamp system" used by Technics and Panasonic minisystems of its time. Also my big boombox Panasonic RX CT980 (What a great machine...) has used biamp system with separate amp for bass and treble sections. Using 4 wires as must. Technics has had quite good electronics that time, their speakers were more average sounding. BR.