My Tannoy Upgrade - as recommended by Paul @ Reference Fidelity Components

[mikeyb]

I've been putting off doing this to my Cheviots for about 3 years now. I was always worried that my cackhandedness would ruin them, but you make it look fairly painless . I'll look forward to your findings

I'm usually cackhanded too, but I'll be honest I found this pretty easy, the only risky bit is removing and handling the drivers. Everything else is easy.

I'd do it again no problem.

I think even just adding the extra bracing and acoustic foam made a big difference, you could tell right away when you tapped your knuckles on the cabinets before and after. So I would say that a cheap and easy upgrade would be that on it's own. Obviously doing the crossovers can be done at different levels too, whether it be a recapping or full blown replacement I'm pretty sure each level would bring improvements, albeit incremental to whatever level you chose.

For the cabinets I bought 24 x 30cm square wedge shaped acoustic foam - £28 inc delivery. 20 Sheets of 2mm Silent Coat - £45 inc delivery and a 2.4m length of 50mm x 18mm softwood strapping - £3.30 from Homebase. So for around £80 I'm sure you would hear improvements

[cuddles]

Thanks for the info. I just might give it a go over Xmas.

[killie99]

Mike, was it 2mm silent coat you used?

[mikeyb]

Mike, was it 2mm silent coat you used?

It was, I forgot to mention that, I'll update my post.

[mikeyb]

For the Silent Coat you'll need to staple it in too, it's very sticky but it does also need to be stapled in place. It was a easy enough to work with, just cut it with a pair of scissors to whatever size and shape you need.

[struth]

yup, when i used it, i sprayed the cabs with carpet adhesive.. that worked too

[mikeyb]

yup, when i used it, i sprayed the cabs with carpet adhesive.. that worked too

Aye, I used Evostik carpet glue for sticking the foam to the Silent Coat

[mikeyb]

No sign on my amp returning from the shop so it looks like I’ll not get to hear my speakers properly until after the New Year

6 weeks tomorrow since I dropped it off at the shop and was told it might have been back last week, but since then nothing, I suppose I still have 2 days to collect it if it comes back over the weekend.

[mikeyb]

Normal service resumed

[struth]

amp back then.. thats good