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Re: Am I the only one who thinks vintage Tannoys are bright and fatiguing??

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Tom Brennan

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In Reply to: Am I the only one who thinks vintage Tannoys are bright and fatiguing?? posted by Mr Blue Sky on May 12, 2005 at 15:14:36:

Well there's no speaker that everybody likes.
I laugh when guys freak out when somebody hates their favorite speakers and respond that you're using the wrong amp, wire, record player, jimmy-cap or whatever.

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ping Tom Brennan - itsthemusic 20:04:19 05/12/05 (0)
Tom,tried to email you at "irishtom" and it bounced.please email me off site and get me your tel #."irish bob".
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Re: Am I the only one who thinks vintage Tannoys are bright and fatiguing?? - Mr Blue Sky 17:32:49 05/12/05 (4)
I agree. I'm just curious if there is something wrong with my ears, though. It seems like EVERYBODY loves the sound of the vintage Tannoys.
- Re: why is it if your opinion differs, your stuff is automatically broken? - tableradio 18:31:49 05/13/05 (0)
  perhaps the people that blew all the $$ on this stuff actually do not have skilled enough ears to recognise if there is any problem. to some people, decent is 'excellent', because they cant recognise excellence.if your ears agree with the curves, id say you know what your hearing.lets face it: no system, price no option, sounds like live music. if it doesnt sound just like live, it is wrong. its up to you to decide what level of wrongness you think is correct.i have some amps with 2 tubes, pulled out of garbage phonographs ect i listen to.i also have a krell fpb 400cx, i love em all. same with speakers. i guess i have no point except:why get annoyed if someone doesnt like what u like, or notice things you dont/didnt. it was fun to read all the attitude and calm defense backed up with knowledge. by the way, i think sex is way better with the bose radio than tannoys...lol.
- "Everybody Knows" - drlowmu 21:08:59 05/12/05 (2)
  Say,
  Golds are the worse sounding of the bunch of vintage Tannoys.
  Why do you think Blacks, Silvers and Reds go for such big bucks?
  Like Leonard Cohen sings " Everybody Knows ".
  You now know too, live and learn.
  Jeff Medwin
  - Re: "Everybody Knows" - Mr Blue Sky 02:49:39 05/13/05 (1)
    And few people realize the significant coloration and unnatural artifacts that are present in vintage Tannoys with paper surrounds and how vintage Tannoy drivers with this issue produce a low-level cone distortion and how this problem was mostly corrected with the butyl surround. To some, this is obvious sonically. To others it is not.
    Some people also believe that if something goes for "big bucks", it therefore must be good. They will make arrogant and irrelevant assertions about their product of choice and sometimes quote intellectual Canadian/Jewish folk singers as a way of emphasizing their point....no matter how ambiguous or absurd.
    - Re: "Everybody Knows" - drlowmu 10:31:36 05/13/05 (0)
      Leonard Cohen is a born-again Christian AFAIK.
      I always prefer paper over butyl, but YOU are the one who is publically looking for an answer, not me. My favorite drivers were designed in 1937, felt surround, phenolic cone. I had 15 Monitor Golds in 1969 to 1974, and eventually sold them.
      Jeff Medwin
Couldn't agree more! - mikelakers 15:48:39 05/12/05 (0)
mk.

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