Celestion 700SE
Documentation on the Celestion 700SE is thin — the record consists of a single period listing and a brief entry in a 1995 speaker directory. What can be confirmed: this is a two-way floor-standing loudspeaker from the mid-1990s, part of Celestion's "Hundreds Series" line, which also included models like the CS6. HiFI-Stereo (February 1995, p.116) listed the 700SE with an Aerolam aluminum honeycomb sealed enclosure, a 6½-inch Cobex cast-frame woofer, and a 1¼-inch aluminum-dome tweeter.
Interestingly, the surviving listing describes a different driver complement — 1× 8" bass, 1× 8" passive radiator, 1× 4" midrange, and 1× 1" tweeter — with the system noted as a vented design using a passive radiator. The discrepancy between the directory listing and the sales listing is unresolved; both are period sources, and neither can be confirmed against the other. Maximum power handling is rated at 100W, nominal impedance at 8 ohms, and sensitivity at 90dB (though the units and measurement standard for that figure are not stated).
No production years, original price, dimensions, frequency response, or crossover details have surfaced. No period reviews beyond the directory mention have been found, and no owner commentary exists in the record. What the 700SE actually sounded like, and how it positioned within Celestion's lineup of the era, remains undocumented.
- Two-way (per directory) or four-driver (per listing) floor-standing loudspeaker
- Maximum power: 100W
- Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
- Sensitivity: 90dB (units/standard unstated)
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