TANNOY HIGH-FIDELITY LOUDSPEAKERS annoy Integrated Loud- in. The result of such dedication to speaker Systems are the quality is that, whatever the style of choice of discriminating music or its source, ‘music lovers the world over. Compact Dise,records Renowned for unprece- or tape, Tannoy loud- dented accuracy and natu- speakers perform toa ralness, theyhavelongbeen standard _—_unsur- the choice of professional _ passedbyothermanu- users in the recording, — facturers. broadcasting and sound engineering industries. Infact many ofthe world’s INNOVATIVE EXCELLENCE leading studios have professional Being the only manu- monitor systems which were devel facturer to have been oped by Tannoy design engineers. _ awarded Japan's pre: tigious'Golden Sound’ award twice speaks for itself: The excel- lence of Tannoy loudspeak- cers has long been recognised in Japan where the GRF Memory won the prestigious Stereo Sound ‘State-of-the Art award. But Tannoy'sde- voted following extends far beyond Japan to those seek- ing excellence all over the world. Catering for all require- ments, the loudspeaker range includes the famous Dual Coneentrie models as well as those using metal dome tweeters and separate bass UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE units. Design by one of the strongest audio engineering teams in the business A HOUSEHOLD NANE has led Although some dictionaries refer to Tannoy to ‘Tannoy as the generic term for publie achieve nu- ‘address systems the company has in merous Hi- fact boon designing and building Fi Choice specialised high quality loudspeak- Best Buys crs for over 60 years. The history of and Recom- the company goes back to shortly mended after the start ofbroadcastingin Lon- accolades. don. Guy R Fountain was an engi- ‘Tannoy’s is neer who owned a London garage. In team that ‘common with many commercial ga- designs rages at the time, recharging batter- loudspeakers from the bottom up. _ ies for the new radio sets became a Musical excellence is first designed profitable side line for his business. in and then production values and quality control are applied to keep it, ‘AN ENTERPRISING BEGINNING An enterprising man, Guy Fountain perfected an electrolytic rectifier which was simple andreliableenough for home use, It was then he coined thenameTannoy. His rectifiers used two metals - Tantalum and a lead alloy - henee Tannoy. Not long after Guy's first Tannoy factory wasestab- lished and he began experiments with moving coil loudspeakers using DC energised magnets, Early in 1930 the company won a contract to supply theBertram Mills Circus withasound reinforcement system. The company never looked back. MOVING WITH THE TAVES: Wartime demand for mobile, port- able systems made Tannoy famous foritscommunications systems. Later ‘Tannoy equipment wasinstalled both in the House of Commons and in major United Nations buildings. Soon, there was scarcely a country in the world where Tannoy had not created a vital link in international debate. ‘The 1940s and 1950s established ‘Tannoy as the leading manufacturer of recording studio monitors outside the USA. By this time Tannoy had become well-known for its high qual- ity loudspeakers supplying the fast growing audio and hi-fi markets. It ‘was at this time that the first Dual Concentric loudspeaker was pro- duced.UNPRECEDENTED ACCURACY An important part of Tan- noy's design approach has always been to produce loudspeakerswith levels of performance beyond the most exacting specifica- tions of contemporary dise and tape playing equip- ment, ‘Sound systems of unprece- dented accuracy and natu ralness are the result of ‘Tannoy's wealth of experi- ence together with com- puter based research and production methods, rigid quality control anda tradi tion of superb craftsman: ship, Loudspeaker design canno longer be thought of as a black art. Today it is pos sible to use computers to model designs and predict results. Comprehensive test equipment is used to pin-point extensively at Tannoy but wealways —Tannoy’s exacting standards. A pol- problemswitheabinetsordriveunits; remember that listening tests must __iey of checking, and double checking anechoic chambers assist in produe- be the final judge, ensures that the musical excellence ing accurate measurements. Com- we design into every loudspeaker puter aided design (CAD) and so- THE CONTROL OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE stays there. Phisticated test equipment are used Approved to 05-24 military require. ‘ments, Tannoy follows a policy of stringent quality control procedures using sophis- ticated measurement fa ilities. Tight quality control is more easily achieved because all the loudspeakers are built in the Tannoy factory in Scotland. For example, all drive units are de. signed and manufac tured in-house. All in. coming parts are thor. oughly tested to ensure that they are as speci- fied. Not only is all data computerised but. com- puter aided design is used to ensure A fewexamplesofalbumsand CD'smixed Cross section of early G.R.F. enclosure that every single loudspeaker meets or mastered using Tannoy LoudspeakersDUAL CONCENTRIC LOUDSPEAKERS hheDualConcentrie prin- _paredtomassyetwithhighselfdamp- are made up of the highest quality ciple gives the hi-fienthusi- ing properties. Careful shaping of — components and are hard wired. By ast the benefits of a true the flare of the cone en- studio monitor. Because the sures the most natural real harmonies and dynam- midband sound. To ies of the instruments and achieve maximum sensi- voices are retained, the tivityandhighpowerhan- music is clearer and more dling flat cross-section, natural. Thestereoimageis high quality copper wire sharper and more convineing. is edge-wound on a high temperature kapton for- [A SINGLE POINT SOURCE ‘mer for the bass col ‘The benefits of having the high fre- quency driversharingthesamechas- ONT TECHNOLOGY reducing unnecessary resistance and sis as the bass driver are that the The high frequeney unit is an alu- impedance to the absolute minimum whole drive unit operates across the minium diaphragm suspended by a this gives a cleaner, more detailed audio bandwidth as a single point polyamide surround. The use of this sound. Polyester eapacitors and iron- source. The audio signal is supplied Differential Material Technology dust core inductors are laid out to gives the high fre- minimise inter-component coupling quency driver verylin- and, of course, positioned well away re ear, piston-like char- from the magnetic fields of the drive acteristics with little units. | variability due to tem- perature variations. INTERNAL BRACING Most importantly, it Internal bracing of the drive units alsogivesverygoodself via a lossy coupling not only allows | damping. With thead- the cabinet to be braced to reduce dition of ferro-fluid panel resonance, but also disperses damping and cooling unwanted HF energy from thedriver, liquid this helps push The overall result is an increase in thefirstbreakupmode ‘speed’ and reduced transient smear, toeach driverbyatimecompensated _abovetheaudible and excitablerange crossover, that aligns both high and and out of harm's way. It also gives BLWIRING low frequency sound sourees towards high power handling. All Tannoy series 90 loudspeakers single point on the same axis. This, permit bi-wiringifdesired. Two pairs eliminates unnatural time delaysand of loudspeakers cables per speaker produces almost tactile stereo im- are required, one to connect the bass ages of tremendous stability. ‘unit and one to connect the tweeter. Splitting the signals for both bass THE SERIES 90 and treble separates the ground All the thinking behind previous paths reducing driver interac- Dual Coneentrie models has gone tion which leads to a far cleaner into the Series 90. The resultisan sound with full more natural exceptional range of products dynamics, which we believe to be at the fore- front of Dual Concentric technology. Atits heart is the totally new design of the inch dual concentric drive unit. bility of high quality digital record. ‘The bass cone is precision formed ings and Compaet Dises but the Se- from polyolefin co-polymer, a plas- HARDWIRED CROSSOVERS ries 90 speakers do not suffer from tics material with high rigidity com. AllerossoversutilisedintheDCrange this dynamic compression. In addi- fF 7 = EXCELLENT STEREO INAGING Restricted dynamic range is becom- jing more apparent with the availa-tion, the directivity of the dual can. centrie drivers is controlled so that the speakers can be positioned close to side walls without compromising their excellent stereo imaging abili- ties, e100 Offering excellent bass extension for its size, this compact speaker has a ducted port tuned for fast, accurate bass. inch Dual ConcentrieDMT driver Single point source Bi-wired, gold terminals + High sensitivity ‘+ Hardwired quality crossover * Rigidly braced driver + Ducted port system + Compact design * Black ash or rosewood finish oa Designed to deliver high sensitivity and bass extension, the DC2000 is a compact, floor-standing speaker. Floorcoupling spikes may be used for optimum bass and mi sand clarity and allow the speaker to be tilted to an optimum listening position. Ny- ww-in feet may be used on highly polished floor 8inch Dual Concentrie DMT driver Sinch bass unit, driven below 40H Bi-wired, gold terminals High sensitivity Hardwired quality crossover Cross braced drivers and cabinet Closed box system Floor standing design with coup- ling spikes Black ash finish ‘Dc3000 Afloor-standingloudspeaker finished in either a black ash or rosewood veneer, which has b designed to reduce standing waves by avoiding, parallel long dimensions. A slotted rear port is tuned to achieve a real oom response as low as 30Hz and a low ‘@! ensures fast accurate bass with a good dynamic response and little overhang. Additional damping and mass loading is facilitated by a ce at the base which may be spa weighted with dry sand or lead shot By reducing the centre of gravity this, together with the floor coupling, spikes, keeps the speakers from rock: ing and thus reducing the dynamic quality of the system, * 8inch Dual ConcentrieDMT driver * inch bass unit, driven below 400H2, * Bi-wired, gold terminals + High sensitivity * Hardwired quality crossover ‘+ Medite cabinet for high rigidity * Cross braced drivers and cabine! ‘+ Slotted port system ‘+ Floor standing design with coup: ling spikes ‘+ Mass loaded cabinet ‘Wired with Van den Hul cable + Black hor rosewood veneersDISCRETE SYSTEM LOUDSPEAKERS ith the Planet series DMT TECHNOLOGY ENSURES SUCCESS BL WIRING ‘Tannoy succeeded in The use of Differential Material All Tannoy Series 90 loudspeakers producing a range of Technology (DMT) ensures the new _permitbi-wiringiffdesired. Two pairs hifi speaker systems aluminium dome tweeter behaves as of loudspeakers cables per speaker capableoffulldynamic a true piston with the first break-up are required, one to connect the bass range performance — mode way above the audible range. _unit and one to connect the tweeter. from compact cabinets. ‘The 25mm aluminium diaphragm is Splitting the signals for both bass ‘The series won many coupled to a high temperature pol- _ andtrebleseparatesthe ground paths awards and set new yamide insulated coil wound onto a leading to a cleaner sound with full standardsincompactloudspeaker ‘natural dynamics design, ett Accompact speaker producing an excellence ofsound quality which beliesits size. Asimplecrossover of high quality components inte- 90 of discrete loudspeakers is a grates the 6.5inch bass unit with further development of the, highly Kapton former. A polyamide plastics the 25mm aluminium dome. Al- successful Planet series. Only now, — material was chosen for the suspen- though designed for stand mounting, with the Series 90, is Tannoy content sion becauseit offers good self:damp- a rear facing port also allows the that it has produced a metal dome ingandisnot variablewith tempora-__ speakers to be placed close to a wall. tweeter which betters the perform- ture. Ferrofluiddampingand.cooling * 25mm DMT aluminium dome EVEN BETTER PERFORMANCE Highly acclaimed by the special- ist press both in the UK and in ‘most major countries, the Series ance quality of the old soft plastics liquid is-used to improve perform- tweeter dome. As always the Tannoy engi- ance and power handling. This tech- + 6.5inch polyolefin co-polymerbass neering team seeks for excellence. nique avoids undesirable eddy cur- driver ‘Tannoy will only market a product rent couplingeffects which arefound + Hardwired, high quality cross- jece metal dome designs. over of performance. + Bi-wired HiGH Sensmviry * Ducted port system ‘Thebassdriversareconstructed with * Black ash finish rigid frames using large magnets to ensure high sensitivity and good low MIS frequency control. The cone material A two-way Sinch bass driver loud- is polyolefin co-polymer, chosen for speaker which sets new standards its high rigidity, low mass and high for this classic eabinet size,The front internal damping, The cone is accu- ported design allows for free-field rately precision formed with a flare mounting on stands. optimised to produce the most neu. * 25mm DMT aluminium dome when it meets our highest standards in one. tral and natural midrange. tweeter * inch polyolefin co-polymer bass BETTER DAMPING AND CONTROL driver Because of their sonic quali- * Hardwired, high quality cross- ties we use polyester caps tors,highqualityresistorsand * Bi-wired iron-dust core inductors. The * Ducted port system, high frequency unit (tweeter) * Black ash or rosewood finish is coupled by an auto trans- former with a series capacitor Mao and damping resistor. This Although similar in size to the MIS, maintains.averylowdriveim- this loudspeaker differs in many pedance to the tweeter giving _ ways. Notonlyis the cabinetfinished better damping and control. _in a real wood veneer of black ash or overrosewood but the cabinet and drivers arebraced with a lossy coupling. This reduces panel resonance and diffuses unwanted treble energy in the cabi- net, increasing perceived speed and reducing transient smear. * 25mm DMT aluminium dome tweeter * inch polyolefin co-polymer bass driver + Hardwired, high quality cross- ‘+ Bi-wired, gold terminals + Cross braced drivers and cabinet ‘+ Ducted port system * Wired with Van den Hl cable * Black ash or rosewood veneers 20 ‘A compact, floor-standing loud- speaker configured to deliver both high sensitivity and good bass exten- sion. Floor coupling spikes may be used for optimum bass/midband clar- ity and allow the speakers tobe tilted back for optimum listening position. Nylon screw in feet may be used on a highly polished floor. 25mm DMT aluminium dome tweeter ‘inch polyolefin co-polymer bass driver Sinch polyolefin co-polymer Auxil- lary Bass Radiator (ABR) Hardwired, high quality cross- Bi-wired, gold terminals, Cross braced drivers and cabinet Closed box system Floor standing design with coup- ling spikes Wired with Van den Hul cable Black ash or rosewood finish 85 A tall, floor-standingloudspeakerfin- ished in real wood veneers.The cabi- net size and construetion together with the driver configuration pro- duces a fast accurate bass with good dynamic response and low overhang. Additional damping and mass load- ing is facilitated by a space at the base which may be filled with dry sand or lead shot. By reducing the centre of gravity this, together with the floor coupling spikes, keeps the speakers from rocking and thus re- ducing the dynamic quality of the system, + 25mm DMT aluminium dome tweeter * 8inch polyolefin co-polymer bass/ mid driver * 8inch polyolefin co-polymer bs driver, driven below 400Hz + High sensitivity * Hardwired, high quality cross + Bi-wired, gold terminals * Closed box system ‘+ Cross braced drivers and cabinet, ‘+ Modite cabinet for high rigidity ‘+ Floor standing design with coup. ling spikes ‘+ Mass loaded cabinet ‘+ Wired with Van den Hul cable * Black ash or rosewood veneersLOUDSPEAKER SPECIFICATIONS MODEL NO, ‘oc1000 c2000 RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWER 10-120 WPC. 10-150 WPC NOMINAL IMPEDANCE Sohms Gohms MINIMUM PEDANCE 5 ohms ohms SENSITMITY (288V @ 1m) 90 4B 92aB FREQUENCY RESPONSE 4:38, 48Hls-25kH2 MH 25kH2 (CROSSOVER FREQUENCY 2.akHlz 400Hz & 2.9kHtz (CROSSOVER TYPE ‘TERMINALS SYSTEM TYPE INTERNAL VOLUME 17 litres St litres DIMENSIONS (WsXO) mm 2484973205, 260x716%253 WEIGHT ExcH 81 Kg 199 kg ‘Typical room response MODEL No, En wis zo RECOMMENDED AMPLIFIER POWER 10.00 WPC «10-100 WPC—_-10100 WPC NOMINAL IMPEDANCE S ohms 8 ohms Bohms MINIMUM IMPEDANCE Gohms 6 ohms Gohms SENSTIUTY (283V @ tm) 88 4B 808 59.08 FREQUENCY RESPONSE 4208 55H2-20kH2 — 48Hy-20kH2 © 48He-20kHz CROSSOVER FREQUENCY SkHe Skis kHz (CROSSOVER TYPE ne 12] 40012 & 23kHe Overdamped first & second order with impedance compensation Gold, bi-wired Ducted port Gold, bi-wired Closed box Gold, bi-wired Slotted port 40 litres 2603910300 26.7 Ke 0 85 1010 WPC 104125 WPC Schms 8 chms 6 ohms 5 dhms 90 dB soap 4012-20KHl2" —50Hz-20kH2: okt 400H2 & 3kFz First order low pass, overdamped second order highpass ‘TERMINALS. Bi.wired Bi.wired Gold, bi-wired Gold, biwired Gold, biswired SYSTEM TYPE Ducted port Ducted port Ducted port. ABR Closed bos INTERNAL VOLUME 1 Titres 17 litres 17 litres 31 litres 45 litres DIMENSIONS (WxHx0) mm 248K497x205 2484497205 OXTLEX253 260010300 WEIGHT EACH 70 Kg 34 Ke 8K 236 Ke Typical room response LOUDSPEAKER STANDS T3250 Designed to complement the stylish ‘good looks ofthe speakers, thestands T3400 can be fitted with either three floor coupling spikes or nylon domes. The are both structurally rigid and aes thetically pleasing. ‘The cast base, ribbed for strength, extruded aluminium upright is de signed to allow mass loading/damp- ing, with lead shot or dry sand if 15500 desired and has a separate channel that can hide the loudspeaker cable. ‘The solid top plate is tapped to allow the optional use of three upward pointingloudspeaker coupling spikes. Tannoy Limited (UK, The Billo Centre Coronation Road, Cressex Industrial Etat, igh Wycombe, Bucks HPI2 388, England ‘Telephone (0498) 450608, ‘Telex: 80951 TANNOY TH pleGrupofCompanice ‘Telefon: (0404) 43743, ‘Tannoy North America Ine 300 Gage Avenue, Uait Kitchener, Ontario N2M 2C8, Canade, ‘Telephone: (619) 7461158 ‘Telex 06955828 TANNOY KTCH Telefe: (519) 745 2964