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In Reply to: RE: Tannoy Monitor Gold 12" vs Altec 601 posted by nosmok on March 23, 2012 at 15:58:00
I haven't heard the 601s, but I have owned other Altec co-ax (604, 605, etc).
The 12" Tannoy Cheviot (HPD305) sounds better.
As a Tannoy dealer I thought the 12s sounded better than the 10s and 15s too.
We also sold JBL and Klipsch.
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I haven't heard either, but be aware that the diaphragm of the Altec tweeter is very fragile an apparently made of unobtainium.
I haven't heard the Altecs but I do own 2 pairs of 12" Tannoys.
Tannoys of ALL ages are well supported, spares are not a problem and tweeter parts fairly cheap.
Their tweeters are quite rugged beasts and not likely to fail though.
Make sure that you get the original crossovers as they are centred around an autoformer which is the only unobtainable Tannoy part. The cabs were always a weak point with vintage Tannoys and not really worth bothering with unless they are of the back-loaded horn variety.
These will be VERY expensive!
Tannoys behaved like constant directivity horns from the start in '47, something Altec lacked until 30 or 40 years later. Altecs still lacked the quite important notch filter Tannoy introduced with the Monitor Reds or Golds. Without it the dreaded horn honk is ever present.
From what I hear of people who have heard both Tannoys are better.
Indeed Tannoy once made a speaker called the FSM-U after a good number of recording studios expressed an interest in them but they already had soffit-mounted Urei monitors (15" Altecs with an additional 15" woofer). Hence Tannoy produced FSMs which were exactly the size of the Ureis so the studios wouldn't have to indulge in building work to 'upgrade'.
Just another reason it's collectible, but not usable.
It also crosses over quite high, I can't image the midrange sounds anywhere as good as the Tannoy.
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