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Tannoy gold 12" cabinets

Hello. I am looking for a recomendation on cabinet size for my newly aquired 12" gold monitors. I have done the usual searches but have not found exactly what I am looking for yet.

Thanks for any help you can provide
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islandmandan
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PK, not in Vancouver, but not too far away, the north end of Whidbey Island, just west of Oak Harbor.

I don't know if you've ever heard Tannoys, but when I first got my drivers and crossovers from the UK, I laid them down on the floor next to my then speakers ($9000/pair Dynaudio Contour 5.4's) which were pretty good, I thought, but the Tannoys, in that primitive situation, actually blew the Dynas away in every way possible. That's why I say to give them a go. Outstanding results can be had.

Regards,
Dan
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pkvintage OP
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Thanks Dan. Dont know how the sony turntable bit got in the first part of the post. Weird. Anyways,  I have Audio Note behind them so I beleive they will sound very good when I get the cabinets sorted out. I am in victoria actually. 
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islandmandan
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Ah, beautiful city. I have a photo on my wall I took from a hotel room of the city at night, showing the city lights, and the harbor, with the moon at its brightest. Got engaged to my wife that night. Fond memories.

Dan
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Hello PK and forum,

Came across this post and wondered how you made out with your tannoy cabinet project.

I recently received a pair of Tannoy 12" monitor golds from a friend who had them around unused from the 70's.

They are in furniture style cabinets (about 24"x24") with castors and non-removable grilles with a wooden lattice design. I quite like the vintage look but from what I've read online it seems like the sound can be improved with different cabinets.

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated - especially if any one has had success in modifying the existing cabinet to retain the original look.

Thanks in advance - mm

BTW, I am in Vancouver. 

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I am still building. What I figured out is that it is very much about the cabinet volume and not what dimensions you use to get there. Unless you are skilled enough to build or want to spend thousands on really complicated cabinets.

The 12" golds work best apparently in cabs of 90 to 205 litres. WxHxD x .61 or convert cubic inches to litres on line. Mine ended up an interior size of approx 125 litres after calculating in driver and bracing. 38" T x 16 x 13.75. 1" Baltic Birch. This is apparently a favourable size.

I am now going through porting and tunning. I am lucky enough to have professional help with this stage of the build. Correctly tuned, this cabinet should get me down to about 33hz which is very good.

I did not mitre I used but joints and re veneered the tops and bottoms to cover the end grain. My finished product will resemble the DeVore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96

https://www.google.com/search?q=arangutan+speakers&oq=arangutan+speakers&aqs=chrome..69i57j0...:

This is a fairly simple design to build. I have  not built Cabinets before but do have solid basic wood working skills.

I would be happy to answer any questions you have about my process or tricks I learned along the way. I have never actually heard Tannoys so am  really looking forward to it. I will post my impressions when I get there.

Cheers. Paul
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