Reggae uses the amplification as a musical instrument. Although not Reggae here is where amplification needs to be distorted and also not distorted when not so loud. Often in real life the distortion is our ears. This is something even when Youtube that sounds wonderful on my system. The drums really punch and have slightly distorted beauty, an enhancement. I have the same problems as Tannoys in that the dispersion is less than ideal. The use of a low cost tweeter crossed at 6 kHz was a cure. Now in the kitchen the music is more open, it is some distance away. Low cost was it had the right spec. A Ribbon would have needed 12 dB gain.
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The problem with the Tannoy is nothing to do with dispersion.
They just sound bad.
I heard pretty much all of them now, big and small "Boom - tish".
The guy who designed them was deaf and knew nothing whatsoever about music.
They just sound bad.
I heard pretty much all of them now, big and small "Boom - tish".
The guy who designed them was deaf and knew nothing whatsoever about music.
I carted a pair of Lockwood Tannoy to Vienna. They were excellent. My friend has Lancasters. Two faults. Seeminly no treble and an image when found that is about 6 feet from the speaker. Horn loading the tweeter with the bass unit is a big problem. On the whole they are a bit wonderful. A friend used multiple Tannoys for midranges with no box before Meyer etcetera. The KEF LS 50 is a better version in many ways. What Tannoy suggests the KEF does and it is cheap. The Tannoy ability to say that it is there at low volume is nice. The Klipshce Forte 2 is more my cup of tea.
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