Thanks, Ambience. Indeed they are physically large speakers and, truth be known, far in excess of my room requirements but it was the sound reproduction I focused on and not the size. If any speaker ads/info/spec didn't mention at least 90db Sensitivity then it didn't qualify for a second look. The speakers are date stamped 1975 inside, in those days they weren't too concerned about the blatant ugliness behind the speaker cloth!
This whole exercise has been an eye opener for me and I doubt I'll commit to memory enough technical detail to apply to another search for different speakers but 90db Sensitivity will always be a minimum requirement.
Anyway, this is how I spent a part of my morning:
Strip out the old crossover and check & prepare the replacement:
Access to both sides needed so here's what a part of Celestion Ditton 15 looks like inside:
All done and singing like a little bird:
Early Fleetwood Mac, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Mantovani and Bob Marley all sound fantastic with these speakers so all that remains to be said is:
Thanks, Y'All!
This whole exercise has been an eye opener for me and I doubt I'll commit to memory enough technical detail to apply to another search for different speakers but 90db Sensitivity will always be a minimum requirement.
Anyway, this is how I spent a part of my morning:
Strip out the old crossover and check & prepare the replacement:
Access to both sides needed so here's what a part of Celestion Ditton 15 looks like inside:
All done and singing like a little bird:
Early Fleetwood Mac, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Mantovani and Bob Marley all sound fantastic with these speakers so all that remains to be said is:
Thanks, Y'All!
