Vintage Tannoys

Howard recently said something that made me chuckle, that was

"I'm a good lover.... I should know"

 

Yeah but appropriate music is all part of the foreplay process

 

So what do you use? A bit of Barry White, or Marvin Gaye?

 

Don't worry Rob, 10 inches is still something to be proud of! More than most ever manage!

 

The 12" does have it, but it seems to be different shaped to the 15" you can just about see the tip of it in the attached pic:



The different shape of the 15" is probably there to match the treble dispersion with the bigger driver. Regardless, the treble on the DMT12s is absolutely top notch. very detailed and lifelike.

 

You're probably right, I remember my D700's didn't have it and didn't recall my System 12 's but your photo say otherwise.
On the subject of size when giving my better half the usual blokes retort "size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it that counts" she joked back "yeah, and when you do 'it' with a big one it's even better.." (at least I think she was joking).

 

New speakers Neil?

Nice

So no more with the 1sc?

 

Hi Chris,

yeah a new pair of speakers. I've been sort of on the look out for new speakers for a while now, just waiting for the right deal to come along.

These Tannoys are great! Proper speakers, none of that audiophool rubbish!

I'm sure the 1SCs will come in handy somewhere though in a second system so they arent being sold. The Velodyne DD12 will probably go though.

 

Congratuations on your new speakers.

The DMTs are proper speakers in the sense that they are big (often a good thing), have really high-quality inert cabinets, great drivers and a well-balanced, very dynamic and accurate response.

But they need more power than their efficiency would imply and their stock crossovers, while good, are not quite up to the same standard as the rest of the speaker (but can be upgraded). They ideally require subs (apart from the 215, perhaps).

But they are definitely a bargain, especially s/h, as you get far more bang for your pound than with most domestic speakers. No question.

Cooky is the expert on this range, far more than me.

 

Hi Robbo,
before you do that you may want to try the DD12 with the Tannoys.
Muhahahahahahah
Could be the absolute mutts nuts.
Cooky

 

well I thought about using it, but I have a set of test tones handy and through the DMT12s I am getting a pretty even bass response at the listening position down to 22.5hz so that's low enough really. The big deal with these speakers is that you get good upper bass energy, something that you don't get with smaller drivers. That's what gives subjective bass impact.

 

That's really low. How far are you from the speaker?

 

Cheers Baudrillard!

I have already had a look at the crossovers and to be honest they aren't bad really. Real mothers of inductors mounted remotely and damped (Rob: you think yours are chunky! I have never seen anything like it!), polypropylene capacitors, everything fully hardwired (no PCB tracks) and teflon clad OFC braided internal wiring. Tannoy seem to have really thought about the crossover design. Not to mention the treble cut/boost adjustment.

I am sure the caps could be replaced with something like Mundorf supremes and some better resistors, but all that would cost me more than I paid for the speakers in the first place!!


The drive units are something else too. really solidly engineered, very heavy and virtually bulletproof I would say. The cabinet is also really well thought through. the cabinet bracing and drive unit mounting system is very neat.

I should have taken some photos when I had these things apart to check them over!

The Berning drives these things to insane levels without breaking into a sweat so amp power isn't an issue for me, although I wouldn't choose to use a less powerful amp.

 

I'm about 3.5m away, but sit quite close to the back wall. Walls and floor are concrete, so the room supports bass quite well.

 

Hmmm, sitting near the back wall will be helping maximise that low bass response. Also the fact that you are using the Berning direct, bearing in mind it goes right down to DC !

I'm using a tube pre at the mo but noticed that bass was definitely deeper when going straight into the Berning without a pre- bass that you could feel (as indeed it should be). Great with dance etc.

Enjoy!!

 

Or the 1812 overture when all the cannons go off. Better for later on though

 

The TW on the 10" is quite different to the 12 and 15" it seems.

Still has a bullet shaped centre tho' , although maybe not so pointy.


P.S. According to my manual for the first DMT series the frequency response of the DMT12 only goes down to 44hz.

 

The TW is certainly very different. It must be to match the drive unit size.

The quoted frequency response will be the -3db anechoic measurement. The in room response will be significantly lower than that depending on room size etc. Also, most manufacturers quote the -6db value to make out the speaker goes deeper.

 

Ah, ok.

 

all this talk of bullet-shapes and female foreplay...