I'd be happy to demo anything you guys are working on in the future. From a marketing standpoint cosmetically they can probably be updated to look more modern. Too be honest I am not sure what can be improved on them. I mix for the 2x Grammy Winning group Arrested Development and a host of others.īeen using the Tannoy Active 8's in my studio for 13 years at least. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions. For example: do you own or do you use Tannoy Dual Concentric monitors? What models? What do you like about them? What would you improve? What would you like to see from us in the future? Please can you help? We would like to hear of your experience as well as hear your advice on where you think we should focus our efforts. I'm really happy to be able to say that after so many years that FINALLY we are able to return to designing new studio monitors using Tannoy Dual Concentric Drivers. Later versions-such as Tannoy’s Red and Gold monitor series-made Dual Concentric designs a worldwide studio standard, while the DSP control in Tannoy’s new Precision and Ellipse models take the technology to a new level.Ĭlick here to check out a vintage Tannoy Dual Concentric spec sheet.Hi, I'm Fred Speckeen and I work as part of the Innovation team at Tannoy/Music Group. based on a Tannoy 15v dual concentric phase linear driver integrated with a super fast low-frequency driver and a super tweeter that extends the. Decca Records bought the first six units for its studios. Unlike other coaxial designs-which either hung a tweeter in front of the woofer cone or “piggybacked” a separate compression driver on the back of the woofer magnet-Tannoy’s Dual Concentric design had the voice coils of both the LF and HF drivers sharing a single magnet structure.Īlthough intended as a precision transducer for microphone measurement and test applications, the wide, smooth response and high 92dB (1w/1m) efficiency of the original Dual Concentric “Monitor Black” made for a successful debut at London’s Radio Olympia expo in 1948 (shown in photo). In 1947, Tannoy engineer Ronald Rackham created the Dual Concentric® design, combining a 15-inch woofer and compression driver, with the woofer cone forming a wide-dispersion horn. systems that’s still used today.Īfter the war, Tannoy focused on high fidelity. During World War II, Tannoy produced communications and announce systems for civilian factory and military applications, to the extent that “heard over the Tannoy” became a universal generic term for P.A. Fountain, Tannoy built its first discrete, two-way speaker systems in 1933, followed by mics, amplifiers and test gear.

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