What is so special about vintage Tannoys????

[tannoy man]

+1 re the Quads. The midrange is sublime. I too can sometimes get the feeling that my 15MG's just dont sound right after a session with my ESL57's but then the 57's cant do grandiose pomp and ceremony like my 15"MG's!



Again +1 my 15MG's were transformed when I got my XO sorted by Paul @ RFC and TBH I dont feel my MG's are firing on all cylinders as I still have them sitting in Lancaster cabs. This is something I will be addressing in the new year.



Has anyone else tried Croft Preamp and Radford power amp? I think this combo works better than Radford pre and power (only IMHO). This combo seems to give the most lifelike and laid back presentation of John Coltrane than I ever heard. Fantastic if you've had a bad day.

I was using the same combo for a couple of Years, Very very good, Lots of Synergy going on.
If you get the chance Try a Benchmark DAC 1 HDR as a Pre into your Radford, it cleared up many of the Problems Id Blamed on my York Cabs, also Try Abbey Road Reference Speaker Cables, they work great with the Tannoys

[Wakefield Turntables]

I was using the same combo for a couple of Years, Very very good, Lots of Synergy going on.
If you get the chance Try a Benchmark DAC 1 HDR as a Pre into your Radford, it cleared up many of the Problems Id Blamed on my York Cabs, also Try Abbey Road Reference Speaker Cables, they work great with the Tannoys

Paul,

Thanks for the confirmation my lug'oles are working to reasonable capacity!! I dont think i'll be swapping the croft just yet, I will probably go up the valve hierachy at some stage with maybe something from Nick Gorham and even a couple of Croft 7RS monoblock. Thanks for the suggestion for speaker cable but TBH i'm happy with £3.50 a meter black Rhodium. It work a treat, I no longer subscribe to paying lots of money for cables. My next purchase will be a set of Tannoy Lockwood cabs or alternatively getting a pair made up.

[tannoy man]

Sounds like a Good Plan re the Abbey Road, I had Used a very good Mission multistrand since the 1980"s and this £200 used Purchase changed my Perceptions

[dantheman91]

This is not about vintage Tannoys but about the I8 professional i have been offered a pair in white for a fair price from a local lighting/audio shop wondering weather to add them to the tannoy collection?


SCRAP THAT THE GUYS SOLD THEM

[walpurgis]

You didn't miss out on anything too special Dan.

The i8 is an older paper coned tulip waveguide model with limited bass extension. The i6 (dual concentric) is a far better sounding unit.

[anubisgrau]

i have a pair of K3808 (i rate quite highly if used properly), one of the drivers has a slight damage of the surround. i don't think it affects the sound but it would be nice to fix it.

anyone has a clue if there's a supplier of tannoy vintage treated cloth surrounds? i guess this may be a hard task since these are timeless, if you take care they preserve an elasticity (Fs can rise quite significantly if they get stiff).... these are from 1981 me thinks.

btw, also, if anyone has a clean pair for sale please let me know. cheers!