Old Fella wrote:

Does anyone know anything about these Richard Allan speakers that I bought
recently at a garage sale.

They are 3 way with a 12" bass speaker and I suspect from the 70's, very
heavy, 28 kilo's each ( the reason I bought them ).

They sound very nice using an old 35 watt Pioneer amp, I would describe the
sound as warm .

I am wondering what sort of power they would handle as I don't want to
destroy them using my more powerful amp .

Hoping someone can help .

Rob Wilson.

Sounds like a pair I had - model 'Pavane' IIRC. I ran mine from an 80w
Sansui amp without any problems. They certainly sounded very 'warm',
almost cozy. These were originally supplied in kit form.

I upgraded mine a little by replacing the DIN plug for a pair of screw
terminals for the cable. I also added a pair of 2x2 cross braces across
the back panel (like this \/), which stiffened the cabinet a little and
made the sound a little tighter - I could actually measure the
difference with a spectrum analyser.

AFAIK Richard Allan speakers are renowned for being very sturdy, 'bullet
proof' I think was the term normally used :-)

I have no idea what the power rating was though.

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