Miles Davis, Seven Steps To Heaven, Columbia/Sony Music/Analogue Productions CAPJ-8851, SACD/CD (1963/2010).Marc Copland & John Abercrombie, Speak To Me, Pirouet Records PIT3058, CD (2011).Kenneth Slowik, Smithsonian Chamber Players and Chorus, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings/ADDA ND 0381, 2 x CD (1989). Jack Johnson, Sleep Through The Static, Brushfire Records 756055, CD (2008).Marcin Masecki, Lado ABC C/13, CD (2012). Depeche Mode, Everything Counts and Live Tracks, Mute Records INT 826.831, maxi-SP CD (1993).Daft Punk, Random Access Memories, Columbia Records/Sony Music Japan SICP-3817, CD (2013).Clan of Xymox, Clan of Xymox, 4AD CAD503CD, CD (1985).Okihiko Sugano Record Collection, Victor Edition/Trio Edition, Audio Meister XRCG-30025-8, 4 x XRCD24.Frequency response is specified for 29Hz-27kHz, at -6dB. They have extremely high sensitivity of 93dB (2,83V/1m) and friendly impedance – nominally 8 ohm and minimally 5 ohm, which should make for an easy load. The speakers are large, measuring 1100 x 406 x 338 mm, and heavy – you need another person with you to carry them. The Energy control is a +/- 3dB shelving filter over a frequency band between 1.1kHz and 27kHz, and the Roll Off provides adjustment in the range of +2dB to -6dB per octave at high frequencies between 5kHz and 27kHz. The speakers rest on solid spikes and treble can be adjusted by two switch blocks labelled ‘Energy’ and ‘Roll Off’ on a large, golden plate on the front baffle. Its front grille is locked with a key (!) and the cabinet is made of veneered plywood. It is one of the few speakers my wife would be happy to keep in our living room. In spite of that, it looks wonderfully anachronistic and surprisingly appropriate at the same time. Built using 10-inch Dual Concentric system housed in a characteristic cabinet resembling a piece of furniture from before WWII, it is a modern speaker through and through. The Kensington GR speaker under review is the smallest, which does not mean small, design in the new series. I also recommend the 2004 book by Julian Alderton titled The Tannoy Story. I refer those readers who would like to learn more about Tannoy’s history to its Polish distributor website ( HERE). Even this brief introduction shows that we deal with a legendary company, and if we add that in colloquial British English usage the term ‘Tannoy’ is synonymous with public address, advertising, etc., everything should be clear. It includes only three models: Westminster Royal, Canterbury and the Kensington GR reviewed today.
In 2013 Tannoy introduced a further fined GR – Golden Reference series, which features design solutions pioneered with the flagship Kingdom Royal speaker.
#First tannoy dual concentric series#
Series was upgraded to the SE (Special Edition) status. It included the Westminster, GFR Memory, Stirling and Edinburgh designs. In 1982 Tannoy presented the Prestige line, the first ever intended for the Japanese market. Fountain retired in 1974 and passed away in 1977. A special, limited edition of this speaker was launched in 2001. Incidentally, it was another Rackham’s design that employed a newer version of the Dual Concentric, called Monitor Silver. 1953 brought the most famous Tannoy speaker, the Autograph (Pic. Rackham, and the first product was the two-way Monitor Black system sporting a 15-inch midwoofer.
Its inventor was the chief engineer Ronnie H. A year later, Tannoy presented its first speakers and then microphones.Ī crucial event was the development in 1947 (other sources claim it was 1948 see HERE) of a coaxial speaker system simulating a point source of sound, which was called Dual Concentric.
The combination of the words ‘Tantalum’ and ‘alloy’ brought the company name effective today, Tannoy, registered Mayear. One metal plate was made of tantalum, and the other of lead alloy.
Its design was based on using two pieces of dissimilar metal immersed in an electrolyte. 1), its founder and longtime head, developed a new type of electrical rectifier intended for home use. The first important event in its history, when it was called Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, took place in 1929 when Guy R. T is difficult to briefly tell the story of a company whose roots date back to 1926.