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The work of what would become Celestion started in Hampton Wick (suburban London ) in 1924 . Celestion Radio Company and '''Celestion Limited''' were formed in 1927 , and two years later the company moved across the Thames to Kingston . The company grew rapidly, but was hit by the depression. Wartime restrictions forced Celestion and the nearby company British Rola to produce loudspeakers to the same specification; British Rola bought Celestion in 1947 and moved production to Thames Ditton a year later. The name of the resulting company was '''Rola Celestion'''; that of its products, Celestion. ( MPP , later a camera maker, was formed as a subsidiary during the war.) Production of radio, television and " Hi Fi " speakers continued in the postwar years. In 1968 the company started production in Ipswich , moving all production there by 1975 . The company merged with a clothing company in 1970 and the result was named Celestion Industries, which in turn became '''Celestion International''' in 1979 . In 1992 the loudspeaker part of the business was sold to Kinergetics Holdings, which also bought KEF . PRODUCTS The Celestion SL600 was considered to represent a revolution in loudspeaker design when it first appeared, combining a case made from rigid honeycomb aluminium material with drive units designed using laser interferometry and impulse response testing. The result was a particularly colouration-free sound, which remains hard to beat to this day. Independant test results show the exceptionally flat frequency response obtained from this small speaker, which uses a sealed enclosure that makes it well suited to precise bass equalisation. Most speakers today are Bass Reflex designs that roll off more rapidy beyond their resonance. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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