Allison One speakers


Does anyone out there have any background on the Allison One speakers? I recently purchased a set and upon trying to research, the Blue Book price guide states they were made in 2001, but these seem a bit older to me. The ones I have match in appearance to the Allison:One shown on the Classic Speakers website and utilize the same configuration of 2-10" woofers, 2-midrange and 2-tweeters mounted in a walnut finished cabinet that is triangular (if viewed from above) shaped. Very heavy. Were these perhaps an earlier version of a speaker system that was reissued in 2001 or could these be of that vintage and just "feel" older to me? Let me know what you think or know. I would like to get some background on these for myself if I decide to keep or for the next owner if I decide to sell. Thank you in advance for your help.
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$300 is not bad at all if the condition is acceptable, and no way would I think that's the BB price of the 'reissues' (which should be much higher it seems to me), so even if the year-listing mistakenly confused the two, the price-listing probably didn't.

I do recall seeing somewhere that many owners have upgraded caps and wiring and such, even installing binding posts, but I have no personal experience with these mods, do a search (Web not Agon) and you might find something.

As for finding original replacement drivers, the same or very similar drivers were also used in some later, less costly models of the original Allison company that sold in larger quantities, such as the "CD_#" model line. (Mids and tweeters would probably be easier to locate, since most of the woofers used in these smaller model were less than 10".) As I recall there was actually a second ownership of the original company, consecutive with Roy Allison's ownership, that continued to use the same in-house drivers for those models that featured them. Then that company eventually went defunct, and later the 'reissue' company or whatever you want to call it was started by yet a third ownership, but those speakers shared no parts with the originals and used conventional OEM drivers. The original firm also came out with a fancier, 'new and improved' successor model to the Ones, that expanded on the same core design principles, called the IC-20 ("IC" stood for Image Control).
The party's always better in the garage dude. Either Vernneal has never heard a correctly functioning pair of Allison:Ones, or he has no sense of history. Might as well use that Klipschorn for a doghouse while you're at it...
I agree with Zaikesman. I owned Allison Ones 1976-1991 and studpidly, idiotically literally threw them away when I bought Wilson Watt Puppies, at the same time I threw away my LPs. Double Dumb. I didn't throw away my Allison Three's however and they still work perfectly, although the grilles are gone. I had the drivers re-foamed. In 2008 I bought Allison Fours (2001 models)and they are superb. The Allisons may not be modern, but they work better against walls trhan most other speakers. Enjoy the Ones, they are superb speakers!
Friend of mine has a pair of the original Ones, now in need of woofer replacement. Served as his main speakers for a long time till he bought my Thiel CS3s, very good speakers for enjoying music. Definitely place them on a long wall if you can, that is their intended placement. Glad to hear Bill at Millersound can fix this speaker, I'll get my friend in touch with him.