Tannoy Lancasters

[Ammonite Audio]

My mate Tony came over to hear the Lancasters and we tinkered a bit before he suggested that I move the speakers as far apart as possible in my room. To my surprise, that made quite a difference - the Lancasters still have a bit of that 'plodding' character, but it's reduced and there is a much better soundstage and more believable top end. So, I have spent the last few hours carefully dismantling the system, dusting and hoovering everything, and rearranging the rack, furniture etc. To be fair, it was worth it for the Spring Clean!

So, the next step is to make up some replacement crossovers and to rewire the speakers internally. I am trying to find out the optimum value of the main HF section inductor, but all the other bits are reasonably inexpensive from Falcon Acoustics.

[chelsea]

Makes me want to get some 15" hpd's.

Hopefully one day.

[Ammonite Audio]

I've now ordered the parts from Falcon Acoustics for a pair of new crossovers for the Lancasters, so things are moving on! To keep costs down, the main LF section series inductor is a high-power iron-dust cored component, which prior experience tells me is usually nice sounding, with very good dynamics. The HF section inductors are air-cored. Capacitors are Claritycap ESA, chosen more for their modest cost than anything else; resistors are cheapo wirewounds, which may get changed for something more exotic if the overall voicing etc is OK with the values chosen. Internal wiring will use Audio Note AN-D, again largely because of its modest cost.

[Ali Tait]

The Clarity Caps are very good, regardless of cost IMHO.

[Marco]

Nice one, Hugo. You've done the right thing, mate. Best to choose modest priced components for the crossovers to see whether you can get the voicing right first, before splashing out on more expensive ones.

However, what you've bought is more than decent, so I'm expecting the results to be pretty good and for there to be a significant sonic improvement

Good luck and keep us posted

Marco.

[Jonboy]

Just found these 12 inch in Lancasters

http://www.hifiworks.co.uk/speaker5.htm

[dantheman91]

Just found these 12 inch in Lancasters

http://www.hifiworks.co.uk/speaker5.htm

Hi

Not sure if there a matching pair though because one has terminals and one dosent

although most of the lancasters wernt a matching pair

Dan

[Ammonite Audio]

I know that I paid around the going rate for my 15" Lancasters, but these 12" ones do look a tad underpriced, particularly when you see what Lancs fitted with HPD drivers are going for at HiFi Do in Japan

If the drivers are good, then someone should snap these !2" Lancasters up!

[vencel]

I know that I paid around the going rate for my 15" Lancasters, but these 12" ones do look a tad underpriced, particularly when you see what Lancs fitted with HPD drivers are going for at HiFi Do in Japan

If the drivers are good, then someone should snap these !2" Lancasters up!

I paid GBP 1130 for my Lancasters so I think I got a god deal on them. Naturally the crossover needs to be seviced so I am curious about Shuggies findings. I also plan to replace the internal wire to AN or Kondo. I would prefer the Kondo but they are quite expensive so it would be a bit risky (financially) to experiment with them.
First I am going to upgrade the crossover, then the internal wiring.

[vencel]

A photo of the crossover of my Lancasters.
The 16uF capacitor measures 22,6uF while the 6,8uF measures 7,6uF.
I have an old ELNA capacitor that I took out from another crossover. It supposed to be 10uF but now it measures 16,4 uF so I was thinking to put it into the Tannoy crossover.
Do you think it is a good idea or with age it will have to be replaced again because its value will go upper again?