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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
As some of you know I’m playing last couple days with Red 10” Tannoys from 60s. My selection of 10” was not accidental -I would like to get as less as possible of that “Tannoy bass” but I did run very far  the “Reds” turned out to have 27Hz open...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Tannoy 10” Red (60s) as it shown in the picture above by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-24 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red or Gold monitors by montepilot on 2011-03-16 
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I live in the Boston area and would like the opportunity to listen to a pair of vintage Tannoy Red or Gold speakers.  An audio associate highly recommends them for remarkable tonality and musicality.  If you are in or near Boston within a 60 mile rad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Limited experience by Amir on 2019-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
I have heard vintage tannoy red (driven by 30w push pull EAR 861) and vintage tannoy gold (driven by 20w set ongaku japan).  I think for 92db the 20w is not good idea.http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&postID=3746#3746T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Time for a break by Wojtek on 2021-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="Bill"]You had that glorious sound with the 40 year old caps in the B2's and the Tannoy crossovers. Do you really want to move away from what they produced in your system. A good way of testing new vs. old caps would be to replace the tan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Tannoy & mid bass by serenechaos on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Yes, too low efficiency, even worse than Altec 515, (when loaded with small throat, in proper FLH, NOT A7 type "horn" which disqualified it also for my usage...  I don't know how "colored" Tannoy would sound with properly designed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Red tens by anthony on 2021-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]I have a warning that 60 years old Tannoy 10" red crossover is a sealed unit you won't be able to update and that nobody has the correct diagram of that crossover since Tannoy archive was consumed by fire.[/quote]I have a pair of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #125: Russian engineering ??? by Wojtek on 2021-11-26 
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For God's sake it's an old Tannoy red with standard vintage Tannoy crossover muddied by scan speak pseudo passive radiator in accidental enclosure driven by a run of a mill Yamaha amp. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I was thinking about it in past. I do not particularly believe too much in point source. We have no vertical resolution by our hearing and if drivers located strictly in a vertical line then in longitude domain they are single point source. Of course...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Well.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Anthony, it is not the subject of this thread but I am replying you since you raised a question. Is there are a lot of conspiracies about Tannoy vintage crossovers. They did many different versions and all of them well known. If somebody need I can h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Is it really restricted only for the stuff you build? by Wojtek on 2021-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
If the setup is semi acceptable, after ten years one should lose the evaluation part of listening experience and treat the system like a kitchen radio or car playback and simply enjoy the music. I think ten years is a minimum to achieve the position ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Secret volume changers by rowuk on 2021-11-08 
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IF the Remedios cabinets have more volume than the Dunnoy, you just put bricks inside Remedios until you have the same volume. I assume that EVERY Tannoy Red will have a different resonance frequency. They are old and have certainly not been played t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Show me your midbass and I will understand your system… by rowuk on 2021-12-28 
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I really notice the absence of any discussion of the melody range. Tannoy tweeter and red midbass seem to be getting all of the attention. I wonder if the reds problem with loud, may be located in the melody range. The problem is something I would pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #213: But why do you need another pilot system when by Wojtek on 2013-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
you already have one, which is Tannoy Red in enclosure ? You just need to figure out the way to use it independently via some remotespeaker switch to switch amps (if needed )and that's all . Isn't it good enough or what?Regards, W...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red or Gold monitors by montepilot on 2011-03-16 
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I live in the Boston area and would like the opportunity to listen to a pair of vintage Tannoy Red or Gold speakers.  An audio associate highly recommends them for remarkable tonality and musicality.  If you are in or near Boston within a 60 mile rad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: For summer, for work and for NPR programs... by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hi-Fi Mini Systems in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Got a Hi-Fi Mini System. It was one of those Mini System that is conceded “great”, including by some of my “trusted” friends. Well, the “great” Mini System turned out to be quite crappy sounding, even for those $250. Was trying to run with the Mini S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Summer Monitors? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="starboy"]… though I've always had a monkey/Tannoy on my back which is surprising as I don't really care for box speakers.. [/quote]I am playing now with something similar. I have a small sealed monitor 14 by 24 with an unavoidable 10” Re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Injection channel with WRONG polarity in my case is not good. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Romy, What happens when you use the injection channel with inverted polarity?[/quote] Unsuccessful. My Injection Channel (Tannoy 10” Red) is too with bandwidth and even at minus 10db is “talks” with HF channel of Macondo, which do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #256: Action/Reaction by Paul S on 2022-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Yes, Jarek, I can see that, now that you mention it. Basically, then, it appears it would just eat low end, based on Q vs. other active speaker perameters. So, what would be the "theoretical benefit" of the added passive radiator be in the case you d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Nowhere for now... by Romy the Cat on 2022-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 2.0? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
I finally set it up new Tannoy Red best Twitters. They are sealed irregular shape and purely themselves do not sound bad. They do not have the full range feeling as they had with passive radiator and had a typical red sound of late Autumn leaves....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Cleaning my horns by anthony on 2023-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Just turned on the TV to put on some YouTube while preparing to belatedly give Macondo a cleanup and right there was your new video...lost 45mins of cleaning time though, and those Bass Cannons take a lot of cleaning!Turns out the Red 10" pair I purc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Dither by Paul S on 2022-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some evidence for the change in sound of a submerged conduct... in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
I long suppposed the whole thing hinged on a sort of dither effect, like the PurePower thingee.  And I think this is at least some of what happens with "injection channels", including the root concept of what we are actually discussing in this thread...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #254: Xmax and BL? by Paul S on 2022-10-28 
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I understand someone got good sounding results from  - apparently -  using a certain passive radiator to effectively lower the Fs of a 10" Tannoy Red. Can it be that the Tannoy has a long enough throw that is still damped in line with the rest of it'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #213: Removing Old Dope by Paul S on 2022-05-30 
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Jarek, I don't know your iteration of Tannoy Red specifically, but if the surround is a pleated continuation of the paper cone then you can't be too careful. It often happens that the paper under the coating is no longer very strong, and it can susta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #217: Ask Me How I Know... by Paul S on 2022-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
I have about 50 old "special" drivers, and I have wrecked quite a few trying to make them "better". It's slow and imprecise going without manufacturing capabilities. I have successfully replaced surrounds and spyder using "factory" or "factory replic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Eminence Delta Pro-8B driver by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
The Delta Pro-8B looks like a very fine driver, in fact on the paper it is even better then Fane (with exception of sensitivity and inductance) The problem is that no one knows how this driver will sound until it is loaded into a specific horn, no o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My DHT experiment: Observations by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] There were some educational for myself observations made, in some way saying something about this specific DHT, in some way saying something about Melquiades’ single stage version and the Melquiades’ full-range two-stages ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Tannoys & upperbass horn by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Interesting that someone has mentioned Tannoys in context of the upperbass thread. I still wait that someone with sane taste and unadulterated perception of results would load a LF section of Tannoy Red or Silver into a front-loaded 70Hz -80Hz horn a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-15 
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As some of you know I’m playing last couple days with Red 10” Tannoys from 60s. My selection of 10” was not accidental -I would like to get as less as possible of that “Tannoy bass” but I did run very far  the “Reds” turned out to have 27Hz open...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Tannoy 10" and Melq? That would be fun! by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"] The more and more I listen to reproduced music, the more I realize dynamics and tonal respect are key to start any reasonable installation. [/quote] Not kidding?! :-) [quote user="Chirag"] My Tannoy 10" sealed box (not tannoys...
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