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Please help to identify original Tannoy red driver or repeared?

bogle111 said:
As I remember in the trade, any treatment on a paper cone will make the cone heavier.
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Tannoy cones were vacuum pressed and air dried. They could easily vary 1 gram between finished examples.

More important concerns are paper degradation and appearance.
 
tom1356 said:
Tannoy cones were vacuum pressed and air dried. They could easily vary 1 gram between finished examples.

More important concerns are paper degradation and appearance.
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My Tannoys are stored in a dry warehouse, and whilst not as valuable as these, I would presume that humidity/dampness would also affect the weight and hence the sound?

I do remember a particular pair of GRF's (autograph) that we sold in the very early 70's, - fantastic.
 
3300 usd is my limit for now...so i should chose go for SRM 15..or buy this Red 12....
I never have a possibility to compare SRM and Red...but heared that for vocal, jazz RED are better than SRM. Is that true?
 
bogle111 said:
My Tannoys are stored in a dry warehouse, and whilst not as valuable as these, I would presume that humidity/dampness would also affect the weight and hence the sound?

I do remember a particular pair of GRF's (autograph) that we sold in the very early 70's, - fantastic.
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The thing about humidity is they should be effected equally.

Speakers definitely sound different depending on humidity.

Lots of companies used phenolic cones in marine/ high humidity locations.
 
Also for same money I can buy SRM 15 (photo enclosed). Can you give some suggestions how sound of SRM 15 and red 12 will vary?
 

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You'd probably want to update the crossover on those ceramic-magnet K-series Tannoys. The original design wasn't exactly (or even close to) optimal.
 
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