Custom made Tannoy

Cayuga
Cayuga Posts: 480
edited December 2011 in Vintage Speakers
A friend of mine gave me these custom Tannoy's. I have no idea what to do with them, they are huge. I looked on line and found that Tannoy is well thought of, what are your thoughts? These were made in the late 50's or early 60's I think. If antone has info to share, please do. Sorry the pictures aren't very good
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2011
    I bet they sound pretty 'good' but they look like Bedroom furniture!

    cnh
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited June 2011
    Err... 4 mismatched speakers? You planning on running a 4 room mono system?
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2011
    Feel free to pass them on to me.

    The speaker in the center is a Monitor Silver in an Westminster type cabinet. The one on the right appears to be another Monitor Silver in a typical aftermarket Tannoy cab(probably 200 liters) with a slot port. I have no idea what that speaker is on the left.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,812
    edited June 2011
    great momma horsefeathers, son. Those are lifetime loudspeakers.
    (and I don't know about the one on the left, either... but still)
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    I feel a little more than stupid, I had no idea what has been given to me. As I'm reading about these speakers I have to go and look at them and wonder why would anyone give these away. I still have no idea what to do with them, they won't fit in any room I have.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2011
    You can get a pretty penny for the one in the center or right. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1950s-Tannoy-Monitor-15-15L-Loudspeaker-speaker-/150619363841?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item23119d1a01
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,259
    edited June 2011
    Face wrote: »
    You can get a pretty penny for the one in the center or right. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1950s-Tannoy-Monitor-15-15L-Loudspeaker-speaker-/150619363841?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item23119d1a01


    Well I know what I would do with them...:cool:
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited June 2011
    Face wrote: »
    You can get a pretty penny for the one in the center or right. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1950s-Tannoy-Monitor-15-15L-Loudspeaker-speaker-/150619363841?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item23119d1a01

    Well said, Mike! :cool:

    Cayaga, Congrats! It's not everyday someone will give you a Tannoy so best of luck to you whatever you are going to do with them.
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2011
    You could also ask him to build you narrower(18" wide) cabinets.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,812
    edited June 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Well I know what I would do with them...:cool:

    They'd be in my living room - they are at least on a par with the Altec 604E Duplexes that are there now... (and many would hold that they are even better).
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited June 2011
    Jeeze, I'm glad you didn't give them away or do something worse.

    cubdog
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,812
    edited June 2011
    They could pay his new shop's first month's rent (at least)...

    as an aside... to this day, the noun "tannoy" (taken from the Tannoy loudspeakers and horns) is a colloquial synonym for "loudspeaker" in the UK; just as "Kleenex" is for "facial tissue", "Jello" is for "flavored gelatin food" or "Xerox" (still) is for "dry-process instant photocopy" in the US.

    http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Tannoy/Tannoy.htm
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited June 2011
    In that case I've got a bunch of tannoys I'll sell real cheap.

    cubdog
    Shuguang Classic S8MK
    Emotiva XDA-2
    Bel Canto M300 mono blocks
    Bel Canto DAC 1.5
    Squeezebox Touch
    Sony SS-M7
    A/D/S L710
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2011
    Are you kidding me? Enjoy the Euro vacation, the new car, or whatever you decide to do. Talk about falling face first into a bag of money. Good lord.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    I know talking about money on this site is taboo but after reading some of the responses, what are these thing really worth? Is there added value having the cabs? I thought the cabs were made by a local cabinet maker, I didn't realize the speakers came this way.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2011
    That's a cool gift....keep them, listen to them on some nice tube gear and keep what you like best. Sell the rest....to the ppl here.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited June 2011
    :eek: Damn, wish I had a friend like yours! :smile:

    All I ever got was some cheap @ss Panasonic Thrusters from my friend. lol
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    I think a nice gift for my friend is in-order.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2011
    Do me a favor and let me know what is in the odd cabinet on the left - I've never seen anything like that before. Just before you move them, or store them, whatever.

    Honestly, if you don't NEED the cash, that's a HUGE rainy day to keep in the closet. It will do as well as most cd's or money market accounts. ;)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    RuSsMaN, I will report on that left speaker. I think I will pull it and see what markings are on it and report back.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Face beat me to the punch on the middle and right one. Those are some sweeeeeeeet speakers your friend gave you.

    Enjoy them.
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    Thank you, I still can't believe how lucky I was to get these. The truth is they were going to be put on the curb as garbage.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited June 2011
    Dumb question time......were these originally meant to be used as mono's? Or are they each missing a mate?
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,812
    edited June 2011
    it is quite possible; they could predate the era of common domestic stereo hifi, which really didn't start until the very late 1950s/early 1960s.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Well monitor silvers stopped being produced in the late 50's. So these are more than likely for a mono system.

    The one in the middle looks very similar to the Corner GRF loudspeaker system.

    http://www.44bx.com/tannoy/grf.html

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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    I'm glad members are looking at these speakers, I would like to know as much as I can about these speakers. I'm going to pull the driver on the left speaker tonight, I will post the markings and hope someone has information about them. Thanks
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Cayuga, My uncle had a pair of the Square GRF with the Silver 15's in them. It had an extremely open sound and very honest representation of live sound to me. Not live in the concert meaning but the live as in a guy and guitar meaning.

    They weren't the biggest boomers on the block but that isn't what they were really designed for.

    I wish I knew what happened to those speakers. I am sure a cousin has them somewhere or other.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited June 2011
    Well if your really a friend of his the least you could do is after you sell them for thousands is split the loot with him :wink: Karma works both ways :cool:



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited June 2011
    Please don't worry about my friend, he will be fine. I would love to keep these but have no room for them and no place to store them. I'm not trying to solicit anyone but I'm looking for the best way to sell these. Go through a dealer, straight listing (Craigslist/Ebay). Any thoughts or is this the wrong place to be asking. I know it's not a bad problem to have, just looking for some help. Thanks
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited June 2011
    Cayuga wrote: »
    Please don't worry about my friend, he will be fine. I would love to keep these but have no room for them and no place to store them. I'm not trying to solicit anyone but I'm looking for the best way to sell these. Go through a dealer, straight listing (Craigslist/Ebay). Any thoughts or is this the wrong place to be asking. I know it's not a bad problem to have, just looking for some help. Thanks
    Where are they being stored now? Hopefully out in the open where I will have easy access to them :tongue: J/K

    What I would do is rent me a small climate controlled storage unit if I didnt have a place to store them and do a lot of research, find out exactly what they are, Who the previous owner/s were if possible, who made them etc tallk to him if possible, what previous auctions have went for etc then place threads everywhere I could find an audio forum letting people know you have them with very detailed pictures, once people start sending you PM's which they will let them know you will be putting them on Ebay in October prices of most audio gear jump in the fall and winter months due to people not spending money on outside activities and toys and that you will send them a PM with the listing number. Even though most likely they will sell to an overseas bidder who has more money than sense year around.

    Let the auction run for as long as possible and give them the option of purchasing just the drivers or the complete speakers, there are collectors who would pay more to have them complete im sure.

    Or you could just Karma them off to 3 lucky people here :biggrin:

    BTW im not worried about your friend it was simply a word of friendly advice to be accepted or not your choice.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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