Who remembers the Dahlquist DQ-10's?

I still have a pair.  I spent 4 months completely restoring them.  Even the old vinyl wrap was removed and new wrap was installed.  Bass drivers were re-foamed by Regnar.  I had a custom woodworker friend of mine take the original wood sides and make exact templates and then make all new sides out of solid Purpleheart.

I even designed custom solid steel stands and had them custom welded and added Purpleheart trim pieces.

Wish we could add pictures because these came out really nice and are stunning both visually and sonically. 

I had many offers to sell them, but probably never will.  I personally have so much time and effort in them, them seem kinda like family.

phil- That's when I first heard them.  Seems like yesterday, although in the late 70's.  Funny how everything high end was a $1000 back then.

Mofi - yes, a photo would be sweet

I owned them many moons ago Great speaker!

THE 12 MOST SIGNIFICANT LOUDSPEAKERS OF ALL TIMEEquipment reportby TAS Staff | Sep 18th, 2010Categories:

For this special loudspeaker-focus issue, I asked our most senior contributors to each name the twelve loudspeakers that had the greatest impact on high-end audio. These are the speakers that introduced a new technology, changed the market, influenced future designs, or revealed some previously unheard aspect of sound quality. Although each writer worked in isolation, the individual choices exhibited remarkable unanimity. From each writer’s picks we selected, by consensus of the senior editorial staff, “The 12 Most Significant Loudspeakers of All Time.” Our final verdict is presented in ascending order of significance (#1 being the most significant). Robert Harley

6. Dahlquist DQ‑10

One should always be wary of pronouncing “firsts,” but, appearing in the early seventies, Jon Dahlquist’s DQ‑10 was to my knowledge the first dynamic speaker to employ multiple drivers in an open-baffle configuration (except the acoustic‑suspension woofer, which was enclosed) staggered for proper time‑alignment and phase coherence, in an attempt to realize the openness and freedom from boxiness that Dahlquist prized in his beloved Quad ESL-57s—with the added advantages of deeper bass and dynamic extension well beyond the Quad. (The physical resemblance to the Quad was both mandated by the design and an intentional homage.) Far from flawless (including conceptually), the DQ-10 was nevertheless a ground-breaking design that preceded dozens of subsequent speakers (perhaps most prominent among them models from KEF, B&W, Spica, Thiel, Vandersteen, and Wilson) continuing up to the present day. Few large, full-range dynamic speakers before or for some time afterward equaled its openness. Paul Seydor

Yogi - Thanks for posting that!  Interesting how much things have changed over the years in HiFi.

Our last meeting of our audio club had a pair of beautiful DQ-10s and they sounded great. I believe we drove them with an old receiver. Not sure of the power. Really brought back memories
Alan