Celestion Ditton 44

[Macca]

I couldn't get any suitable stands for the Dittons locally so was reduced to trawling the web. I needed either short (up to 12'') open frames (ideally) or a short pillar stand with decent size top plate. Not much around that was suitable except some Atacama at £99.99 plus delivery - waayyy to expensive

In the end I opted for these from e-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220780904948

32 cms high which I think is about a foot in the old money (I struggle with metric) which will do the job of getting the cabs off the floor without putting the mid and tweeter too high up.

Checked on my spade connector order but showing not dispatched and not in stock - typical for an Amazon seller - in my experience anyway. So, I've ordered some diferent ones as well from someone who actually has stock of the thing that he is selling (that's how you do business, folks) which will not screw into my new Belkin cables but will take bare wire of which I have some that can be robbed from the AV system if needed.

Speaking of which, today's task is to strip down and rebuild my entire AV system as nothing is working properly and the rat's nests of cables and power cords have to be seen to be believed. So I may just lash the Dittons up to that system with bare wire (the suround speaker cable I have is just crappy enough to maybe wrap onto the Ditton's tiny little terminals) and actually have a listen to my new babies

[spendorman]

I couldn't get any suitable stands for the Dittons locally so was reduced to trawling the web. I needed either short (up to 12'') open frames (ideally) or a short pillar stand with decent size top plate. Not much around that was suitable except some Atacama at £99.99 plus delivery - waayyy to expensive

In the end I opted for these from e-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220780904948

32 cms high which I think is about a foot in the old money (I struggle with metric) which will do the job of getting the cabs off the floor without putting the mid and tweeter too high up.

Checked on my spade connector order but showing not dispatched and not in stock - typical for an Amazon seller - in my experience anyway. So, I've ordered some diferent ones as well from someone who actually has stock of the thing that he is selling (that's how you do business, folks) which will not screw into my new Belkin cables but will take bare wire of which I have some that can be robbed from the AV system if needed.

Speaking of which, today's task is to strip down and rebuild my entire AV system as nothing is working properly and the rat's nests of cables and power cords have to be seen to be believed. So I may just lash the Dittons up to that system with bare wire (the suround speaker cable I have is just crappy enough to maybe wrap onto the Ditton's tiny little terminals) and actually have a listen to my new babies

How about some Ditton 10's for the rear channels!!

[DSJR]

Ditton 44's were big, friendly and involving speakers, but the bass, although good quality, can swamp the mid if the speakers are too close to walls and floors (so many of these were floor mounted so all the treble was muffled).

I think these may be late ones (can't remember if the rebates around the grille frames were changed later on, but they didn't always have black cloth grilles).

The 33's are good as well, but I'd avoid the 25's unless you have a large room, as the double tweeters (used to get the treble output up) will give funny dispersion/phasey problems if you sit too close.

Anyone tried Goodmans Magnum K2's in recent times? Another one which transforms on lowish stands.

I'd personally avoid single pillar stands for these speakers above unless they're very heavy, as they'll wobble around otherwise. A couple of low lamp tables may be ok, or the Target/Apollo open frame types should be fine. For a couple of hundred quid, Something Solid will custom-make a pair of their excellent XF stands up and these are wonderful with speakers of this type I've found.

Those stands look good - PLEASE DON'T damage the cabinets with top spikes - some bump-on feet will be fine IMO.

[Macca]

How about some Ditton 10's for the rear channels!!

Like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CELEST...item588da71e79

Don't give me ideas

[spendorman]

Like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CELEST...item588da71e79

Don't give me ideas

No, no, like these:

http://www.reparatur-hifi.de/images/...n_Ditton10.jpg

Recognise the bass/mid unit!

[Rare Bird]

[Macca]

Andre no likee

[DSJR]

The Counties weren't bad, but the HF1300 was almosr dominated by the larger bass-mid. Today, the sense of timing and bass extension would win through I think.

[Jac Hawk]

Like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-CELEST...item588da71e79

Don't give me ideas

Those 110's look crap or as Andre would say not even real wood vaneers, just cheap looking vinyl wrap, i'm sure they didn't even cost that price when they were new, just cos they're Dittons doesn't mean they're great, they may be ok as rear speakers but not for that much money.

Good luck with sorting out your A/V setup mate, i did the same thing a few months ago, carefully coiling up and tie locking cables that were too long etc, still ended up looking like a rats nest i think it's meant to.

[Macca]

Okay! I have working Celstion Ditton 44 hooked up to a Sony XB930E and my AV amp with nasty 55 strand cable - playing some Erykah Badu - sounding very nice indeed!

Note the piles of unused kit slowly building up in to the rear - a side effect of AOS membership...