Rare Celestion Ditton CS5 Speakers, Review & Sound Test, Ditton 22, 33, 44, Vintage HiFi Audio

A look and listen to a hard to find pair of Celestion Ditton CS5 speakers
How do these British made speakers sound some 40 + years later
The Tweeters are HF 1000

[gino]

Hi they sound excellent indeed It must be exciting to be an audiophile in UK with all these exceptional vintage opportunities
I have the feeling that Celestion drivers are very high quality The coil size in the woofer is very impressive
A big coil provides a better control of the cone and allow for more current and so higher undistorted SPLs

[dittonworks]

Thanks for the mention Michael.
Great review 👍

[DN]

Very interesting. The Ditton 33's look prettier though. Good luck with the recap!

[luvegg]

Great video Michael, In my experience 'shouting or brashness' at higher volumes is a common trait of budget equipment in general. The more you spend the louder you can go before it occurs.. I think the human ear is very sensitive to mid range sounds too.. Maybe try putting a few ohms in series with the mid driver to tame things a little.. Thanks again for your great videos..

[xmrn]

Hello guys. I need some help. Im looking for tweeter to replace on my CS5. Anyone knows where could I find one? 🙏

[johnsweda]

Take some of the stuffing out of the mid-range keep it around the sides but take about half out of the bottom of the tube should relax the mid-range, you might want to paint the cardboard tube with PVA glue both sides blue tack is a good idea and as a gasket for the drivers, if it was me I would actually put a hole in the back the size of the Tube and have it all the way open as a dipole, cabinets to small for the speakers worth putting a slot in better than a port, but you could use drain pipe with a bend elbow nearly halfway Dieppe of the cabinet and then the bend line the drain pipe Port with some foam cellulose foam like quarter of an inch washing up sponges like from Tesco's the coloured ones! just in the centre of the port not on the ends, then just have the rest of the foam on the bottom and sides make sure there's free space to the port, and brace the front baffle above the 10" driver before the midrange with an inch Square piece of pine across not touching the sides of the cabinet.
what make of capacitors are you going to go with and type try metal film or mylar .
didn't notice a resistor for the tweeter you could put a 0.4ohm or slightly under 0.2ohms with the induction coil in series for the tweeter what would be in parallel going to ground terminal that make the tweeter little bit brighter could be made to be good speakers.

[IkeCarterShow]

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