stephen_cowslip
pfm Member
Hope you're all well.
Thought I would share these Ditton 66 speakers with you.
Found in a skip a couple of months ago, laying in rainwater. Miraculously, all the drivers worked but the sides were completely blown. The glue had failed and the wood had swollen in places.
No longer being sealed units, there was lots of vibration throughout the cabinets and the passive radiators were of course not working as intended.
Was luck enough to have an engineer in the village who said he could try and restore them. Obviously gone way off-piste with regards to purism but as the speakers owed me nothing, there was nothing to lose.
He ended up restoring them in solid oak panels (top, bottom and sides) and left the rear of the cabinets intact.
Unfortunately I did not supply the grilles so the shape of the top and bottom panels has been lost but I was not planning to use covers so not too much of a loss.
At the moment, they sound fantastic. The cabinets have no vibration or loose panel contacts. They are now a lot heavier (around 30%).
Next stop is to have the crossovers checked out.
Cheers
Thought I would share these Ditton 66 speakers with you.
Found in a skip a couple of months ago, laying in rainwater. Miraculously, all the drivers worked but the sides were completely blown. The glue had failed and the wood had swollen in places.
No longer being sealed units, there was lots of vibration throughout the cabinets and the passive radiators were of course not working as intended.
Was luck enough to have an engineer in the village who said he could try and restore them. Obviously gone way off-piste with regards to purism but as the speakers owed me nothing, there was nothing to lose.
He ended up restoring them in solid oak panels (top, bottom and sides) and left the rear of the cabinets intact.
Unfortunately I did not supply the grilles so the shape of the top and bottom panels has been lost but I was not planning to use covers so not too much of a loss.
At the moment, they sound fantastic. The cabinets have no vibration or loose panel contacts. They are now a lot heavier (around 30%).
Next stop is to have the crossovers checked out.
Cheers