Best Vintage Tannoy Speakers

As has been noted in my recent threads here i have gotten hooked on searching the local thrifts for vintage equipment.

Best vintage tannoy speakers.

B w 800 diamond review. That s why the prices are forever rising. 12 golds exist too. Tannoy golds hpd speakers are the best for the majority of amps we ve tested with them these are the best speakers there is.

Quite possibly one of the best speakers ever made. Paul rigby follows his guide to vintage amplifiers with a look at some of the most enduring speaker designs. Kef ls50 2012 the kef ls50s were and remain blindingly good speakers. 15 gold in 2002 was 950 today you see they are 2500.

You can find a variety of tannoy vintage speakers for sale on ebay. Better cabs and the speakers are new with properly sized cabinets. As i find different speakers out there i run across speaker brands i am unfamiliar with such as the rtr s i now own but i am often hesitant to buy them because i don t recognize the brand or model. Things to know about tannoy speakers.

Tannoy is a british manufacturer of audio equipment that has been in existence since the 1920s. When it comes to sound quality newer doesn t always mean better. Tannoy mercury m2 1997 the mercury m2s entered the market in the late 90s and made an immediate impression. Most view the quads as best for classical music as stock speakers the 63 to me is overpriced dynamically and bass void but they seem to be greatly loved and have lasted forever so maybe they re built for the small british apartments and strictly chamber and light ensemble stuff.

Today tannoy has become synonymous with high quality studio monitors hi fi speakers and installed sound systems. Tannoy was founded in 1920 first building public address systems. Although modern manufacturers are becoming a little more adventurous the contemporary market has been plagued for several years with banal and restrictive speakers designs guided by a lucrative lifestyle market and. I d buy the turnberry speakers.