Dahlquist DQ-10 // Floorstanding Speakers / Custom Restoration

Yes, you're looking at a fully restored pair of the legendary Dahlquist DQ-10. There were only 27,500 pairs produced, and judging by the parts available on eBay, few remain. Aural is well-known for our Dahlquist restorations, and we may have outdone ourselves with this pair. We custom-fitted a beautiful pair of mid-century modern legs, which absolutely complete the look, wrapped in elegant white linen. This is how they should have been.

Part of the Aural Restorations collection.

Production

1973-1978

Condition

9/10

Orig. MSRP

$425 (each)

Restoration

• Full frequency sweep
• Completely recapped with audiophile-grade Mundorf caps
• Fitted tapered, oblique legs to finish the lines of the grille
• Refinished cabinet and grill frames
• Beautifully reclothed in white linen

Factory Specs

Type 5 way, 5 driver loudspeaker system

Frequency Response 35Hz to 27kHz

Recommended Amplifier 60 to 200W

Crossover Frequency 400, 1000, 6000, 12000Hz

Impedance 8Ω

Bass 1 x 10" cone

Midbass 1 x 5" cone

Midrange 1 x 1.75" soft dome

Tweeter 1 x 0.75" dome

Super Tweeter 1 x piezoelectric element

Weight 50lbs

Documentation

DQ-10 Owner's Manual

The History of Dahlquist

About 3 years after Saul Marantz sold his company to Superscope Inc, he discovered another great talent who was obsessed with designing the perfect speaker. The man by trade was an engineer in the aerospace-industry and had played a key role in the development of the lunar landing module. His name was Jon Dahlquist and...
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Liner Notes

"It was a serendipitous visit to stereo store Opus One on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh later that summer that would prove to be the lynchpin. A gentleman was playing what I first mistook to be a pair of modified Quads. While offering that familiar sense of coherence and midrange purity, here was real bass extension and impact, shimmering treble extension, and the most refined and detailed sense of soundstaging and imaging I had ever heard! Of course, it was Jon Dahlquist demonstrating his game-changing and wildly influential DQ-10s, the first dynamic speaker to use multiple drivers in an open-baffle, time-aligned array. The revelations of my time in front of those speakers on that momentous day have been impossible to shake. I’ve never looked back."

-Greg Weaver, The Absolute Sound, Fall 2019

Stock No.

7999181127901