bondospecial
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Hello all. My newly acquired Tannoy DC1000's work well but sound like they have a big midrange peak right in the vocal range. I measured all caps to be around +10% from nominal and I also measure a +6db peak in the 900-1200 hz range which falls back to nominal by 1500 hz.
Question: Did these Tannoy 8" dual concentrics w/ horn loaded HF units have this big midrange peak from the factory, or were they much flatter and I need to repair the crossovers?
Would the caps being close to +10% from nominal move the crossover point higher or lower from the factory crossover point?
Here they are. I paid several hundred bucks for these things, I know I'm probably insane and I am probably going to single handedly inflate the market on these but I was really curious what a Tannoy dual concentric speaker sounded like and how they would compare against my similar sized DM602s and Q60s. And Tannoy DC speakers are not exactly common in the US so when I saw these on Ebay I got excited and bought them.
I re hot-glued the components in place while I was in there measuring cap values and re soldering. Tannoy's circa 1990 hot glue had all failed when I got them. Not the most secure factory mounting of the components...
Question: Did these Tannoy 8" dual concentrics w/ horn loaded HF units have this big midrange peak from the factory, or were they much flatter and I need to repair the crossovers?
Would the caps being close to +10% from nominal move the crossover point higher or lower from the factory crossover point?
Here they are. I paid several hundred bucks for these things, I know I'm probably insane and I am probably going to single handedly inflate the market on these but I was really curious what a Tannoy dual concentric speaker sounded like and how they would compare against my similar sized DM602s and Q60s. And Tannoy DC speakers are not exactly common in the US so when I saw these on Ebay I got excited and bought them.
I re hot-glued the components in place while I was in there measuring cap values and re soldering. Tannoy's circa 1990 hot glue had all failed when I got them. Not the most secure factory mounting of the components...
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