Tannoy ARDEN/CHEVIOT/EATON replica speakers

To talk about "retro", first of all, the brand must be "ancient". At this point, Tannoy is worthy of its name. This company Tannoy, a British brand founded in 1926, just celebrated its 90th birthday in 2016 and is now on its way to becoming 100 years old. Moreover, throughout history, only a few brand names have the honor of being included in the dictionary and becoming a common vocabulary. For example, Biro (brand) has become a synonym for "ballpoint pen", Hoover (brand) is a synonym for "vacuum cleaner", and Kleenex (brand) It is what people use to call "facial tissue". In the audio industry, Tannoy (brand) founded by the British Guy R Fountain is the only word included in the English dictionary. Its definition in the dictionary is "sound/sound".

"Tannoy" founded by Guy R Fountain is the only word in the audio industry that is included in the British dictionary

However, Tannoy was not always called Tannoy. In 1926, the company's name was Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, the broadcasting industry was still in its infancy at that time. The first talking picture would not be seen until the following year (1927). Radios at that time also needed to be equipped with bulky and huge batteries and huge chargers. ). At this time, Mr. Guy R Fountain, the founder of Tannoy, came. With a novel design of electronic rectifier, it made the home charger home-friendly.

In 1928, Guy R Fountain combined the names of Tantalum and Lead alloy, two metals used in rectifiers, and registered the Tannoy brand trademark. *It can be seen everywhere in the broadcast industry, and its products are even used in the British House of Commons office building.

Tannoy can be seen in many important places around the world.

For example, the City Hall in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, the Sydney Opera House, the Palladium Theater in London, the Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta, the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, the Dolce & Gabbana headquarters in Milan and the Finnish National Opera all use Tannoy sound systems. .

Tinnoon audio equipment store in the 1930s

During the Second World War, Tannoy provided services to the British Ministry of Defense and the Royal Air Force Airport. (RAF airfields) supplies PA systems. At the end of the war, British Prime Minister Churchill used Tannoy equipment when he announced the good news of the war victory at Buckingham Palace.

During World War II, Britain’s first Churchill and the Tannoy trumpet in service (shown by the arrow in the picture)

In 1948 after the Second World War, Tannoy invented the famous simultaneous Dual Concentric speakers embed the tweeter deeply in the middle of the bass unit. Its excellent characteristics were quickly adopted by famous record companies such as Decca's FFRR studio, EMI's Abbey Road, etc. as recording monitor speakers. Decades later, this coaxial speaker It still appears on Tannoy speakers and has become popular among audiophiles all over the world.

After the Second World War, Tannoy speakers quickly entered the home and became popular in the global audiophile market.

Today, Tannoy speakers have fans all over the world and have a huge user base. In Asia, the first people to become obsessed with Tannoy equipment were Japanese audiophiles. Although their living area was relatively small and the Tannoy speakers were relatively large, some fashion stores even set aside a special space to display a pair of majestic and classic Tannoy Royal Westerns. Westminster Royal speakers are used to show your taste.

All of these are related to Tannoy's continuous improvement of speaker unit design and cabinet structure over the past 90 years. Since the founding of Tannoy in 1926, its speaker units have gone through different stages of development such as Alnico (magnetic steel) series and magnet core series.

In 1947, The Monitor Black (black head) speaker driver was launched; in 1953, an improved version of The Monitor Silver (silver head) driver was launched; in 1958, The Monitor Red (red head) driver driver was launched; in 1967, an improved version of The Monitor Gold (gold head) was launched. Head) single body. Today, decades later, Tannoy speakers using these monomers are still sold as antiques in the domestic and foreign fever equipment markets, with prices starting at tens of thousands of yuan and they are still hot-selling items.