Clements audio speakers?

Mattsquier, Thanks for the information. Fascinating that the equivalent of the previous large size, floor standing, RT-7 (which still positively surprises my audio visitors after all these years) is now re-incarnated as an in-wall speaker.

I have a pair of 306 dat's and they have been good to me. Good value.

I recently purchased a pair of Clements RT-7's (Serial # 1099) in excellent condition. Had heard this model and the "Little D's" back in the 80's at a store in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Was very impressed with the sound then and thought I would take a chance on the pair on offer.

Had to do a little minor repair to the wooden ribbon dividers (one was slightly loose and buzzing a bit). The previous owner removed the outer sock and poles and painted the cabinets. They look like the last version offered in the late 80's.

These speakers are terrific. However am interested to hear from Jonbok about replacement of bass drivers (fortuitous?) with Scanspeak. What model, improvements to sound, etc.

Am

I bought a pair of Clements 103D speakers for a small system that I play daily in my laboratory. The system is set up on shelves against the long wall of a very large room that is subdivided by shelving and equipment but no walls. It is connected to an old Kenwood integrated amp that puts out ~70 wpc, that is in turn fed by an inexpensive Sony SACD/CD changer, or the iTunes library from one of our computers.

In this context the speakers are stellar performers. They play with better than average dynamic authority for such a small speaker, but it is their ability to portray the human voice that is most distinctive. Female and male vocalists, either individually or in chorus are clear and tonally true. There is no chestiness in male voices or ringing in female voices that plagues so many similar designs.

These speakers replaced a pair of Fried Betas that were almost twice the size and price, played louder, and were more extended at the frequency extremes but were not as good with voices. I recently had a pair of Audioengine 5s in the lab and they were much louder, dynamic and extended at the frequency extremes but couldn't come close to the Clements' ability with vocals.

I think these are very thoughtfully voiced speakers that play music as faithfully as they can given their modest dimensions. I like them a lot.