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15" Monitor Gold drive units in original Lancaster cabinets. Drive units in great condition. Cabinets show age related signs of wear. Original crossovers with updated capacitors, internal wiring and speaker terminals. Treble and Roll-off controls fully funtioning. Speakers sound fantastic. Also included is a set of Mainly Tannoy crossovers that can be easily connected as an alternative with their own speaker terminals and treble regulator.
A classic Tannoy with real collector appeal, and £1,750 looks very sensible for a clean, working example. Recent UK asking prices cluster around roughly £1,550 to £2,400, with some rarer or prettier pairs pushing higher, so this sits comfortably in fair-value territory rather than bargain-bin or ambitious pricing.
What you’re buying here is that big, effortless dual-concentric presentation: scale, coherence, and an easygoing midband that makes these so loved for vocals and acoustic music. In good condition, they’re a strong long-term hold if the cabinets are solid and the drivers are original. I’d still verify the usual vintage points — driver health, crossover work, and veneer/cabinet integrity — but nothing about £1,750 feels off for a tidy Lancaster.
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Tannoy traces its origins to 1926 in London, where Yorkshire-born engineer Guy R. Fountain established the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in a modest garage. Initially focused on battery chargers and rectifiers for early radio sets, the brand name Tannoy emerged in 1928 as a contraction of "tantalum alloy," the key materials in its innovative electrolytic rectifiers. This British pioneer quickly pivoted to loudspeakers, cementing a heritage of audio innovation that spans nearly a century, including a relocation to Coatbridge, Scotland, in the 1970s.
The company specializes in loudspeakers, renowned for its revolutionary Dual Concentric driver introduced in 1947 at the London Radio Show, which transformed studio monitoring and home audio. Tannoy's portfolio centers on high-quality speakers—ranging from bookshelf and floorstanding models to the iconic Prestige series—alongside public address systems. While historically versatile in professional sound, its modern emphasis remains on hi-fi stereo and home cinema speakers, leveraging decades of driver technology expertise rather than diversifying into amplifiers, turntables, DACs, headphones, or cables.
Tannoy holds a revered position as one of the world's oldest loudspeaker manufacturers, blending high-end prestige with vintage appeal for discerning collectors and audiophiles. Its studio-grade monitors and meticulously crafted cabinets, often produced by specialists like Poland's Diora, earn consistent praise from hi-fi critics for exceptional clarity and dynamics. Now under the Music Tribe group, Tannoy endures as a benchmark for authentic British sound reproduction, appealing to knowledgeable buyers seeking timeless performance over fleeting trends.
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