Celestion Ditton 44

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Originally Posted by Mothman

Martin, I'm not sure what to do about the crossovers, what do you think? I had toy'd with the idea off changing the Mid & HF caps for some basic films such as Ansars or Claritycaps and then do a straight swap for new electrolytics on the base caps, this would keep the cost reasonable. However I think the necessary soldering skills would be beyond me and so I am currently trying to work out if I can refurb the cabinets with the drivers in place.

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lol I'm not the best person to ask - I'm in the If It Aint Broke Don't Fix It camp. Andrew's list is pretty exhaustive, I'd mix and match from that dependant on your skills and how much time/money you want to invest. Re the cab refurb you could tape up the drivers as though you were respraying a car. Have to be real careful though...

I have been offered a pair at £50 should i go for it

Sounds good Dan, early ones with the hard wired X-Overs would be even better.

Excellent thanks.

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Originally Posted by dantheman91

I have been offered a pair at £50 should i go for it

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YES

I must admit that I have been side tracked with this project. I decided I wanted to spend a little more time getting my valve setup upgraded. This has meant that I have replinthed and fully restored a garrard 301, had a SME 3012 full fettled, mess around with some JR149's, oh and trial out a new SUT. As you can see, I've been busy. The 44's are sittting in the loft, only to be restored at some point in the future. I sorry to say that i dont think it will be anytime soon :( I intend messing around with the power input to both my 1210 and valve setup next year. Maybe, mid 2013 and I'll have another rethink.

Thing is, they have a very approachable and friendly sound to them in stock form - easy to live with once the size is taken into account :)

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Originally Posted by dantheman91

I have been offered a pair at £50 should i go for it

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Good condition examples consistently fetch over £200 on eBay, even colection only so I would say yes, buy them. The drive units can be had cheap if they need replacing - except for the tweeters, that is.

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Originally Posted by DSJR

Thing is, they have a very approachable and friendly sound to them in stock form - easy to live with once the size is taken into account :)

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+1 mine are still in stock form at the moment, so this is still an option for any current owners. ;)

A pair of Ditton 44s at £50 is a bargain. They're worth buying just for the HF2000 tweeters and bass units are pretty decent too.