If you can audition and compare them, then you can base your choice on your own judgement. I will say I used to sell Polk Monitor 7s in the mid 80s, and those appear to be replacement tweeters…Polk replacements, but not the ones originally used, which had black fabric domes with a small hole at the apex. The Celestion model is not one I’ve seen before, but looks as though it might be a lower end series sold through retail chain stores, and therefore not the best of Celestion quality. The Dyna A35 is a bona fide classic, made in Denmark by SEAS, and loved by all. I would choose those.
I’d take the Celestion Ditton 551’s, they outclass the other two by a large margin.
Agree here. Buy all of them, you can afford it
Couldn’t agree more - I’ve heard the Ditton 44 and they were great - you would have to spend thousands to get comparable sonics from new speakers.
I’d go with the Celestions, but I have a pair (SL12 SI). Mine do need a lot of power. You might look up the sensitivity of each speaker and depending on your amplifier (and room size) weigh towards the higher sensitivity rated speaker (if your amplifier power is on the low side). Keep in mind the volume increases 3db (one third) when you double the power. So a speaker rated 90db/watt sensitivity plays the same volume with half the power as one 87db/watt.
Honestly, those are all great choices. A refreshing list of choices, actually.
Seems to be majority here prefers Celestion so far ?
Definitely the middle speaker!!! Because once in a while you’ll take off the grills to show them off and just listen to them and get to watch them work as you listen
I like the way you think 😀
Are those Polk monitor 7s? What are the others?
A. Polk Audio Monitor 7c B. Dynaco A-35 C. Celestion Ditton 551
Looks like a paper rocks scissors decision is in your future! I had some Polk 7 and they were great, I’d try out the Celestron or Dynacos just for experience reasons.
Calling shins right from the start… The dynacos have no foam to refoam. Seller is sketchy.
Celestion for sure
Celestions
I can’t speak to all 3, but I’m a huge fan of Polk speakers. They have a house sound I really like. Very smooth and balanced, image nice, and are never fatiguing.
It really depends on what sound you are going for. The polks will have a nice amount of clarity and detail in the highs. The Dynacos are able to dig really deep in terms of bass. I would say it is between the polls or Dynacos.