Whaleblue
Southbound
I’ve had my @fraserking built Balmorals for a few weeks, and have been meaning to do a write up ever since the day they arrived!
Fraser built them as a speculative project for a friend of a friend, but luckily for me they became available, and I jumped on them to house the totally rebuilt (by Frank @cooky1257) HPD315s. The drivers arrived in some rather spiffy white Devon cabs - apparently a custom build by Tannoy back in the late 70’s, but were crying out for cabs to do them justice.
Once in contact with Fraser we discussed the work required to finish the cabs and grilles. The cabs were mostly ready in a glorious teak veneer, but the baffle needed recutting for my drivers, and a new piece of veneer to match the rest of the cabs was found - here apparently:
The cabs were then prepped for my 315s:
Fraser then set about building a set of crossovers worthy of the project. A few weeks passed, and eventually the day arrived. Fraser kindly traveled down to me with everything in his estate and set about the transplant. A donor Devon cab:
And a 315 finds its new home:
I get the first listen:
While Frase looked nervously on! There was no need Frase, they bowled me over from the first track, and have never yet failed to impress!
The master cabinet maker gets a listen:
And is happy to find out that my enthusiasm was well founded.
These now give a lot more bass than in the Devons, without being bloaty or slow. The midrange opens up further and treble is just the sweetest - cab or crossover? Let’s accept some of both. Without exaggeration these are the best all-round performers I’ve ever had the pleasure to own.
Some more pics:
Huge thanks to Fraser, and of course none of this would have happened without the excellent driver restoration carried out by Frank. You’ve made me a very happy new member of the Tannoy club.
Fraser built them as a speculative project for a friend of a friend, but luckily for me they became available, and I jumped on them to house the totally rebuilt (by Frank @cooky1257) HPD315s. The drivers arrived in some rather spiffy white Devon cabs - apparently a custom build by Tannoy back in the late 70’s, but were crying out for cabs to do them justice.
Once in contact with Fraser we discussed the work required to finish the cabs and grilles. The cabs were mostly ready in a glorious teak veneer, but the baffle needed recutting for my drivers, and a new piece of veneer to match the rest of the cabs was found - here apparently:
The cabs were then prepped for my 315s:
Fraser then set about building a set of crossovers worthy of the project. A few weeks passed, and eventually the day arrived. Fraser kindly traveled down to me with everything in his estate and set about the transplant. A donor Devon cab:
And a 315 finds its new home:
I get the first listen:
While Frase looked nervously on! There was no need Frase, they bowled me over from the first track, and have never yet failed to impress!
The master cabinet maker gets a listen:
And is happy to find out that my enthusiasm was well founded.
These now give a lot more bass than in the Devons, without being bloaty or slow. The midrange opens up further and treble is just the sweetest - cab or crossover? Let’s accept some of both. Without exaggeration these are the best all-round performers I’ve ever had the pleasure to own.
Some more pics:
Huge thanks to Fraser, and of course none of this would have happened without the excellent driver restoration carried out by Frank. You’ve made me a very happy new member of the Tannoy club.
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