« For nostalgics »

I used these speakers as replacement for my Goodmans Magnum K2 from 1974 to 1989. I was seduced by the frequency response in the lows and the quality of the rest of the spectrum. At the dawn of the '80s I noticed that the quality of the mids and highs on competitor products clearly surpassed the Dittons. When I decided to replace them, in 1989, I was seduced by the JMlab 710 Onyx K2, which had extreme lows like I had never heard before up to that day: I could hear the bass drum of the symphonic orchestra at a level never reached with the Dittons, which, on the other hand, seemed to boost the high lows and render them fluffy.
Back then, Focal was called JMlab, and equipped their products with Focal speakers. It was a small unknown (at least to me) and extremely dynamic brand: They called me to tell me when they would finish manufacturing my speakers.
I still have these speakers, and I don't know if I will ever replace them, because my wife has become somewhat hostile to my music listening, so I invested in the Sennheiser HD800 headphones, which allow me to listen to music with lots of dynamics (to be more clear: Classical music) without disturbing my wife.
As for the Dittons, after having used them at my second home, I gave them to one of my sons, who still uses them today, since my second home has become my primary residence.