Tannoy Monitor Gold LSU/HF/III.L.Z/8 question

Good idea. You may find some Devons at a fair price still, although they may need re-foaming.

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Originally Posted by trane

thanks, guys, who have contributed to this thread, your responses are highly appreciated :) also, and back a bit ;) to my original question in reference to the Tannoy Monitor Gold LSU/HF/III.L.Z./8 drivers, now thanking Marco and hi-fi Dave (especially) for their words, i decided not to go for the 8" ones - rather, will wait until a 10"er pair at least turns up

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You definitely need a 10'' or preferably a 12''.

sure, Dave, i'll

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Originally Posted by Marco

In my experience, with their original crossovers, they tend to sound rather 'cuddly' and somewhat shut-in and bass-heavy, although much depends on the cabinets used. Upgrading the original crossovers opens them up considerably in the mid and top-end, giving the high-frequency sparkle and glorious midrange which John describes with mine, with no 'spit' or treble nastiness whatsoever.

Bass is also tightened and the whole sound moves from being rather old-fashioned and 'romantic' to much more modern and incisive, but still retaining that lovely rich tone that, IME, only the best vintage drive units possess, and also to a degree, those in the likes of Ian Walker's mid-90s Canterburys. Current production Tannoys, although very good in their own right, do not sound anything like those using the best vintage drive units. It's a different sound altogether.

Marco.

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Do you have details on how to upgrade the Gold XOs to give the desirable characteristics which you describe here ... or, if there is a kit that can be purchased?

Hi Malcolm,

The schematic I used is shown here:

http://www.guitars-of-love.com/tanno...ssovermods.htm

Component wise, I used Clarity Cap SR capacitors, Dueland resistors, and Mundorf Air-core foil coil inductors of the appropriate value, as shown in the schematic. All components and ancillaries were purchased from Hi-fi Collective: http://www.hificollective.co.uk/

I also removed the sonically degrading treble controls and hard-wired the drive units in the 'flat' position. High-quality WBT speaker terminals were fitted and the internal wiring all replaced and upgraded with VDH CS-14 Hybrid cable, shown here: http://www.vandenhul.com/p_D03AF.aspx

All in, I spent approximately £1200 on the crossover components and ancillary items, and so with the Lockwood Majors (fitted with 15" Monitor Golds) costing me as standard £2.5k, I have for a total of £3.7k a pair of speakers that in terms of sonics and musical realism one would likely have to pay in excess of £30k today to obtain.

SPPV yet again at its best! ;)

Hope this helps :cool:

Marco.

Thanks a lot for the Gold XO link, Marco.

I'm sure it won't be long before I do a bit of Marty Meddling in this area - esp. if don't hear that Tannoy sparkly treble thing goin' on, once Steve's finished with the cabinets.