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Allison Speakers

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I picked a set of Allison Threes this weekend. One needs foam. Did Allison intentionally spray the woofers with tacky black adhesive type spray? Should I try to duplicate that when re-foaming. Anyway, I tucked the one good speaker into a corner and I am impressed with the simple use of wall and floor to enhance the sound. Did Allison speakers have a good reputation back in the day? My thoughts so far are that they are better than most older speakers I have come across since my re-birth back into audio.
 
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Yes they doped their woofers or at least my AL110's are. I had them re-foamed but did need to replace the cones. Do the 3's have the famous "nipple" tweeters? The AL110's are good sounding with a lot of detail and decent bass for a bookshelf speaker.
 
When you go to refoam them, hold the woofer upside-down when removing the rotten sticky foam. If allowed to fall toward the cone you'll end up with a very ugly mess.
I can't wait to have an empty wall in which to correctly place my Model Twos.
 
Allisons were designed to give flat frequency response in real rooms, and to produce uniform response over a wide area. Pinpoint localization isn't as good as it is with many other high end speakers, but you aren't locked into a single sweet spot, and they are a hell of a lot easier to position than conventional speakers. I believe the Threes have to be put in corners to sound their best -- this is unusual for modern speakers, but it certainly is convenient.
 
I really do enjoy my RDL F1's I track Allison's on eBay and they just don't bring the $ that the sound deserves

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mhardy6647 said:
Manuals for these speakers may be consulted at www.classicspeakerpages.net
The Three is indeed designed to go in the corner (bad, bad speaker! no biscuit).
http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/...son_one_series_brochure_7.html#previous-photo
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It was interesting to note in the reading that Allison mentions inverting the speakers for placement in the ceiling corners of rooms. The 40 inch length of the speakers puts the tweeter position about 50 inches off of the floor when inverted
 
Allisons are/ were exceptional speakers. The "nipple" tweeter is one of the nicest sounding around- if not pushed in as many are! The top firing woofer can deforn and sag over time so you have to watch for that and possibly get rebuilt.
DC
 
Potentially- yes it could. The spider can sag over time from the weight of the cone, dust, dirt accumulated on it. If I were to buy them I would vertainly look and be sure there is minimal sag or be prepared to have them drivers rebuilt if sag is signifigant.
DC
 
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