A friend of mine (who also made by bass guitars) built the cabinets out of high-density chipboard. These cost me £505 (Pounds Sterling) for the drivers and crossovers in 1985. So I saved up and bought a couple of 15inch DC386 driver kits (DU386 drive units). One problem - I couldn't afford that kind of money!Īt that time, Wilmslow Audio carried Tannoy drivers. I remember hearing Billy Cobham being played full blast through the best equipment they could put together. I also had the opportunity of hearing some of the big hi-fi Tannoys being played in a shopping mall when the last of the real Manchester hi-fi shops went into decline and was taken over by Lasky's who didn't really know what to do with genuine hi-fi. My interest in Tannoys came from hanging around various studios in my band days - the Tannoys always sounded more musical than the JBL systems which always sounded too harsh in the treble area. I can't really remember how long I had them but I knew even then the importance of efficient speakers.īeing a musician (back then anyway), I was then inspired by Tannoy dual-concentric speakers. My first were a pair of KEF Concorde speakers. Surprisingly, I have only ever had two sets of hi-fi speakers. So, instead of being a review, this article is basically just a general overview of my speakers. The main reason I have not included this information before is because I have had them for so long that I find it difficult to compare them to anything else as I have not had anything else in my current listening area. I have, therefore, decided to write this article. Since starting this site, I have had numerous queries about what speakers I am using and then requests for further details after responding. The new speakers are far superior to the Tannoys in my existing system. Information Update: Since writing this article, I have now replaced these speakers with Audio Note Speaker Kit03 speakers.

Tannoy dual concentric drivers