I was talking about the Guru dealer, but go to Allisonacoustics.com/our-dealers.html and you will find the dealers. I got my Fours from Burt's in Kingston and it was the last one. Good luck! Jaybo, I agree that they are really great speakers - but dont so far hear the update in the drivers:) - but then again, I've only had them for a few weeks. The Ones, Threes and Fours were classics, and with "modern" drivers and crossovers would probably be incredible.
Is there a modern equivalent of Allison speakers?
I have just acquired a later version of the Allison Fours (2002) - made by the "re-vamped" Allison Acoustics, which is now out of business. I found the speakers (new) at one of the Allison dealers who had it left in stock. I need small speakers against a wall for my office and these are visually and logistically perfect. They sound like my original Allisons (Ones and Threes) in that the dispersion is excellent, the musicality is excellent, sound-staging a little vague, but transparency and resolution not up to modern standards - which is not surprising, since I believe the drivers are probably of 1970's vintage. So how do I find the best of the Allison design (against wall placement) with modern drivers? Any suggestions of such an animal? Does it exist? (In monitor, stand-mounted form)
I know about the Guru, but aesthetically, I would prefer a less contemporary, modern design. Don't want much, do I?
I know about the Guru, but aesthetically, I would prefer a less contemporary, modern design. Don't want much, do I?
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I agree that 'modernized' Allison's could have great potential. Back around 1980 a friend built a dimensionally identical clone of an Allison One, using the then-popular Philips midrange and mylar dome tweeter, Speakerlabs best 8" woofers, and engineered the crossovers using air-core coils and Sprague 'Orange Drop' caps. Overall SQ was very similar to the Allison's, and the Philips tweeter was more extended and airier than the OEM. We believed that the Allison design, floor loading the woofers, and a low midrange crossover frequency was acoustically correct, and less driver dependent than a traditional box. He rebuilt the speakers about 10 years ago using modern drivers and improved the mids and highs more than a little bit. |
My dad had Allison 2's during the 1980's. He still has them in his basement but not used. I saw a photo of the new Polk Audio speaker and it reminded me of my dad's Allison. Legend L800 Floor Standing Tower Speaker | Polk Audio™
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