Mine appear to be 46 X 26 X 15 cms and have black wooden backs, looks like matt black paint.

Andy T.

The larger pair have the same black paint finish. On ebay at the moment is another version ! which has a flat back and mounting holes.

I agree with Peter, the smaller S30 sounds geat for its size.

I needed to know the specs as I am giving the speakers to my son (who is steadily getting the beovirus) for the extension he is building and I just know that the first thing he will ask is what the frequency range is. He already has my beloved S60's

Thanks for the info.

Gordon

My father still has his resin-backed S30's that he bought brand new in 1977.

About 15 years ago I arranged a session for him at a Hi-Fi dealers in Leicester as he was going to upgrade his HiFi.

He arrived with the S30's tucked under his arm because he wanted to be sure that any new speakers were better than what he had.

They looked down their noses at him a bit and said 'I think you wuill find speaker Technology has moved on a lot in the last 15 years, but we will wire up those speakers to anything we demonstrate so we can show you what we mean"

An hour or so  later, after they had done 1:1 comparisons between the S30s and more or less every speaker in the shop up to around £300 a pair they eventually said, "I see what you mean, shall we stick with your speakers after all?" and proceeded to build the rest of the system around them.

I bought a similar pair for a song via Ebay at Christmas and they were my 'Gateway Drug' into all the B&O purchases I made since. Mine don't sound quite as good as my fathers for some reason, but I think they are a true bargain if you can find a good pair.

 Simon

Ho ho! The other B&O speakers to look out for are S45-2s and S120s. Both of these punch way above what you would expect and are cheap.

If your S30s are not quite as good, try replacing the capacitors in the cross over. Could be all they need.