Tannocrats.....
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Bill, as soon as you left, I flipped on the TV and watched the Seahawks woop the Saints, then watched the Jets woop the Colts. Two great games and very unexpected outcomes.
Here are the only pix I took which do not tell the story but will serve as a teaser until tomorrow when I am fully awake. I had a great time. Great way to spend a Saturday.
Here are the only pix I took which do not tell the story but will serve as a teaser until tomorrow when I am fully awake. I had a great time. Great way to spend a Saturday.
OK, well I guess Bill is expecting me to tell HIS story. I've had my grits and eggs. Just finished my first cup of coffee and am now up to the task.
A number of months ago, Bill "happened" upon a single Tannoy 3638, duel concentric 15" driver. At the same time Stephen J posted a free EV Aristacrat cabinet. Bill brought the driver and cab to my house and we cut a new baffle board, mounted the driver, crossover, and binding post. And that was that.
The single speaker sounded damn good. I was really impressed with how clean the highs were. If there is any, I mean ANY distortion in the highs, my left ear will start ringing. Even if I can't hear the distortion, my ear will set off. This driver produces very detailed highs with out setting my ear off. The midrange timber is very rich with great detail as well. The lows are not strong at 28hz, but you can hear it: so maybe 6db down at that point. The kick bass is punchy and any bass notes are clearly deliniated from any other.....no congestioin in the low region.
And of course the Aristicrat cab looks cool all by itself. It is the dark walnut color and Bill bought Birch plywood for the baffle board and did not stain it. It looks very cool with the dark cab, light BB, and the wicked 3638 taking up of the upper portion of the BB.
A month after we finished the first speaker, George - local SMAC member, showed up at my house with another empty Aristigrat cabnet and told me that he felt sure Bill would need this in the future.
The cab took up floor space in my garage since then.
Flash forward to two weeks ago: Bill calls me up, all giddy and ****, and tell me he just snagged another Tannoy 3638. So yesterday we repeated what we did on the first cab. It was a simple job and we had a great time doing it.
Bill brought the first speaker over so we could copy it when building up the second speaker. When we got done with the speaker, we set them up in my big room to have a listen and eat rice and veggies.
WOW. "better than the sum of its parts" comes to mind. Just one speaker sounded good but with the second one in play, they really rocked. Now add in imagine, bass support, sound stage, depth, etc. and I must say that they are one of the best speakers I've ever heard......and I've heard a whole bunch.
I can't find a pic of the 3638 on line and we were rockin' so focused, we did not take pix of the driver. It is very cool looking with a sculpted mounting flange and two steel horns deep in the center of the woof cone. It also looks like the woof cone is very purposely designed as part of the horn section of the larger steel horn.
Also, these are 99db eff.
Note to Bill - Pix.
I've had Altec 604, and heard, for many hours, that Hawthorn stuff. I was never that impressed with the duel concentric driver, but now I am on the hunt (long term) for a pair of these Tannoys.
Perchdog: I think bringing them to the SMAC meeting is a grand idea.
(Do not complane abot mi spelin, I am a writer not a speller).
A number of months ago, Bill "happened" upon a single Tannoy 3638, duel concentric 15" driver. At the same time Stephen J posted a free EV Aristacrat cabinet. Bill brought the driver and cab to my house and we cut a new baffle board, mounted the driver, crossover, and binding post. And that was that.
The single speaker sounded damn good. I was really impressed with how clean the highs were. If there is any, I mean ANY distortion in the highs, my left ear will start ringing. Even if I can't hear the distortion, my ear will set off. This driver produces very detailed highs with out setting my ear off. The midrange timber is very rich with great detail as well. The lows are not strong at 28hz, but you can hear it: so maybe 6db down at that point. The kick bass is punchy and any bass notes are clearly deliniated from any other.....no congestioin in the low region.
And of course the Aristicrat cab looks cool all by itself. It is the dark walnut color and Bill bought Birch plywood for the baffle board and did not stain it. It looks very cool with the dark cab, light BB, and the wicked 3638 taking up of the upper portion of the BB.
A month after we finished the first speaker, George - local SMAC member, showed up at my house with another empty Aristigrat cabnet and told me that he felt sure Bill would need this in the future.
The cab took up floor space in my garage since then.
Flash forward to two weeks ago: Bill calls me up, all giddy and ****, and tell me he just snagged another Tannoy 3638. So yesterday we repeated what we did on the first cab. It was a simple job and we had a great time doing it.
Bill brought the first speaker over so we could copy it when building up the second speaker. When we got done with the speaker, we set them up in my big room to have a listen and eat rice and veggies.
WOW. "better than the sum of its parts" comes to mind. Just one speaker sounded good but with the second one in play, they really rocked. Now add in imagine, bass support, sound stage, depth, etc. and I must say that they are one of the best speakers I've ever heard......and I've heard a whole bunch.
I can't find a pic of the 3638 on line and we were rockin' so focused, we did not take pix of the driver. It is very cool looking with a sculpted mounting flange and two steel horns deep in the center of the woof cone. It also looks like the woof cone is very purposely designed as part of the horn section of the larger steel horn.
Also, these are 99db eff.
Note to Bill - Pix.
I've had Altec 604, and heard, for many hours, that Hawthorn stuff. I was never that impressed with the duel concentric driver, but now I am on the hunt (long term) for a pair of these Tannoys.
Perchdog: I think bringing them to the SMAC meeting is a grand idea.
(Do not complane abot mi spelin, I am a writer not a speller).
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How in the world did you get a 15" driver to fit in an Aristocrat?
Random question - as corner horn cabinets, wouldn't they work better in corners rather than in the middle of the room on stands?
mad shadows
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The Tannoy sound is something special. Smooth, dynamic and fun, fun, fun. I have a pair of Tannoy Arden.
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cableguy
In Twang We Trust
Then why use Aristocrat cabinets? It seems like any box of appropriate volume would be fine, if you're not going to use the Aristo's cornerhorn design.
That's what Bill had. Simple.
I thought that might be the answer. Just wondering if there was more to it.
