Vintage Tannoys

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Dev said:
As some of you may know I like large Tannoys. But I have to ask, just where do you draw the line and say this is a ridiculous price to pay for a "50 year old" speaker.

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hi dev, i have a pair of 12" tannoy cheviots in prestige condition newlly re-coned offers?
nando
 
nando said:
hi dev, i have a pair of 12" tannoy cheviots in prestige condition newlly re-coned offers?
nando
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Let me have a look at them first and secondly let me hear them before saying anything else. There are also a couple of minor details such as my boss and lack of room:D.
 
no problem, will take them to your plce, boss permiting, picture on it's way,
nando
 
Hi Joseph, you can send me the picture if you like but having thought about it I fell I only want to risk the wrath of my boss for a pair of 15" DMTs. If you have them connected up let me know. I'll try and pop around.
 
Dev said:
Hi Joseph, you can send me the picture if you like but having thought about it I fell I only want to risk the wrath of my boss for a pair of 15" DMTs. If you have them connected up let me know. I'll try and pop around.
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Hey Dev, has your missus seen the somewhat unattractive speckled finish on the DMT side/top panels? Her wrath may be even greater than you expect :D.

I'm well impressed by my 'little' 10's, but they're bloody ugly, I was even wondering whether I could stick wood veneer over the plastic panels in a desperate attempt to make them less hideous.
 
joel said:
Nice. Still a bit on the small side, though. You need a muscular 12".
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You can't beat a good 12 inches!

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la toilette said:
Hey Dev, has your missus seen the somewhat unattractive speckled finish on the DMT side/top panels? Her wrath may be even greater than you expect :D.
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Pah, she can only kill me so often:D.

la toilette said:
I'm well impressed by my 'little' 10's, but they're bloody ugly, I was even wondering whether I could stick wood veneer over the plastic panels in a desperate attempt to make them less hideous.
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I don't see why not.

Nando's Cheviot are tempting, especially if they are mint as he says, but I think I'll resist. I really don't need another pair of speakers.
 
Hi Dev,

lets just say that no modern audiophile speaker I have heard comes close, regardless of cost! (apart from the larger speakers from the Tannoy Prestige range, of course!)

They make most other speakers sound like toys!

I'll arrange a listening session soon!
 
I saw a pair of 15" DMTs locally in a S/H shop about 5 years ago (I was surprised to see them there TBH). I just couldn't afford them at the time:(.
 
Thanks David, I knew the 215s used paper cone (I saw a pair in a recording studio), but didn't know about the 15s.
 
15" paper cones yes and if you look down the tulip on the 15's they have a small bullet shaped centre piece to the waveguide-the other TW DC's don't have it FWIW:)
Cooky
 
Both speakers use an identical main driver- the 3833gg. The 215s (meaning 2 x 15) use a second driver - I believe 3834gg- where the concentric tweeter is removed and replaced with a dustcap.
 

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