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Thread: MKI Celestion Ditton 44 - Rebuild & refurb

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    Quote Originally Posted by Made in 1968 View Post
    Im glad you are concerned about changing the sound because if not this would bring me back to people buying old gear for the looks & engineering in the hope they can mod em & make them sound like something modern.. A straight like for like recap, if the internal wires are shot like for like copper wire no silver junk.. If the sound is not up to liking different speakers i say.. One giant giant mistake people make is changing inductors, absolutely no imho..
    Modern sound is far removed from what I hope the end product will sound like. It's also the fear about changing the tweeter. That said I would consider putting the MD500 from the 66 in the 44.

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    Well people seem to think they can make these things sound modern.. I wouldnt swap the tweeters personally but thats me, i learned my lesson the hard way about not keeping stuff original..

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    What do you think about putting the MD500 for the 66 into the 44?

    I'm with you on copper. I used this Van Damme in the car and for the cinema system - http://www.van-damme.com/vandamme_pr...speaker-cable/ Too modern?
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    i would wait for a pair of 66's to turn up,they just got that speaker right on the money.
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    Ben
    You dont need cable as heavy as that. Just like for like none descript hook up wire the same guage will be fine if you need to change it..

    Can i ask are they later veneered baffle boards or the early black painted ones?

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    Early black painted ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by karma67 View Post
    i would wait for a pair of 66's to turn up,they just got that speaker right on the money.
    66's are still on the cards as are a couple of others. I paid very little for these so that will allow me to play around with in a sympathetic way.

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    https://www.autoelectricsupplies.co....66/category/11

    Cheap and will the job just fine. Or you could just buy some solid core 1mm copper from your local DIY store.
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    Quote Originally Posted by karma67 View Post
    i would wait for a pair of 66's to turn up,they just got that speaker right on the money.
    Kerching Kerching Kerching!!!!
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    With the circular terminal pod. These should have tiny coloured thumb screw posts. If you feel the need to swap these or have been swapped for ugly modern ones. The ones in the link below should be good enough & look ok as a replacement with some reliable nice plating & cheap, Those coloured isolators can be removed but these are small enough

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nickle-pl...53.m1438.l2649

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