Types of Tannoy Arden's...

[donmarrese]

I'll there are couple of tannoy Ardens on eBay at the moment..
One is about to end .. peculiar that they both have different shapes speaker driver.. because one is totally round and the other is Square ish..shape?
Which is the preferred version?


Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

[donmarrese]

Square drivers look like this...

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

[Roy S]

I’ve never heard the round ones (mark 1s) but I rather like my square ones (mark 2s)




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[walpurgis]

They're not "square". I spoke with Tannoy many years ago and they told me that driver chassis with that particular shape were "quartic". Made sense.

[donmarrese]

I stand corrected...I should have gone to spec savers. .
None the less, what's the better out of the two.....?

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

[Roy S]

They're not "square". I spoke with Tannoy many years ago and they told me that driver chassis with that particular shape were "quartic". Made sense.

I rather like my quartic ones then.. (even though that word doesn't appear in the dictionary in relation to a shape only as some maths term?)

[walpurgis]

I've owned the original Cheviots and Devons with the round 12" HPD alnico drivers and currently have the Cheviot Mk.II with the 'quartic' 12" 3128 units with the ceramic magnets. I find the Mk.II sounds better.

I also had the earlier and similar sized Chatsworths with 12 Monitor Gold (rubber surround type) and although they were preferable to the HPD, they weren't as good as the 3128 Cheviot Mk.II.

[Roy S]

The 'buy it now' price for the ones in Wales (that look like they need a refoam) is very optimistic.

[donmarrese]

Any preferences...?
Does the ceramics have time delay crossovers?

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

[donmarrese]

The 'buy it now' price for the ones in Wales (that look like they need a refoam) is very optimistic.

Roy, how much would you pay for them?

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk