Celestion UL6

[SmileyFaceEQ]

Did cleanup and recap on these UL6 beauties and am very happy. Running them via a sansui 4000. Anyone that comes across a set should snap them up and recap them.





Took about an hour. Really pleased with the results.

 

[Nat]

I've always wanted to hear those.

 

[sax6]

Just sold a pair....Had them for a year or so. .. mine had a tendency to bottom out.

But, low powered, up at ear level and Jazz fed, they put out great imaging and envelopping sound.

Look for UL10.. I will !

 

[Nat]

I rarely listen loud, so I might not have the issues you've had. But so far, I've never even seen a pair, so any concerns are theoretical.
And I have to confess that the weird squat horizontal shape of the UL 6s is part of their appeal, so the UL 10s don't make me drool as much.

 

[SmileyFaceEQ]

They are only good for 20ish watts....so fidelity, not house rockers for certain. The crossovers are connected via a nifty little clip and 2 nuts secure them, so very easy to remove and service.

 

[kydsid]

Love them myself, ive had a pair for years. AFAIK original caps. And I've always ran them on higher power amps. I mean they don't output like my kappas, but they get plenty loud. I've tried replacing them many times and gone back to them. I even had to troll ebay for nearly a year to replace a driver.

 

[Lavane]

Nice looking speakers! The only Celestion speakers I've come across are a pair of Ditton 300's. Nice sounding little 3ways though. The crossovers were similar. A printed circuit board attached with screws. All the caps were electrolytic though. I replaced them all with poly film caps. One was 50uf!
I was almost resigned to having to use another electrolytic cap, but found a huge 50uf poly cap on close out at Partsconnexion for pennies on the dollar. It was huge though. It was as big around as a Campbell's condensed soup can and half as tall. I had to mount it to the inside of the cabinet.
I use them with a 12wpc EL84 PP tube amp I pulled from an old console and modified.

 

[scottdavis08]

They are very close to the Polk Sda Crs design. I've had to disconnect one of the tweeters on each speaker, due to overkill on upper range. But has a passive in the back.

 

[SmileyFaceEQ]

They are very close to the Polk Sda Crs design. I've had to disconnect one of the tweeters on each speaker, due to overkill on upper range. But has a passive in the back.View attachment 3556854

Why not just add a resistor or attenuator i line with the tweeter. It could all be hidden inside the cab.

 

[Ericdolphy]

Did cleanup and recap on these UL6 beauties and am very happy. Running them via a sansui 4000. Anyone that comes across a set should snap them up and recap them.


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Took about an hour. Really pleased with the results.

Hey, I just picked up a set of these at an estate sale for $40. Everything -looks- great. No damage and just a small scratch on one cabinent. The sound is kind of dull to me. Where did you source the new caps for these? I have never recapped and am looking to see if there are some better suited for these speakers than others but these speakers are not the most commonly found. Any tips/suggestions on sourcing the best capacitor would be appreciated.