astormsau Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 On 15/06/2020 at 11:47 PM, Willmax said: Enjoying Alan Parsons - I Robot with the Tannoys Its a great pressing isn't it!
Willmax Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 8 hours ago, astormsau said: Its a great pressing isn't it! Indeed it is @astormsau Particularly through a pair of Berkeleys as I am sure you would appreciate being a fellow Berkeley owner 1
astormsau Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 Here is my pair of Berkeleys rocking out to the same album on Mofi. Unfortunately they will be up for sale soon. 5
LX_4_MAN Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, astormsau said: Here is my pair of Berkeleys rocking out to the same album on Mofi. Unfortunately they will be up for sale soon. Noooo, really ? Leaving camp tannoy 1
astormsau Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lx4man said: Noooo, really ? Leaving camp tannoy Yeah it seems that way, we moved house recently and they don't work in the new house - living room too small!
Willmax Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 1 hour ago, astormsau said: Yeah it seems that way, we moved house recently and they don't work in the new house - living room too small! If you like the Tannoy house sound see if you can find a pair of Cheviots as they are quite a bit smaller then the Berkeleys. Sound wise they are not that far apart IME. 1
astormsau Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 The solution is not going to be Tannoy vintage but something more modern potentially from the Spendor stable. 1
McCvinyl Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Hello to those educated in all things Tannoy. I will be taking ownership of a new 12w single end el509 amp any day now and the builder was telling me that he really enjoys the sound of the Tannoy monitors with his amps so it has sparked my interest in these classics. As much as I would love to have some wardrobe size cabinets with 15" drivers it just aint gonna happen. Do you guys have any reccommendations for some of the smaller cabinets or cabinet plans for something a bit slimmer. I gather it would have to be a 10" but I am pretty green and a bit confused in the differences between all the Red, Gold, HPD and things I need to look out for if purchasing a vintage driver. Cheers Michael
LX_4_MAN Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, McCvinyl said: Hello to those educated in all things Tannoy. I will be taking ownership of a new 12w single end el509 amp any day now and the builder was telling me that he really enjoys the sound of the Tannoy monitors with his amps so it has sparked my interest in these classics. As much as I would love to have some wardrobe size cabinets with 15" drivers it just aint gonna happen. Do you guys have any reccommendations for some of the smaller cabinets or cabinet plans for something a bit slimmer. I gather it would have to be a 10" but I am pretty green and a bit confused in the differences between all the Red, Gold, HPD and things I need to look out for if purchasing a vintage driver. Cheers Michael Hey there Michael, of those vintage 10"drivers you mention ive only ever heard tannoy eatons using the hpd295 and tannoy gold 10's , the Eatons were my favorite of the 2 with a much larger sound than their size indicated probably due to the slight midbass hump caused by their enclosure but still dig down deep enough to satisfy me , these though are in need of a much higher power amplifier to drive them like most of the HPD series and will sound loose and uncontrolled on nothing more than a few watts , the monitor gold 10 on the other hand is a highly damped driver and doesn't need allot of power and matches with valve equipment nicely , it does lack in bottom end but with a bot of room gain still sounds nice, the midrange on the 3lz is very sweet though , this is just my 2 cents on the classic tannoy 10's I've heard, there are a few nice ones that came out in the latter too Edited June 26, 2020 by Lx4man Spelling errors 1
McCvinyl Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 29 minutes ago, Lx4man said: Hey there Michael, of those vintage 10"drivers you mention ive only ever heard tannoy eatons using the hpd295 and tannoy gold 10's , the Eatons were my favorite of the 2 with a much larger sound than their size indicated probably due to the slight midbass hump caused by their enclosure but still dig down deep enough to satisfy me , these though are in need of a much higher power amplifier to drive them like most of the HPD series and will sound loose and uncontrolled on nothing more than a few watts , the monitor gold 10 on the other hand is a highly damped driver and doesn't need allot of power and matches with valve equipment nicely , it does lack in bottom end but with a bot of room gain still sounds nice, the midrange on the 3lz is very sweet though , this is just my 2 cents on the classic tannoy 10's I've heard, there are a few nice ones that came out in the latter too Thanks for your insight Alex. It looks like the HPD's may be out of reach power wise so golds might be the go.
Willmax Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 10 hours ago, McCvinyl said: I will be taking ownership of a new 12w single end el509 amp any day now Congrats @McCvinyl is this the one you've been waiting for a couple years?? If so I hope it meets your specifications and is everything you've hoped for.
McCvinyl Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Willmax said: Congrats @McCvinyl is this the one you've been waiting for a couple years?? If so I hope it meets your specifications and is everything you've hoped for. Thanks Willmax Yes it has been a long time coming. I have had this amp made by Ben from NanoAt and I had some input and put a bit of bling on it. Ben has been great and totally comunative and has taken only months. I can see it but can't touch it as there is a photo of it on the NanoAT website. It was the other amp builder whose name I will not mention who dragged it out for that long it did my head in
THOMO Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 I much prefer Tannoys on a wide baffle.They can sound decent on slimmer boxes but do not have the same sense of prescense as the wider models.As Troels Gravesen has commented -wide baffle speakers bring their own room .And in the Tannoy case you get that beautiful relaxed midrange and sense of ease.Narrow baffles give you are more studio monitor type sound which is fine if that is what you want .Indeed I sold some narrow baffle HPD385s to a bloke who used them in his recording studio.I also owned some Glenair Tens which were quite nice but did not have the magic of the bigger boxes. That's not a Tannoy.Now this is a Tannoy! 8
McCvinyl Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 Wow they've monsters. I agree they probably lose a bit of magic, and I have no issues in moving the furniture out on to the patio so I can squeeze some big boxes in but I don't have authority to do such a thing. So I have to stick with something smaller.
THOMO Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 Some people have mounted them on their wall -loaded into a wall cavity .In fact I have been tempted to try that myself in my home cinema system where they would load into a passage way behind.
Guest palexsia Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 This is the king of Tannoy . The legendary Shindo Tannoy Autograph , I owned the prestige series royal Westminster and Canterbury none of them sound as near as this Tannoy Autograph .
THOMO Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, palexsia said: This is the king of Tannoy . The legendary Shindo Tannoy Autograph , I owned the prestige series royal Westminster and Canterbury none of them sound as near as this Tannoy Autograph . Fantastic.But how do they work in that room with only one corner? I ask because I have a similar room with a doorway in the wrong spot and I also have some Klipshorn corner horn copies that I have not even tried for that reason .
Guest palexsia Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, THOMO said: Fantastic.But how do they work in that room with only one corner? I ask because I have a similar room with a doorway in the wrong spot and I also have some Klipshorn corner horn copies that I have not even tried for that reason . No problems sound fantastic , more than 20 Sna members has listen to this speaker at my room , everyone ask the same question as you are and no one can say anything or hear anything unbalance left or right. They are completely different speaker physic horn built compare to klipshorn. Edited June 27, 2020 by palexsia
Willmax Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, palexsia said: No problems sound fantastic , more than 20 Sna members has listen to this speaker at my room , everyone ask the same question as you are and no one can say anything or hear anything unbalance left or right. Fantastic setup, congrats. Do you normally listen with the door closed or open? Does it make any difference? I suspect the fact that it's not a symmetrical wall possibly helps with the sound. Edited June 27, 2020 by Willmax
Guest palexsia Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Willmax said: Fantastic setup, congrats. Do you normally listen with the door closed or open? Does it make any difference? I suspect the fact that it's not a symmetrical wall possibly helps with the sound. When I listen doors is closed I think because my big LP case ( book case) is right next to the speaker and act as a wall that made the room more evenly sound . Everyone who audition all the expert are scratching theirs head and no one can hear any different , I guest the shelves unit act as a wall , most of us who audition agree on that as we couldn’t found the correct answer . Edited June 27, 2020 by palexsia
Guest palexsia Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 The photo showing the shelves unit is right next to the speaker and may help the sound more balance on the room .
THOMO Posted June 27, 2020 Posted June 27, 2020 Interesting.I have some smaller corner folded horns and they sound really good not in a corner.In fact I prefer them not corner loaded and they go down to a good 40Hz not corner mounted.
Single Ended Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Back in the 90's through to 2007, out of all the Tannoys I had in my possession ,the 15" Silvers and Reds , 12" & 15 inch blacks , 12 inch HPD's and the 10 inch Reds and Golds my favorite was the 10 inch Red http://www.44bx.com/tannoy/MonitorRed.html https://gear.discogs.com/gear/60557-tannoy-monitor-red-10 In those day's I used a single ended 2A3, 300B and Push Pull 300B with C core Partridge Transformers. The 10" IIILZ red was 16 ohm 91.5dB/ 1watt free air, not the 10" Gold with the dip at 6.3K The 10" Red & 2A3 combo produced the most lifelike sound , not as full in the bass as the larger cones but better integrated in the mids to top end . Bass was still quite respectable . Professional recording facilities were letting many Tannoy's go back in the 80's and 90's , including radio stations. According to the Tannoy Specs. Free Air Resonant Frequency (Fs) (Woofer) 27Hz . Edited July 6, 2020 by Nanoat 1
Willmax Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 I hope @a.dent does not mind me posting his stunning Tannoy cabinets in this thread, it looks like @THOMO had a hand in these too. Very nice On 16/05/2015 at 8:42 AM, a.dent said: I just thought I would add these photos of a project Thomo and I undertook with 15" Monitor Golds. Probably not up to the standard of the first ones posted but I'm happy. 1
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