New Yorks; Tannoy DC 3836's in Rectangular York cab.

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Originally Posted by anubisgrau

what makes york rectangular? any thoughts re vs other cabs?

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The standard York box was a corner format they introduced the rectangular version later.
It's a great box for the 15 Monitor Gold but it really needs to be more substantially built.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

You would get output obviously, but only down to mid frequencies. Cancellation would negate anything below that. A driver that size might be usable down to maybe 1200Hz. Seems an expensive way to buy a tweeter though! :)

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Yes, when I said "what use would they have been without baffles?" it was a rhetorical question.

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Originally Posted by cooky

Female vocals/choir as far as I know. I don't know but suppose they could've hung a baffle flush with the units 3 per side like a stage flat with holes in.....

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It makes you wonder what kind of people are being employed there. :doh:

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Originally Posted by RothwellAudio

Yes, when I said "what use would they have been without baffles?" it was a rhetorical question

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Yes. I know, but I posted it in case anybody else was interested. ;)

Info on how and why they were used here, http://www.theatrecrafts.com/archive...995_oliver.pdf

Short answer is they used EQ to compensate. Interesting.

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Originally Posted by Macca

Short answer is they used EQ to compensate. Interesting.

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Except you can't eq to correct the cancellation....

The bass cancellation? Not sure that were bothered about that: only skimmed the article but seems they just used them as sound reinforcement for the vocals. He didn't want a 'boxy' colouration being added. Could you not use a bit of EQ just to flatten them out across the mid range for that purpose?

Regardless what us Armchair Audio weenies may think.
These obviously did what they wanted them to do.
First photo of the drivers in their 'Cradles' clearly suggested there was serious work and thought involved..
not to mention significant expenditures for purpose

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Originally Posted by danilo

These obviously did what they wanted them to do.
First photo of the drivers in their 'Cradles' clearly suggested there was serious work and thought involved..
not to mention significant expenditures for purpose

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Indeed and I've been looking at the now discarded cradles thinking it'd be a shame no to find another use for them.

The chassis look very much a departure from usual Tannoy designs, and quite modern in that they are very cut down, which is done to reduce mid reflection from the frame.

The magnet also appears to be smaller than, from memory, the usual size they would use, although of course many were covered with a pot.

My instinct is that the drivers are a serious attempt at a solution to something.