AR-66

£5,025.00

Inspired by the legendary Celestion Ditton 66, the AR-66 is our flagship floor standing speaker. Drive units have improved in the decades since the Celestion was designed, the AR-66 takes full advantage of the latest driver technology to deliver a truly exceptional performance, with an exceptionally broad frequency response. Truly a classic re-imagined and reborn.

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Description

The AR-66 speaker system is a 3 way ABR design featuring 315mm doped paper cone bass driver, 315mm doped paper cone ABR tuned to 18Hz, high quality 76mm treated dome midrange mounted in its own tapered enclosure, precision 25mm soft dome tweeter.

The AR-66 is our Flagship floorstanding speaker, the iconic design has a host of high end features to enhance your listening pleasure, completely sealed with a fully floating front baffle to isolate the baffle from the rest of the cabinet, the AR-66 excels in its effortless performance on all music program material, high power drive units and high spec 12dB crossover ensures you have plenty of headroom for any situation.

The cabinets feature our unique OPLS system for optimal driver cabinet matching and performance all drivers are recessed for smooth response. Magnetic covers give that final touch to give the AR-66 the iconic look, truly exceptional performance that are a fitting homage to the legend. The AR-66 speaker system gives fatigue free listening of all types of music program and suitable for medium to large room sizes.

Additional adjustable outrigger podium provide the AR-66 with room isolation to further enhance the performance of these beautiful speakers, each outrigger is adjustable by 10mm and isolates by the use of sorbothane and felt pads to decouple the speaker cabinet from the floor, this gives improved bass performance and stereo imaging.

All prices are Per Pair of speakers

Additional information

Finish

Light Oak, Walnut, Custom

Specifications

  • Frequency Response: 20 Hz-40 kHz
  • Power requirements: 20-300 Watts
  • Cabinet Type: 3 way ABR system
  • Crossover Frequencies: 450 Hz & 5,000 Hz
  • Drive Units:
    • Tweeter: 25mm precision soft dome
    • Mid: 76mm treated dome
    • Bass: 315mm doped long throw
    • ABR : 315mm tuned to 18Hz
  • Sensitivity: 88.5dB 1w 1m
  • Impedance: 8 Ohms
  • Dimensions: H 101 cm x W 40 cm x D 31 cm
  • Adjustable outriggers add 40mm to height when fitted
  • Weight: 34 kg

Finishes

We offer 2 options for our range of speakers as standard:

  • Oak
  • Walnut

An example of our Oak finish is shown on this AR-4:

An example of our Walnut finish is shown on this AR-6:

Custom veneers are available, however there is an extra charge, starting at £50 on the smaller speakers and increasing with size and cost of the more exotic veneers. Custom veneers we can usually obtain include:

  • Cherry
  • Ash
  • Flame Mahogany
  • Teak
  • Rosewood

Please contact us to discuss your custom requirements.  Note that custom veneers are not kept in stock and custom finished cabinets are built to order.  Payment in full is required on placement of any custom order.

We do not offer any painted finishes at this time.