![]() ![]() I also have the same-purpose speaker downstairs, so I can play my acetates and records through to make sure they’re cut properly and the standards are well up.”Īt this time, Tannoy manufactured the drive units only, allowing companies such as Lockwood to build the cabinets some users built their own DIY enclosures, too. Legendary independent producer Joe Meek used one in his mono-only home-built studio remarking in 1962: “The speaker is a Tannoy Dual Concentric in a Lockwood cabinet, the type they use in most studios today. During the 1960s, almost all of the major British studios used Reds. This design approach creates a point-source, which effectively eliminates the subtle phase shifts that occur when two or more drive units are placed along a monitor’s front baffle.ġ958 saw the introduction of the Monitor Red – the most revered (and now expensive) of all the big Tannoys. A coaxial design, the speaker featured a horn-loaded tweeter situated in the centre of the woofer. The original 15-inch Dual Concentric (and those caps are necessary – it’s a trademark) first appeared in 1947, and was named the Monitor Black. The superb sound they delivered was a revelation to my 17-year-old ears and during downtime, I’d play my favourite records to discover all manner of detail that my humble home-stereo speakers glossed over. A pair of Tannoy Ardens – the largest in the range at the time – driven by a Quad amplifier, dominated the control room. My first experience of Tannoys came in 1985, when I landed my first studio job working as a tape-op. ![]()
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