Allison 1's ??

NJPOLKER
NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
edited July 2009 in Speakers
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1253310196

Anyone have any thoughts on these? They seem like they have potential.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited July 2009
    That's an interesting design...Pretty cool looking.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,625
    edited July 2009
    You see those for sale here in North Texas all the time. But at that price-
    PASS. Good speaker, though.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited July 2009
    Curt
    Thats what I was thinking. If I were to buy them I'd have to be certain the modification with the tweeters were the correct choice.

    North Texas? I wonder why there of all places. I didn't notice where they were manufactured maybe that has something to do with it.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    original designer - Roy Allison -chief engineer for AR speakers
    Stanford Advanced Acoustic Technology bought Allison Acoustics in the 90's

    allison forum
    http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/IP.Board/index.php?showforum=6
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,280
    edited July 2009
    They are wonderful speakers. They're designed to be placed up against the wall and out of corners; very 'room friendly'; Allison said they don't even have to be on the same wall. EDIT I don't think that price is out of line with the going eBay rate if they're in "minty" condition :-)

    Plenty of info (besides the aforementioned forum) on Allisons at www.classicspeakerpages.net
    Roy is still alive and kicking, by the way (as, actually, is Edgar Villchur, founder of AR).

    FYI and FWIW, I found my pair of Allison Ones at the dump...
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