Ditton 15's

[Morden2004]

Spotted a pair of Ditton 15's today in a thrift shop. $30 (Cdn).

Anyone think this is a good deal? I know these speakers are listed in the Speaker Hall of Fame. But are they good?

Boxes were in great shape - just one badge broken on the speaker cover.

 

[oldmarantz]

Ditton 15 was a good speaker (I heard ditton 22 quite good)
it s a piece of celestion's history

http://www.celestion.com/history/1960s.html

 

[car67]

Great little speaker. Think I paid about US$45 for mine and the cabinets were only so-so and the wooden frames for the grill were broken. I've seen them go for around US$80 on the bay so your price seems good.

Strengths are mid range, bass, rythmn and very easy to listen to. And no foam rot to worry about. Good imaging too. Only weakness is a that it is a bit rolled off at the top. I haven't played them for a while but they are keepers for me. I just keep telling myself I need them as backups for my "study" system.

The Ditton 15XR's had a new tweeter that was meant to address the treble roll-off but I haven't come across a pair yet...

cheers
Jack

Here's a pic:

 

[Morden2004]

Great! Thanks to both of you for the reply.

I may go see if they are still there. I knew that they were a part of audio history but was wondering if they were also a fairly good speaker.

Paul

 

[bully]

I remember fondly a pair of Ditton 66's (IIRC) a friend had in college. Or was it grad school?
They were a classic 12-inch, 3-way. Great sounding speaker systems. I wanted a pair.