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Tannoy guru's, I need some advice!

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AramL.

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Hi all!

I own a set of Tannoy Canterbury's and they are great.
But I have neglected them for a while and when I wanted to clean them up I noticed the foam edge was falling apart.



So a recone is needed obviously! :)
Now, I am not sure which version of the Canterbury I have but it has the soft foam edge so I guess it is one of the earlier versions.

My question is if it is wise to recone it with a later hard egde cone, and if that is at all possible with this unit?

Maybe I can profit from modern technology and materials this way?

What are your thoughts and advise on this?

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Another question while I am at it:

A friend of mine helped someone make a speaker with Tannoy units, which included a set of ST200 super tweeters that hey integrated into the cabinet.
He had some leftovers which I could have, and I would like to try and complete them again because it would complete the speakers nicely I think!

What I have now:

- 2 wooden housings and the metal supports.
- 1 print partially populated
- 1 dome unit
- 1 brass/plastic top unit
- lots of seperate condensators and resistors.





I have a milling machine with which i can make another plastic unit, and I can also make the brass parts with the thread in it.
My friend operates a lasercutter so he can make the top plate, only thing I am not sure about is how to get the text on them, but if necessary I make two new ones which differ from original but as a set are equal, I can live with that.

I can also make a new print and probably source the used components, but I do not know what goes where on the print!

That is what I wanted to ask you guys, do any of you have a wire diagram or maybe pictures of the print so I can use those to repopulate them?

Kind regards,

Aram.
 
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AramL. said:
Hi all!

I own a set of Tannoy Canterbury's and they are great.
But I have neglected them for a while and when I wanted to clean them up I noticed the foam edge was falling apart.



So a recone is needed obviously! :)
Now, I am not sure which version of the Canterbury I have but it has the soft foam edge so I guess it is one of the earlier versions.

My question is if it is wise to recone it with a later hard egde cone, and if that is at all possible with this unit?

Maybe I can profit from modern technology and materials this way?

What are your thoughts and advise on this?

-----------------------------------

Another question while I am at it:

A friend of mine helped someone make a speaker with Tannoy units, which included a set of ST200 super tweeters that hey integrated into the cabinet.
He had some leftovers which I could have, and I would like to try and complete them again because it would complete the speakers nicely I think!

What I have now:

- 2 wooden housings and the metal supports.
- 1 print partially populated
- 1 dome unit
- 1 brass/plastic top unit
- lots of seperate condensators and resistors.





I have a milling machine with which i can make another plastic unit, and I can also make the brass parts with the thread in it.
My friend operates a lasercutter so he can make the top plate, only thing I am not sure about is how to get the text on them, but if necessary I make two new ones which differ from original but as a set are equal, I can live with that.

I can also make a new print and probably source the used components, but I do not know what goes where on the print!

That is what I wanted to ask you guys, do any of you have a wire diagram or maybe pictures of the print so I can use those to repopulate them?

Kind regards,

Aram.
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You mean a simple "Refoam" replacement don't you?
Cones look fine from what I see:):thmbsp:
 
You have some very nice drivers and, I believe, some very nice speakers. Get a pro to do the surrounds, get the best person you can find. This is not a do it yourself project.
 
Bouxy:

A refoam is also possible true, but if there are cones that make the sound better I'd rather recone them. ;)


Ottawa Audio:

A friend of mine did the recones of the Dutch importer, he will do the job for me. :)

I will ask at that Canadian forum also but I thought there would be guys with alot of knowledge about Tannoy's here aswell, guys like GordonW for instance.
I already sent him a pm about the tweeters btw.

Aram.
 
Great speakers, just refoam.

Millersound in PA. Look them up in the web.

This guys are great. They did a pair of Tannoy HPD 315 for me which are more complicated and they returned them in 5 days. Not expensive at all. That's all they do. Refoams.

Forget about reconning them. Those cones will last 50 years more or until you rip them. You want the originals, believe me.
You have some incredible speakers, you will be mesmerized with the soundstage and imaging these dual concentric speakers can accomplish.

Enjoy.
 
Those soft-edge K series woofers are sometimes reconed with the hard-edge Tannoy recone kits as an upgrade, but it's ferociously expensive. The hard-edge surrounds were damaged on my Ks, but I managed to find some Chinese-made doped fabric accordion surrounds on eBay that fit.

Due to some other damage, mine really should have a recone kit installed, but it was going to be around $500 for the parts, if memory serves.
 
I can get those recone kits for a good price so that won't be the problem.
But I was just curious if anyone had tried to put a different kit on these units.


Anyone any ideas for the tweeters by any chance?
 
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