What is so special about vintage Tannoys????

[The Black Adder]

I've always been impressed by the MG15's but rarely by the 10's or 12's.

I beg to differ here on the 12" - But yes the 10" are too weak sounding. IMO the 12's are a great driver, not as much scale and weight as the 15" granted but they do have great bass and speed in the correct cabinets of course.

I've tested on 12" and 15" MG's and I still think the 12" are pretty amazing even though the 15s are the pick of the crop.

When done right (with care and attention), matching cabs and updated crossovers (especially externalised crossovers) both 12" & 15" MG's will sound superb.

Jerry, I seem to remember you enjoying some 12" Lancasters at a show once...? - Or was that someone else?

[BTH K10A]

Tannoys...not for everyone.

10 inch vintage DC's may be cute but there's little else to recommend them unless you like listening to the mids and don't much care about bass...'cause they haven't got any.

Not in the infinite baffle cabinets they're are usually found in, but I have heard 10" reds in home brew front and rear horn loaded cabinets that produced good deep bass and had a better midrange than their larger brethren.

[dantheman91]

What about opinions on the DC 1000 chaps...........interesting to compare.?

[Marco]

Very different type of speaker, Dan

Marco.

[User211]

EDIT: irrelevant post about non-vintage Tannoy deleted.

[Tarzan]

Ditto - get yer arse up here, daftee, and have a listen-ette for yourself! I *promise* that you won't forget the experience!

You can also compare them to the Celestion 66s, using the same system, but in a different (much bigger room)......

Marco.

Cheers for the invites everybody...... they produce a big, effortless sound. Sound promising.

[Marco]

All yer needs to do now, daftee-chops, is to take up some of the invites - ees da only way ta learn!

Marco.

[The Black Adder]

Cheers for the invites everybody...... they produce a big, effortless sound. Sound promising.

no probs... if your ever up this way, give us a bell.

[Reffc]

I beg to differ here on the 12" - But yes the 10" are too weak sounding. IMO the 12's are a great driver, not as much scale and weight as the 15" granted but they do have great bass and speed in the correct cabinets of course.

I've tested on 12" and 15" MG's and I still think the 12" are pretty amazing even though the 15s are the pick of the crop.

When done right (with care and attention), matching cabs and updated crossovers (especially externalised crossovers) both 12" & 15" MG's will sound superb.

Jerry, I seem to remember you enjoying some 12" Lancasters at a show once...? - Or was that someone else?

We can agree to disagree here then Joe as I've never been overly taken with 12 inch MGs on the bass department with the exception of the later and rarer RS versions (rubber surrounds). Lovely mids though. A quick peek at the spec sheets reveals that they have a much higher Fs than their HPD equivalents and even in large cabs, simply cannot generate the bass of a HPD which to my mind remain the better sounding driver. Every Tannoy enthusiast I know has their particular favourites, so there's no right or wrong answer, it's all a matter of personal taste. For me, the HPD remains as my Tannoy driver of choice.

The comments RE 10 inch drivers are more based upon the standard sealed box offerings they originally came in, but the HPD 10's in vented enclosures can deliver a decent lower register. Again, I cannot say the same for the MG10. It's simple physics at the end of the day, and with the surrounds used on the MG, the Fs remained limited for all but the RS versions. The 15's are a different story.

[The Black Adder]

We can agree to disagree here then Joe as I've never been overly taken with 12 inch MGs on the bass department with the exception of the later and rarer RS versions (rubber surrounds). Lovely mids though. A quick peek at the spec sheets reveals that they have a much higher Fs than their HPD equivalents and even in large cabs, simply cannot generate the bass of a HPD which to my mind remain the better sounding driver. Every Tannoy enthusiast I know has their particular favourites, so there's no right or wrong answer, it's all a matter of personal taste. For me, the HPD remains as my Tannoy driver of choice.

The comments RE 10 inch drivers are more based upon the standard sealed box offerings they originally came in, but the HPD 10's in vented enclosures can deliver a decent lower register. Again, I cannot say the same for the MG10. It's simple physics at the end of the day, and with the surrounds used on the MG, the Fs remained limited for all but the RS versions. The 15's are a different story.

Well, nowt wrong with a bit of difference, matey!

The HPD's do have better bass but for me they can sometimes sound just a tad overblown in that department, not as lean and fast.... but again these things can fit with some and not with others systems, rooms etc.