Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms vintage versus modern hifi

Since it was about to get a young dog I had to rethink my loudspeakers. I really like the BBC Stirling Broadcast LS3/6. But they stand very filigree on delicate stands of the brand "something solid" 40cm high. A young tempestuous dog would be able to drop them into the depths, onto the tube amp or turntable.

But I did not want to reinstall the very large Klipsch Jubilee in the living room. So it occurred to me that from my small collection I could revive my 1993 Tannoy Canterbury 15, which I bought in 2000 and listened to for 8 years and they would be able to defend themselves against a young dog.
What at first seemed like a compromise solution became a very joyful idea. Memories came high above the chocolate side of the Tannoys. So I simply thought that I would wake them up from their Sleeping Beauty sleep and bring them home from the storage area in my office and plug them in - together with the ST200 Tannoy super tweeters.

But what a horror when I removed the grills. The surroundings of the cones were absolutely worn out during the 13 years of very protected and dry storage. Fortunately I found an expert who was very professional and competent to replace the original Tannoy beads of this model.

Today the repaired chassis came back with the mail and I will report how it sounds when I have built everything together but first I must transport this beasts of cabinets to my home.

Here the sight of the destroyed beads, very sticky, semi-transparent and without form and stability. Unfortunately these beads are made of some kind of rubberized foam and 15 years is the maximum life span. But if I would take other beads from other generations of Tannoy Alcomax, all data of spring rate etc. would be wrong for this model.