Celestion Ditton 44

[Macca]

No, I don't want to mod them as thye are so minty mint and original it would be a crime. Will post some decent snaps when I get back at tea-time, gotta do some work now

[Marco]

No worries, dude. Let us know later what you think when you've had a listen

Marco.

[spendorman]

Several years ago I bought a pair of 44's pretty cheap, the cabinets matched and the serial numbers were not far apart, but completely different arrangement for speaker terminals on each speaker, both look original.

[tommy6206]

The one's on mine are also small,so what i did was strip wire back split in half and wrap around post and twist the wire back together then screw terminal back down works well here.They do sound very nice.I have mine mounted on Atacama speaker stands filled with play sand from Argos, with spikes on the bottom and blue tack on the top.

[Macca]

Here are some more piccies:









I always wanted a set of 3 way infinite baffle speakers with a 12'' bass driver - and now I have them! (subject to stands and cables). The bloke wouldn't take more than £60 for them! (I tried to pay more, really I did!).

Interestingly these are the second from the top in the Ditton range, top of the range being the 66 like Marco has. My exisiting Celestions ( model A2) are also second from top in their range ( A series released late 1990s) so an upcoming Celestion shoot out is on the cards!

[Reid Malenfant]

The bloke wouldn't take more than £60 for them! (I tried to pay more, really I did!).

Obviously the bloke hasn't seen how much a pair of HF2000 tweeters go for on ebay



Bargain

[Macca]

Obviously the bloke hasn't seen how much a pair of HF2000 tweeters go for on ebay



Bargain

Breaking them would be a crime, they are almost box fresh, appearance wise anyway. I said he would get a lot more on ebay but he wasn't bothered, I think he preferred they go to an enthusiast with no intention of selling em -

[Reid Malenfant]

I wasn't suggesting that Martin, what i meant was if a pair of tweeters can go for getting on for £100 or more then it gives some idea of the value of the whole lot

[Alex_UK]

Enjoy and cherish them, Martin - I think its great that the previous owner wanted them to go to a good home - and after you've listened to them for a while I suspect they will be going nowhere!

[Jac Hawk]

I bought a set of ditton 130's they had the same terminals on them, the red and black screw on bits completely unscrew, anyway i gave them to a mate and he used crimp ring terminals with Belkin Pure A/V speaker cable. they are strange somewhat old fashioned terminals but do the job and you can at least get the connections screwed down nice and tight.