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In Reply to: RE: The Tannoys posted by grinagog on July 10, 2008 at 19:31:08
Hi Grinagog,Have you ever actually owned Tannoy 15 inch Golds??
I have, for several years, they were my very first hi fi speaker purchase once I graduated college.
Sorry, but the Tannoys will not compare one iota to the performance of the latest GPA, which I have heard extensively at RMAF 2006 and 2007 at the Serious Stereo suite, in their MLTL enclosures Dennis engineered.
The worse part of the Tannoy Gold 15s was its low end and mid bass, which was "boomy" with every amp I tried on them, to a point where I sold the speakers.
With the GPA 15, you get the best sounding 15 inch bass unit made, (its the Altec 515's cousin), and, you get a MODERN alignment of the magnets and force fields, in line with the voice coils, (hence less distance displacement between the low and high voice coils). Also, the GPA has a modern fully developed crossover.
If you want to use a car analogy, the Tannoy Gold is the old style Morris Mini Minor, made in GB (yecch, vintage British cars) whereas the GPA 15 inch is like the new Ford GT-40, simply the BEST BUY in audio speakers today.
The GPAs take over 400 hours to break in. The GPA 15 is THE pinnacle of 604 design, make no mistake, it outperforms all the vintage models, every one of them.
Jeff Medwin
Edits: 07/11/08Follow Ups:
tho' my current speakers are 12" Tannoy Reds
Bass response is very much dependent on what cabinets the Tannoys are housed in, + not much different from any other speaker in that respect
I've also owned Silvers, Reds, Golds + HPD's from 10"-15" and a couple of local HiFi stores here have 604K setups ( and I've owned the vintage Altecs these are based on )
Very fine speakers; + all a matter of taste
Grins
When I sold Tannoy I always liked the Cheviot and Devon (both HPD315) better than the Arden and Berkley (HPD385). I thought the midrange much better on the former, and dark on the latter.
I take a Lotus over any Ford.Also, Bill is working on a new horn for the GPA 604. Check out the Altec forum. So, "THE" pinnacle 604 design will either be improved or replaced.
Big thanx for that. I think it would take such a redesign of the horn for me to cough up the ca$h for a pair of these, as it would prob address one of my main concerns WRT the design.
Cheers
It appears that the revised 604 is available now.
The Ford GT-40 is a British-made car. It's the product of British engineering.
What's wrong with Armstrong shocks and Lucas electrics, anyway?
I do have an old Norton, so I am well aware of the Prince of Darkness.
:-)
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