What amps would be a good match for a pair of Celestion Ditton 11 speakers?

[Ng727]

Hi everyone,
I have a pair of Celestion Ditton 11 speakers and wanted to get any advice on what a good amp match may be for them. They're rated at 120w continuous sine wave and 240w peak music power at 4-8ohms as per the label on them.

I was looking at a Yamaha A-S701 as an option but in not sure how much power I should be looking for.

I'm quite new to the Hi-fi community and am not too knowledgeable so any and all help would be greatly appreciated !!

Thanks in advance

 

[gibbsy]

Welcome to the Forum.

Nice vintage speakers, not as old as me, but perhaps not too far off. Not a difficult speaker to drive with a nominal 8 ohms and 89dB sensitivity. They don't drop to below 5 ohms which is typical of amps from the early 1970s as they would have been mated to amps that rarely delivered more than 30 watts into 8 ohms typically.

A good match for them would be the Marantz PM7006 or amps with around 50 watts into 8 ohms. You don't want to be pushing too much power through them.

Celestion Ditton 110 Speaker System Review price specs - Hi-Fi Classic

www.hifi-classic.net

 

[Onlythesound]

or amps with around 50 watts into 8 ohms

E.g. the Audiolab 6000a. That might be a nice match.

 

[Ng727]

Welcome to the Forum.

Nice vintage speakers, not as old as me, but perhaps not too far off. Not a difficult speaker to drive with a nominal 8 ohms and 89dB sensitivity. They don't drop to below 5 ohms which is typical of amps from the early 1970s as they would have been mated to amps that rarely delivered more than 30 watts into 8 ohms typically.

A good match for them would be the Marantz PM7006 or amps with around 50 watts into 8 ohms. You don't want to be pushing too much power through them.

Celestion Ditton 110 Speaker System Review price specs - Hi-Fi Classic

www.hifi-classic.net

Thank you for such a great response Gibbsy, definitely very helpful !!

I couldn't help but notice though that the link you attached was linked to Ditton 110 speakers, which isn't the ones I have. The ones you linked looked similar but quite different too.

Happy to attach some photos too if that may be of any help !

 

[gibbsy]

Happy to attach some photos too if that may be of any help !

Please do.

 

[Ng727]

Please do.

Here they are with the grill off and the back too.