Martin audio s1

On the hunt for a proper plan for the S1 the ones online don't match my cabinets at all in that the horn path has 3kinks in the back section on the plan but is straight in my cabinet I presume my cabinets are correct as I know Martin put out wrong plans but when I contacted them they don't hold any info on such old products 

I used to own 4 x Martin Audio S1 and 2 x Martin Audio S2.

The S2 was so big and heavy that it was not practical. The S1 is a lovely box (never got on with the position of the handles though).

After waiting for a long time I could not find any more for sale other than the four that I already had (which did good service leased to a venue in Birmingham for a couple of years), so I sold the lot many years ago. I think you will be very lucky to find any S1 for sale in this country.

Here are photos showing the driver chamber of the S1 and S2, together with a couple of stack photos of S1 and S2 which I took for my ebay advert. Unfortunately I do not have any other photos of the "internals".

Yes, at the Birmingham Dome there was a single S2 on each corner of the dancefloor.


Hammersmith Palais was a serious system. Called Le Palais when I went there.

Went there quite a few times on a saturday night. Big glizy nightclub. Proper lighting. Plush seating. Maybe 2000 capacity. Always packed. Rectangular room, arranged side on.

Stage on one side of the room, with stairs leading up and over it onto a balcony.

On the other side of the was a huge bar and seating area with stairs leading up to it, overlooking the dancefloor in the middle of the room.

Underneath this huge bar and seating area were 2 x S2 at each end.

This had been supplemented by 2 x S2 at each end sat on the floor of the bar and seating area.

So basically you had two stacks separated by a few metres, each of which was like the stack in the photo in my last post.

Mid / tops were flown Martin horn loaded boxes.

The good old days.



Edited by APC321 - 28 May 2024 at 9:29pm

After lots of searching in my "archive" I found this article from 1986:

It shows one side of the "built-in" 2 x S2. (Two more S2 per side were added above these when I went there, as I mentioned earlier).

Also shows the mid /top boxes that "Madboffin" spoke about.

Pre the refurb I remember seeing the Who there late sixties, I think my ears  are still whistling... :) 

Andylaser wrote: Sound for 2300 peeple with 8KW of amps is pretty good. Bet it didnt lack volume either.