Celestion Ditton 44

[dantheman91]

Its the driver thats faulty.

[Rare Bird]

still the same is it?

[dantheman91]

still the same is it?

Yes.


Shall i buy the driver from that well known place.

[dantheman91]

The midrange is completly gone. Nothing from it.

So i think a £30 replacement i a good deal

[AlfaGTV]

Sorry bout the midrange Dan, but once that is fixed you'll have a very nice pair of speakers! Actually, yours are identical to my pair, except for the missing tweeter grille. I changed the horrible greybrown cloth to a black one and the all of a sudden look a lot more contemporary!




Regards //Mike

[Mothman]

Dan, if you can get them fixed up for £30 it's a no brainer, as others have said a pair of working tweeters will sell for much more if it doesn't work out and you have to break them (perish the thought).

Post 77 has a picture of a crossover out of my pair if you need a reference.

[dantheman91]

Dan, if you can get them fixed up for £30 it's a no brainer, as others have said a pair of working tweeters will sell for much more if it doesn't work out and you have to break them (perish the thought).

Post 77 has a picture of a crossover out of my pair if you need a reference.

Cheers they were free so. fix them up and use them. how are you finding yours

[wiicrackpot]

No brainer, once sorted could be really good.

Since pulling mine's out for the purpose of pics with blotched Wharfedale tweeters, i am enjoying them immensely,
the old boy who sold them to me said the crossovers have been serviced a while back,
that maybe has a bearing on what i am getting out of them besides the Wharfedale tweeters working surprisingly good,
while i've never heard Hf2000's, i am getting a nice crisp/airyness without the whiteish colouration of some metal domes,
nice mid, smooth, even, not overly warm, bass doesn't down as far as it's 12'inch suggests but nicely rounded,pacey/punchy sound,
not kick in the chest kind but not a'' bitch slap'' either, somewhere in between.

Overall, while not as charming, clearcut, beguiling, and realism as my previous Harbeth SHL5's,
or the dynamic kick,immediacy or easy dynamics of my current Tannoy 12' MG's,
(bear in mind i am not comparing but barely using them as yardsticks), the Ditton 44 are great performers, even handed and makes playing music ''FUN'',
i didn't analyse too much,i am not very good at describing things so maybe the vets on here could chip in to correct what i've wrote.

wii.

[dantheman91]

Mine should be up a running within the week.

[DSJR]

Tweeter grille:

I'm probably even more off my trolley than usual, but I read recently that the tweeter grille for the LS3/5A was nicked from the Celestion HF2000 unit. if so, these grilles MAY be available for sale from Stirling Broadcast, who make the pukka V2 LS3/5A (similar balance but better sound from modern drive units).

Well worth asking anyway and some of their parts are on eBay in their shop.....