Tannoy Little Red Monitor - 1980's Vintage Dual Concentric Speakers

[@AudioNostalgia]

For an in-depth review, please visit my website: audionostalgia.co.uk/tannoy-little-red-monitor-review/

[@valerius7509]

Ahh, Tannoy Little Reds! Great to see these lovely studio monitors from 1980 getting the love they deserve. You’ll could toss these baby’s in a room an they sounded more than decent quickly. Yours seem to be in good nick while most of them where used pretty hard. Did you know that their advertisement in ‘79 stated; “After 53 years of research and development, Tannoy is proud to present its Studio Monitor range.’ 😂

[@sumanthbhat1041]

My next speakers definitely TANNOY

[@travis4798]

Tannoy was really onto something with their coaxial drivers. Probably the best sounding as far as response and handling.

[@broderperdurabo]

I have a pair and love them.

[@hamishthecat4370]

I have a pair of these sitting atop a pair of Krix siesmix 5s, incredible.

[@stevebirmingham9650]

wow you are so lucky where on earth did you get them from, I worked in hifi retail 1975-1980 in Birmingham we sold the then Tannoy range of domestic dual concentric speakers Ardens, Berkleys, Cheviots, Devons, Eatons. The one you have would have been the Eatons, we sold loads they flew out the door very popular speakers, the Cheviots wwere my favourites performance v size

[@AudioNostalgia]

Yep, nice little speakers. I get most of my stuff from eBay - you just need to be patient and be prepared to drive far away if you really like something.

[@jeffreyroberts7438]

Beautiful 👍

[@AudioNostalgia]

Thanks. I have a soft spot for these vintage Tannoys.

[@farquell5782]

I have a pair and love them. What stands are you using?

[@AudioNostalgia]

DIY. I've initially made them for JBL L100, but the were also suitable for these Tannoys.

[@farquell5782]

Nice work!

[@Feelingawesome0]

What are your favorite vintage speaker? Do the tannoys beat jbl?

[@thedude6478]

I have the larger 15x SRM. It’s been challenging to pair them with the proper amplification.

[@AudioNostalgia]

Nice! Never heard the 15x but they look cool!

[@FrontSideBus]

I’m sure I saw these on eBay a while ago. Wish I had the room for a set of speakers like this!

[@AudioNostalgia]

Yep, I bought these from a chap near to where I live. They belonged to his father who passed away. I’d probably have them even if I did not have the room ;)

[@briancampbell7712]

@playbackvintagehifihunter9669yes please tell is a good price to get these❓

[@cabriolet2007]

Hi, nice video. I am looking to buy some old TANNOY Speakers, but i cant find much info on the set im looking to buy. the model number is P40. They are from the 90s i belive. Im paying little money for them and was wondering if you have any knowledge as to if they are worth buying as my first set of floor speakers, thanks.

[@AudioNostalgia]

Thank you. I'm afraid that apart from what can be found in Google I do not know much about Tannoy P40 - sorry. All the best!

[@ZZART81]

Are they better than harbeth super hl5?

[@AudioNostalgia]

Harbeth SHL5 are probably a lot more tonally accurate and defiantly have better low end extension, but there is something alluring about the sound of these Tannoys - especially how they reproduce guitars. I don't think I can answer your question as it is all very subjective. Personally, if I could only have one pair of speakers I'd definitely pick the SHL5s.

[@TheMazo02]

those harbeth are awesome when I heard them compared to ATC SCM40

[@max311955]

Un buon abbinamento.vedrei bene anche le turnberry come diffusori.

[@ootrip40]

I always thought Tannoys in general sounded a bit harshin the highs in a lot of recording studios I was in the 80s. Was I wrong?

[@AudioNostalgia]

It depends on what sound you are used to and what room they are in. But in general, I'd probably agree with you.

[@broderperdurabo]

Ya,aha NS-1000 was a standard back then, mostly for broadast, but for reording The Tannoy's was better,.

[@gettcharged4982]

You're wrong...lol

[@hamishthecat4370]

They need a larger room to breathe and to be kept away from walls.

[@farquell5782]

I agree, they can be harsh sounding

[@KeshavaRaju08021980Friday]

Hi, which CD player?

[@AudioNostalgia]

Hi! Yamaha CD-S2000 - it's in the video description.

[@KeshavaRaju08021980Friday]

@@AudioNostalgia thank you very much, I am planning to buy a second hand Yamaha CD-S2000. What is your feedback of the player? All these days I was using Denon DVD-A1UD and I moved this player to my HT room. I use Musical Fidelity A308CR pre-amp and F16 power-amp for music listening. I am trying to understand if the Yamaha CD-S2000 has a equivalent performance like the Denon DVD-A1UD. I listen to Jazz mostly...there is very less reviews on the Yamaha CD-S2000 on the WWW and I am not able to decide.

[@AudioNostalgia]

@@KeshavaRaju08021980Friday I'm afraid I cannot help you much as I don't have any experience with Denon DVD-A1UD. I also use the Yamaha CD-S2000 with a Chord Qutest DAC, which is going to have an impact on the sound. All I can say is that I've had this player for 13 years now, and apart from the SACD laser stopping to work, I've not had any issues with it what so ever.

[@KeshavaRaju08021980Friday]

@@AudioNostalgia Thank you very much, this is very informative...

[@nikolajf]

Paul McCartney has these

[@berylhemmings7003]

Jammy's 8tk studio

[@NoNo-je6rf]

Io ho due srmx 15 che vorrei vendere

[@AudioNostalgia]

eBay would probably be a good place to start.

[@Laissez_Faire]

So I found three of Tannoy DC12i for $500. It almost seems like the same woofer and tweeter as this. Just ugly. But I’m thinking of getting them to a good woods man and giving them a look like this

[@AudioNostalgia]

Not sure if it's worth the effort. Veneering and making cabinets is usually time consuming, and therefore expensive. So depending where you live, it may actually be cheaper to get a genuine set of Tannoy LGM rather than trying to make the DC12i look like them.