So I've been toying with the idea of trying another coaxial driver when I heard (somewhere on this forum)
about the Tannoy XT Mini, which is a 4" Dual Concentric driver with a 0.75" tweeter that can reach upto
50ish KHZ! Apparently that driver has amazing imaging capabilities probably do to the smaller mid being
able to go higher and my guess is using a shallower slope.
Using my DEQX, I've been playing around with different drivers up top and really liked the TB 0.5" Silk tweeter. There's just something very nice to my ears about having that effortless top octave without the
beaminess of the larger tweeters. Even my KEF LS50's as much as I love them could have a little more air
in the top end.
And then I saw these on the TANNOY site:
Now I've been reading about some of the drawbacks on MTM's, but I've read that alot of
that can be ameliorated using a coaxial in the center because of the lower crossover.
The XT mini centre comes off the plinth and I'll bet I could turn it sideways and use it like an MTM
configuration. Are there any drawbacks to this? I cant see why this speaker would perform much different than a left or right main. Here's the specs:
Drive Units
Dual Concentric™ High Frequency 20 mm (0.79") Linear PEI dome with Torus Ogive WaveGuide and Omnimagnet technology
Dual Concentric™ Low Frequency 100 mm (4”) multi-fibre paper 35 mm (1.38”) voice coil
Bass Driver
Crossover
Crossover Frequency 2.8 kHz
Crossover Type Passive low loss 2nd order low pass, 1st order high pass
Construction
7.9 kg (17.5 lbs)
Enclosure Type Rear ported reflex
Volume 7.6 l (0.27 cu. ft.)
Dimensions H x W x D<br />(incl. plinth) 176.9 x 450 x 205.6 mm
Weight
Recommended Amplifier Power<br />(Watts RMS)25 - 120
Continuous Power Handling<br />(Watts Peak RMS) 60
Peak Power Handling (Watts) 240
Sensitivity (2.83 Volts @ 1m) 89 dB
Nominal Impedance (Ohms) 8
Frequency Response (-6dB) 62 Hz - 52 kHz
about the Tannoy XT Mini, which is a 4" Dual Concentric driver with a 0.75" tweeter that can reach upto
50ish KHZ! Apparently that driver has amazing imaging capabilities probably do to the smaller mid being
able to go higher and my guess is using a shallower slope.
Using my DEQX, I've been playing around with different drivers up top and really liked the TB 0.5" Silk tweeter. There's just something very nice to my ears about having that effortless top octave without the
beaminess of the larger tweeters. Even my KEF LS50's as much as I love them could have a little more air
in the top end.
And then I saw these on the TANNOY site:
Now I've been reading about some of the drawbacks on MTM's, but I've read that alot of
that can be ameliorated using a coaxial in the center because of the lower crossover.
The XT mini centre comes off the plinth and I'll bet I could turn it sideways and use it like an MTM
configuration. Are there any drawbacks to this? I cant see why this speaker would perform much different than a left or right main. Here's the specs:
Drive Units
Dual Concentric™ High Frequency 20 mm (0.79") Linear PEI dome with Torus Ogive WaveGuide and Omnimagnet technology
Dual Concentric™ Low Frequency 100 mm (4”) multi-fibre paper 35 mm (1.38”) voice coil
Bass Driver
Crossover
Crossover Frequency 2.8 kHz
Crossover Type Passive low loss 2nd order low pass, 1st order high pass
Construction
7.9 kg (17.5 lbs)
Enclosure Type Rear ported reflex
Volume 7.6 l (0.27 cu. ft.)
Dimensions H x W x D<br />(incl. plinth) 176.9 x 450 x 205.6 mm
Weight
Recommended Amplifier Power<br />(Watts RMS)25 - 120
Continuous Power Handling<br />(Watts Peak RMS) 60
Peak Power Handling (Watts) 240
Sensitivity (2.83 Volts @ 1m) 89 dB
Nominal Impedance (Ohms) 8
Frequency Response (-6dB) 62 Hz - 52 kHz
