Tannoy D700's MkII's

Wanted: Tannoy D700's MkII speakers.
Pref South / South East of England for collection but Interparcel.com, with their 'Titan' service could ship for £82 + vat + insurance to me...

So if you have a pair you'd like to shift or are hogging a pair in storage please let me know.

 

I've gone all funny.

 

and rightly so...
Come on you know you need a change

Fancy a swap?

 

I'm afraid I may only have MKIs (don't know how to tell), but I like them. Hope you find a pair.

 

I def consider a pair of MkI's too.

 

are these the huge beasts with the pair of polymer drivers about 12" across? and the triangular cabinets?

 

Close. It has a 10" DC and a 10" bass driver and not quite triangular but certainly non-parallel sides.

 

my only knowledge of them, is from a rather poor review in what hifi back in the late 90's where they accused them of being a bit too cool sounding, and not particularly involving. But then those guys are often so far off the mark its scary.

All i can remember is that they only got 3 stars

 

I've listened to a pair and I liked em... so much I want a pair.

I have also listened to a pair of Dorsets - a sort of pre-runner to the D700's as they are 1 X 10" dual and 1 X 10" woofer but in a simpler baffled / ported box.

Here's what someone wrote about the the Dorsets back in 2006 on another forum

They sound superb. They have bass ,they have a beautiful midrange and a very sweet top end. A total bargain! Especially when you consider how much is paid for Golds.

I'm told that generally the bigger drivers are better still but they really do need huge cabinets to work at their best, and I mean really huge. I believe this might be a byproduct of their sensitivity but cabinets the size of a washing machine are considered too small for 15" ers!

One work around for this problem was to use corner loading and the corner cabinet designs apparently achieve really good performance without talking up half your living room. The Tannoy designs though are very old fashioned looking as well as expensive (check out the pair of corner Yorks on ebay today) so best bet might be a cheap pair of HPDs dropped into a custom built corner cabinet with a modern finish of your choice."

The D700's are just about wife friendly enough to get under the radar - Berkleys, Canterbury's, FSM's (haha) will just not get in the lounge...