ProAc Response D38 Floorstanding Speakers – Cherry

A nice pair of the highly regarded Response D38 floorstanders from British brand ProAc. They are in good condition with some typical fading around the grilles and some marking commensurate with age especially on the bases – please see photographs. Supplied professionally shipped on a pallet – with our standard three month warranty. UK only on these sorry…
ProAc Say….
Stewart Tyler, founder and Chairman of ProAc, has been designing and manufacturing high quality loudspeakers, initially through Celef Audio, but since 1979 under the ProAc brand name. The now famous Response range has come to represent the pinnacle of audio excellence, whilst the more affordable Tablette and Studio models have introduced the ProAc sound to a wider audience.
A consistent design philosophy was adopted from the outset; that transparency, minimal colouration, pinpoint imagery, exceptional detail and overall smoothness are vital to the creation of music as a lifelike experience. Tyler’s meticulous approach to sonic design has also been applied to the build quality of each ProAc model, where only the finest components are used and each cabinet is finished in beautiful real wood veneer.
ProAc loudspeakers now grace the homes of many thousands of music and home cinema lovers worldwide and the brand has become a byword for sonic excellence.
Cabinet size is the only feature the Response D38 has in common with its predecessor, the highly regarded Response 3.8. Internally, everything has been changed to produce a dynamic new level of performance with vastly increased efficiency and sensitivity whilst retaining all the virtues of the earlier model. Good quality valve or Class A transistor amplifiers with an output as low as 10 watts will produce fine results from these exciting new loudspeakers.
The cabinets themselves, handcrafted and finished in real wood veneers, are extremely rigid and well damped to minimise colouration. Reconfigured internally with a new porting system similar to that used on the flagship D100 model, loading for the bass drivers is now provided through a large port which pressurises the air between the cabinet and the plinth, releasing the air through side vents. This method of coupling makes room placement less critical.
A new generation of extremely sensitive drive units has been introduced. Two new 61⁄2” polypropylene coated bass/midrange units, built by one of the UK’s leading studio monitor manufacturers, sit either side of a radical new one inch soft dome tweeter. This tweeter, with an improved surround and front-plate and new internal damping combines seamlessly with the other drive units through a sophisticated HQC crossover network and ProAc oxygen-free wiring.
The resulting sound is one of tremendously dynamic speed and power, coupled with a finesse and smoothness which guarantees fatigue-free listening for extended periods. The enhanced sensitivity of the new drive units unearths the tiniest detail from any type of recording to provide a sublime and involving musical experience.
Specifications:
Nominal Impedance: 4 ohms
Recommended Amplifiers: 10 to 250 watts
Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 30 kHz
Sensitivity: 90 dB linear for 1 watt at 1 metre
Bass/Midrange Driver: 165 mm unit with coated polypropylene cone on die-cast chassis.
Tweeter: 25 mm soft dome with special surround and inner damping.
Crossover: HQC crossover using dedicated components wired throughout with ProAc multistrand oxygen-free copper cable. Split for optional bi-wiring and bi-amping.
Dimensions: 1244 (H) x 235 (W) x 343 (D) mm
Weight: 40.0 kg