LX_4_MAN Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Would appear to be very early golds using left over red frames , you can also tell where the bass driver terminates on the frame by the reccesed oval cutouts instead of round like the later gold 12 frames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 They will be 67, 68 without a doubt , quite normal for tannoy to find a box of leftover components and throw it into a run of golds , same with the first hpd385's using monitor gold 15 frames with 8 holes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naggots Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 He must’ve bought them for mum as a push gift...... I was born in 67 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 First run of golds was 67 so it make sense and with those red frame castings it backs it up ! I would of gone and had kids by now if I knew I'd be gifted a set of monitor golds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 For anyone else interestead in dating there tannoys the serials number runs are individual and consecutive for size , I can post all the serial data sheets up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naggots Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, Lx4man said: First run of golds was 67 so it make sense and with those red frame castings it backs it up ! I would of gone and had kids by now if I knew I'd be gifted a set of monitor golds Thankyou, so cool to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 What else is a man meant to do when home alone .....spent the last hour waxing my wood 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willmax Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 59 minutes ago, Lx4man said: What else is a man meant to do when home alone .....spent the last hour waxing my wood These look magnificent mate, I'd love to hear/own a pair one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just now, Willmax said: These look magnificent mate, I'd love to hear/own a pair one day. Open invite to listen if you ever find yourself in vic covidsafe of coarse , they are hard to come by in Australia , the bass on these distributor port (think onken style ) sounds so open which is what I like......and everything else tannoy about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 tonight's music and rotation of the week is brought to me by my 1968 monitor gold 15's 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willmax Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Lx4man said: tonight's music and rotation of the week is brought to me by my 1968 monitor gold 15's Oh wow you've got a great Tannoy collection Lx4man. I'm definitely gonna have to take up on your offer for a visit when restrictions ease mate. Maybe I should write a letter to Danny boy to see what he can do about it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 20 hours ago, Willmax said: Oh wow you've got a great Tannoy collection Lx4man. I'm definitely gonna have to take up on your offer for a visit when restrictions ease mate. Maybe I should write a letter to Danny boy to see what he can do about it This is the covid immunization....with all these tannoys in the house I dont leave so never have a chance to catch covid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hmmmmm I wonder what this key will fit ....maybe a treasure chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Another part of my tannoy museum, the grf memory , and the other one is.........on the other side it think ? Sorry I may have temporary memory loss 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Finally I re arranged so I can get out my back door .......for now 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Got the glenair 15's being fed by a couple of 845's today .......goodluck for ne listening in the dark tonight 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Lurking up in my bedroom I have my second pair of ardens that I'm about to service over the next few weeks and then due to space they will be moved on ! These are the rarer teak with sand grill cloth models , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 So thought I would post a few pics of these monitor gold 12's I've been rebuilding for @naggots , they were dropped off with me , voice coil rubbing and not working , we sourced the last known nos 12 inch monitor gold cones as I found the original voice coils were absolute toast , I've cleaned the VC gaps and hf gap , re aligned and check shims on hf drivers , fitted and aligned new bass cones and yet to do crossovers and plugs , just got them running and ran a few sweeps and they are ballanced nice and even and testing spot on ! Have them running with brand new 50 year old cones and they sound great ! Cant wait to finish the xovers and hear them once they have some cabs proffesional built 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naggots Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 10 hours ago, Lx4man said: So thought I would post a few pics of these monitor gold 12's I've been rebuilding for @naggots , they were dropped off with me , voice coil rubbing and not working , we sourced the last known nos 12 inch monitor gold cones as I found the original voice coils were absolute toast , I've cleaned the VC gaps and hf gap , re aligned and check shims on hf drivers , fitted and aligned new bass cones and yet to do crossovers and plugs , just got them running and ran a few sweeps and they are ballanced nice and even and testing spot on ! Have them running with brand new 50 year old cones and they sound great ! Cant wait to finish the xovers and hear them once they have some cabs proffesional built They look fantastic, thankyou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willmax Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Looks like you are in good hands @naggots that is one knowledgeable and passionate Tannoy collector/owner/techie all in one guy for sure 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naggots Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 33 minutes ago, Willmax said: Looks like you are in good hands @naggots that is one knowledgeable and passionate Tannoy collector/owner/techie all in one guy for sure Yeah, truly dedicated to the dying art of Tannoy and keeping them alive. These were my fathers drivers, he bought in the late 60’s and by the looks of it had a few good 60’s parties and blew one up!!! He’s had them in storage since 1974. So lucky to find the replacement cones. Id never heard Tannoys before until Alex fired his 15” monitor golds up, wow they sound fantastic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX_4_MAN Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Have the big ardens bringing 1977 into 2021 on the last day I own them ....... @Willmax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willmax Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I hope that @Braumeister does not mind me re-posting his photos here for the other Tannoy aficionados. Check out his exquisite Tannoy Reds with amazingly good looking crossovers full of Duelund capacitors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCvinyl Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 22/01/2021 at 7:34 PM, Willmax said: I hope that @Braumeister does not mind me re-posting his photos here for the other Tannoy aficionados. Check out his exquisite Tannoy Reds with amazingly good looking crossovers full of Duelund capacitors. I’m sure you could squeeze them into your room @Willmax. Go on, you know you want to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willmax Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 54 minutes ago, McCvinyl said: I’m sure you could squeeze them into your room @Willmax. Go on, you know you want to! That thought has crossed my mind you know LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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