CELESTION DITTON 15 BASS DRIVER

I loved them, although they were a bit dull at the top. These bring back memories - my first ever set of speakers which I inherited from my dad when he upgraded to some Castles. Celestion Ditton Speakers Size: The 'big daddy' Celestion Ditton 66 failed to impress me, and neither did the 44, and the tiny 10 came and went. By the day's standards, the Ditton 15 is quite a slim, elegant design. One of the speakers has the red screw knob missing but has been replaced by a black one as picture Initial surprise was a much lower level of'coloration' than I was expecting.

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Front of the ABR unit, damped polystyrene cylinder. Hi for sale Celestion 15 speakers in working order but boxes could do with a refurbish pick up only in Bridlington and cash on collection. Basss actual radiating material is phenolic resin, as used in printed circuit board manufacture.

I apologise for the dodgy quality of the pic, the 'phone I use dittob take the pics has a 5 MP camera on it, but they still always come out shite Opinions remain divided, but I think it is an absolutely superb thing. Skip to main content.

Speakers in working condition.

Moving forward a few years to the audiophile recording of Sara K, again I encountered a quite magical sound. The tweeter design passed on to Celestion. Here we have a pair of 3-way crossover networks from a pair of Celestion Ditton 22 loudspeakers. If anything I found it a tad bright at times; but very clear, lacking in sibilance and beautifully balanced into the midrange.

Celestion Ditton 44s in wonderful restored condition. Celestion may claim 30 Watts, but 15 Watts would be a safer margin.

Once down at 1 kHz. Celestion Ditton Speakers Size: It seems their popularity has waned throughout the years, though based on the quality of these examples I cannot think why.

Celestion Ditton

Browse Related Browse Related. The ABR itself is constructed from a six inch diameter polystyrene block, three inches deep. The box, for its time, is very modern in its construction, with drive units loaded from the front behind the grill. Good condition vintage speakers with lovely sound quality, which up until last year were used by my dad who bought them new many many years ago! Haden Boardman takes it apart Treble on the HFI comes in for criticism.

I spent a merry ten minutes making this thing move celestionn with various low frequency sign waves from my celestikn oscillator.

Celestion Ditton 15 'vintage' Speakers | eBay

However, come the nineteen seventies the factory ended up miles away in Ipswich. Again modest on ceramic magnet size, the heavily doped, paper pulp cone has, by modern standards, a very low resonance of 25 Hz. But what impressed was dityon cohesive nature of the design.

In hindsight making the speakers 8 Ohm may have saved some of them. For easy access the simple hard wired crossover is mounted directly to the back of the terminal panel.

I'm no sound expert but I have tested and to the best of my knowledge they work well Listed as collecti I bought two sets. Back of ABR mirrors the front of cslestion unit, note depth and same acoustic treatment.

However, all the drive units are mounted via secure bolts, the tweeter routed in to the baffle, the die cast bass unit and ABR device mounted proud. Whilst in their old cabinets they were brilliant, it is a sound that belies the age of these speakers.

I have now tried quite a few "classc" speakers, and if I am honest I find it hard to see, other than fancy materials and a flash box, just what the newer ones offer that these don't. Celestion's fame in supplying guitar 'speakers is more legendary that even the cslestion domestic output.

Celestion ditton 25 Loudspeakers top circular tweeters do not appear to be working although replacement kits are available on eBay In good condition, a few minor scratches but nothing a good polish wo