Richard Allan speakers.
 

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.

Richard Allan speakers.
 

"Old Fella" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know anything about these Richard Allan speakers that I bought
recently at a garage sale.

Ask them yourself! http://www.loudspeakersonline.com/

Richard Allan speakers.
 

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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Richard Allan speakers.
 

"Old Fella" wrote in message
...
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.

its unlikely you'll blow them up no matter how much you put through them
(aslong as the power is clean)
By that i dont mean 700watts.
but a 100 wpc isn't going to hurt them unless you'rre flat out all the time.
an amp thats too small will do far more damage.

Rob

Richard Allan speakers.
 

"Tim S Kemp" wrote in message
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"Old Fella" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know anything about these Richard Allan speakers that
I bought
recently at a garage sale.

Ask them yourself! http://www.loudspeakersonline.com/




Curious that their web site still shows their old works at Birkenshaw
on the edge of Bradford which they left - must 10 years or more ago.


--
Woody

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Richard Allan speakers.
 

"Old Fella" in
:
: 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.

I have a couple of pairs of old 70's 12" Richard Allens; one a 3 way, in
storage; one a 2 way, hung up high as rear speakers. From memory, the 2
way system 12" has a shallower depth and a "wizzer" cone; the 3-way in
storage 12" is deeper and doesn't. "CG12" comes to mind, as well as
"Super" and "Dual" ... you might unscrew the rear or otherwise gain access
and look at the driver model number on the back. IIRC the wattage is
printed, and might be of the order of 35-50W. Inconvenient for me to look.

I might be wrong about the depth; the 2 ways have rediculously shallow
cabinets, and I recall trying swapping the 12"'s once, but sounded worse.

The crossovers in these (at least mine) were made before Thiele & Small
parameters were understood and designed around IMO - i.e. they are
extremely simple and "ideal", i.e. theoretical only. As is typical too at
this end of the world (NZ) the cabinets were built locally from chipboard.

One positive note might be that my local loudspeaker repair/design outfit,
Axent Audio, reckoned that one of these types (I have yet to take them in)
were capable of being reconed (incl voice coil) to a modern spec, using
the same frame and magnet structure, with a *much* greater power capacity.

Reminds me again to look into that possibility sometime ... Axent made a 3
way system with a modern 12" RA driver that was fairly impressive, IIRC!
--
Ross Matheson
Auckland, NZ.

Richard Allan speakers.
 

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:46:04 GMT, "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 .

I don't know anything much but I had a pair of 2 way Richard Allan
Speakers given to me a while back. They sound quite good but I've only
listened in the shed. They should sound even better in a damped room
inside.

I found this written on the drivers.


Woofer:
Richard Allen Radio Ltd
Gomersal Yorkshire
Type CG10
8 OHMS

29 Jan 1975

Tweeter
DS-51
8 OHMS
23W Japan
57516

I haven't really searched for info but the above might help you
...
Francis Xavier Holden