#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL DRIVER#
#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL SOFTWARE#
#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL SERIES#

The Ellipses reminded me a lot of the Tannoy 800As I use to mix on, but much better. It sounds wonderful to fully crank up the HF, lending an openness and 'air' to the overall sound. I did not use the plugs or change any of the controls as I had the speakers in an open space, away from corners, above the console and in a fairly dead room with minimum acoustic treatment. The Mid control is a broad peak of +/- 2 dB at 1.4 kHz, while the HF shelving control provides +/- 3 dB at 25 kHz-so broad that it ends up being up to +/- 1 dB at 4.5 kHz. The LF control goes +/-3 dB at 45 Hz, and the speakers come with a set of foam plugs to reduce bass below 80 Hz by closing up either or both of the two bass reflex ports. The rear panel's aluminum back plate integrates the amplifier/power supply heat sink, XLR input connector (no 1/4-inch or RCA jacks), +4dB/-10dBV sensitivity control and controls for a 3-band equalizer before the crossover. They are made from laminated birch with MDF front and rear panels, and rest on rubber pedestals. The dual-ported Ellipse enclosures weigh more than 46 pounds each and measure 21 1/4-inches wide by 16 5/8-inches high, including the SuperTweeter. The fact that the speaker system's high-frequency phase error is reduced and all of the upper harmonics are reproduced makes for a superior listening experience. Likewise, the SuperTweeter reduces the amount of the loudspeaker's high-frequency phase error by shifting the tweeter's roll-off beyond 20 kHz. Subwoofers lower the system's low-frequency roll-off and reduce phase error in low-frequency reproduction. The SuperTweeter works like the addition of a subwoofer. Studies show that humans can detect upper harmonics, even when they are not perceived as sound. Why 50 kHz? Spectral measurements show that musical sources and speech sibilance contain considerable sonic energy above 20 kHz.

#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL DRIVER#

This driver has a bandwidth of 50kHz, uses an aluminum-alloy and carbon-fiber dome, and is driven by a 30W IC amplifier. The SuperTweeter is mounted atop the cabinet and time-aligned to the primary driver by its physical positioning and through the 14kHz highpass crossover filter's design. Both the LF driver and HF tweeter use identical 200-watt discrete MOSFET amplifiers. Frequency response for this pair is 30Hz to 14kHz with crossover at 1.7 kHz. Time alignment between tweeter and the low/mid driver is physically locked in all three axes with little need for electronic manipulation. The aluminum-alloy dome tweeter has a Tulip WaveGuide horn that is appended by a molded polypropylene cone, which simultaneously reproduces the lower frequencies from the long-throw low/mid driver. The Ellipse 10's primary driver uses a dual-magnet assembly for the center-mounted tweeter and concentric low/midrange unit. My evaluation speakers were Ellipse 10s without DSP.

#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL SOFTWARE#

(Price with DSP is $5,500 a pair without is $3,550.) Tannoy's DSP, titled IDP for Interactive Digital Programming, uses TC Electronic's speaker DSP and IDP software to control the crossover's operation, add equalization for room correction and apply bass management for surround sound installations.

#TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC ELIPTICAL SERIES#

The Ellipse Series comes in both 8-inch and 10-inch versions, with or without DSP. The monitors' elliptical shape is said to diffuse diffraction and reflections common in rectangular cabinets. The three-way powered monitors feature Tannoy's Dual Concentric driver, a company mainstay since 1947, and the time-aligned Wideband SuperTweeter that extends the high-frequency response beyond 50 kHz. Tannoy's Ellipse 10 monitors make bold statements on many levels beyond their futuristic-looking yet functional cabinet styling. Over 260 Mix Magazine Equipment And Software Reviews Over 2,000 Equipment Front Panel Recall Sheets, Manuals::Free DownLoadīarry's 2,300 Music Connection Magazine Articles And Reviews

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