Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I remove
the speakers and use em for something else?

Cheers

ben

Benje wrote:
Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I remove
the speakers and use em for something else?

What foam? The drivers look ok in the photo.
The glue on the surround is not a problem but it's not obvious
what the discoloration is on the woofer.

The cabs would make half decent subs for an HT system with a bit of
internal bracing and bituminous damping.

--
Eiron.

"Eiron" wrote in message
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Benje wrote:
Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one
to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I
remove
the speakers and use em for something else?

What foam? The drivers look ok in the photo.
The glue on the surround is not a problem but it's not obvious
what the discoloration is on the woofer.


There appears to have used to have been a layer of foam on the main driver
at the bottom, which has totally disintergrated!!!

"Eiron" wrote in message
...
Benje wrote:
Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one
to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I
remove
the speakers and use em for something else?

What foam? The drivers look ok in the photo.
The glue on the surround is not a problem but it's not obvious
what the discoloration is on the woofer.


There appears to have used to have been a layer of foam on the main driver
at the bottom, which has totally disintergrated!!!

"Eiron" wrote in message
...
Benje wrote:
Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one
to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I
remove
the speakers and use em for something else?

What foam? The drivers look ok in the photo.
The glue on the surround is not a problem but it's not obvious
what the discoloration is on the woofer.


There appears to have used to have been a layer of foam on the main driver
at the bottom, which has totally disintergrated!!!

In article , Benje wrote:

"Eiron" wrote in message
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Benje wrote:
Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off one
to
find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I
remove the speakers and use em for something else?

What foam? The drivers look ok in the photo.
The glue on the surround is not a problem but it's not obvious
what the discoloration is on the woofer.

There appears to have used to have been a layer of foam on the main driver
at the bottom, which has totally disintergrated!!!

Are you sure? On my now retired Ditton 25s (1978 vintage) it was the
foam which padded out the fabric grille (i.e. between the fabric and the
cut-out board with the velcro pads) which disintegrated into brownish
fragments and dust. It looked very much like the fragments and residues
in your photos. Even at 25 years old the driver cones were in visually
pristine condition.

--
John Phillips

"John Phillips" wrote in message
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Are you sure? On my now retired Ditton 25s (1978 vintage) it was the
foam which padded out the fabric grille (i.e. between the fabric and the
cut-out board with the velcro pads) which disintegrated into brownish
fragments and dust. It looked very much like the fragments and residues
in your photos. Even at 25 years old the driver cones were in visually
pristine condition.

--
John Phillips

John,

I'll have a closer look. There was one piece of foam circular in shape which
fell down when I removed the front cover. It just appeared to me as though
the driver had this foam on the actual driver itself!!

Thanks again

Ben J

"Benje" wrote in message

Hello,

I've decided to sell my Ditton 44's. Anyway just took the covers off
one to find this:

www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00111.JPG
www.benjennings.plus.com/uac/DSC00113.JPG

all the foam has disintergrated, and there was a small pin in the mid
speaker!!!!! So anyone, are these worth anything to anyone? Before I
remove the speakers and use em for something else?

I see none of the usual flaws in speakers due to advanced age.

There is that funny odd piece of foam that seems to be stuck to part of the
woofer cone, but it will probably peel off.

There must have been some foam on the back of the grille cloth, or some
such.

Here's the most important question - how do they sound?