Location: Dagenham Essex
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I'm Allen.
Location: Maidstone
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I'm julian.
Good to see this much kit in one room, it might make my wife feel better if i show her the pictures....or probably not
PS Audio Directstream DAC, modified Dennon DVD player, SP10, Trans Fi linear tracker, Stack audio streamer
1980's Aloia 6L6 prototype, Cat's Whiskers Autum Leaves 300 B mono blocks, Definative Audio modded Rogue 88 Magmum 6550. Firebottle LDR battery pre. Classe 103, Herron VT2
RFC Tannoy Cheviot's,Wilmslow Audio modified Chario Academy Millenium II's,Frankenstein DIY's, Oris Onken horns, Fostek full range drivers
Ripnas etc
Are these the Glenairs Carl was selling, the ones that travelled from Tokyo?
Current: [P20] Roon/Tidal > Custom PC> Chevron Paradox NDF16 > Phast Pre > Neuro. 686 > Tannoy Berkley (RFC tweaks)
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
I may be wrong, but I have a feeling the Glenairs and the Legacy Berkeleys use the same driver. If not, it's certainly a very similar unit.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,215
I'm Allen.
While embodying the long established company philosophy of no compromise acoustic performance, the Glenair brings a fresh and modern styling approach to the Tannoy Prestige range. Utilising the proven acoustic benefits of a trapezoidal cabinet design, Glenair bears all the hallmarks of bespoke loudspeaker craftsmanship but with a more contemporary feel.
Plywood manufactured from birch grown in slow-growing cold regions of the world and selected for its denser quality is used for the main structure of the speaker cabinet. The combination of heavily damped material, comprehensive internal bracing and non-parallel side panels alleviate the problems associated with standing waves, ensuring that the loudspeaker is free from unwanted resonance.
Externally the cabinet is finely crafted with American Cherry veneer and solid wood mouldings hand finished and polished to an unsurpassed standard. No unsightly retaining lugs spoil the clean lines of the speaker’s front panel when the curved, acoustically transparent grille is removed; this thanks to the cleverly designed magnetised fixing method within the baffle structure.
PERFORMANCE
Recommended amplifier power 50 - 225 Watts
Continuous power handling 135 Watts RMS
Frequency response 32Hz - 25kHz -6dB
Sensitivity 95dB (2.83 Volts @ 1 metre)
Nominal impedance 8 Ohms
DRIVE UNITS
Dual Concentric™ high frequency 33mm (1.75”) aluminium alloy dome with Tulip WaveGuide™
Dual Concentric™ low frequency 380mm (15.00”) treated paper pulp cone with HE twin roll fabric surround. 52mm (2.00”) edge wound voice coil
Dispersion 90 degrees conical
CROSSOVER
Frequency 1.1kHz
Type Bi-wired, hard wired passive, low pass 2nd order LF, 1st order HF
CONSTRUCTION
Enclosure type Twin rear ported
Volume 115L (4 cu. ft.)
Dimensions 1100 x 460 x 448mm (43.50 x 18.00 x 22.00”)
Weight 45kg (99 lbs)
Finish Cherry veneer with solid cherry trim detail
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Al, not sure if your Tannoys have earthing posts or not, but my Arden's do. I have never had speakers with them before so I thought I would give it a try this morning.
Initially I just used some cheap wire from each to the back of the earth on the amp. I immediately noticed when playing a record what I can only describe as more blackness in the quiet passages and what seems like more depth.
The Arden manual advises using a reasonably good quality shielded cable. I had 5m of a single line of Van den Hul around that I do not use and a couple of un-used plugs bananas. I soldered the ends up and connected both at the amp to a round tag to go onto the earthing post. I had a look online and it seems that the shielding should be connected at the amp end to the signal wire, which is what I have done, hopefully that is right, at the banana end only the signal wire is connected to the banana and the shielding is cut off and isolated. I plugged these up and there was a slight improvement yet again, so may be worth have a go.
The other day I was also looking at Atlas cables, not that I will be buying any (well out of my league), but I noticed that they make cables with earths for standard speakers, these appear connected at the amp end to the - negative side and with a lead that can then be connected to a suitable earth. They say this definitely is worth doing.
Cheers
Adrian
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.