Allison One speakers

Thanks all for your help. I'm afraid I may have overpaid for them, but after I get the woofers redone at Miller Sound, who knows - I may really like them and decide to keep versus resell - they do look very nice. Thanks again.

Thanks for the advise on re-conditioning. I plan to have the woofers redone by Bill LeGal at Millersound. He is familiar with these and I have had nothing but good results with all the work he has done for me in the past. Also appreciate the advise on replacing the tweeters, mids. I am likely to leave these as is and will only consider replacing with something non-original if they go out at some point in the future. Does anyone have an opinion about restoring or upgrading the crossover (worth replacing anything due to age? or leave alone until they go bad?) Will likely get into playing shape and decide if I will keep them or not, and if I keep them if I want to go to any additional effort to upgrade the crossovers etc. They will be compared to a pair of Alon model V that I currently have and will drive with an Aragon 4004 MkII power amp and a preamp to be named later (any suggestions?) which provides ample power for most speakers I could throw at it. Another post asked how much I paid for these and the answer is $300 - in hind sight a bit too much given what I have learned here but if I end up liking them (I do have a larger space that will allow me to set up as recommended here) will not be so bad. Anyway, thanks again for the information and recommendations.

They sure won't end up in my garage - will go to the effort (and expense) of new surrounds and see (hear) how I like them compared to my pair of Alon V. I have had other vintage speakers that appealed to me in the past that, while I would not necessarily say they sounded better than very good modern speakers, I would not call them deficient either - just different. I had a pair of Allison: Nine that I liked very much but could not get used to the ultra modern looks and they had broken grill covers that I could not come up with a good solution the repair and the cosmetics make some difference to me. If I end up liking the Alon V better I will sell and move on, but due to weight and size will have to get a local buyer as I will not want to ship (though the same would apply to the Alon pair - if they get put in the "for sale" pile, they also are way too big and heavy for me to want to ship) Again, I appreciate everyone's comments on the subject - even the ones imply that I have made a mistake in purchasing them - we've probably all done this before! Thanks again.