Tannoy-JBL question..

Mt, i am talking about vintage JBL's from the late 70s early 80's,,,not the current stuff.

Its well known that Tannoy drivers were great when the vintage Golds came out, but the cabinets sucked.

You're still talking about very different speaker building philosophies. Also whenever vintage speakers are considered, the aging of the surrounds must also be considered. It's difficult to compare them. Much of what I said before is still applicable.

Tannoy has a very dedicated almost purist following while JBL is geared to the mass-market. This is not to say that you will prefer Tannoy in a 'face-to-face' comparison. It is just that Tannoy has very loyal following. Kef speakers can compete.

Also, if you go to the bluebook you will find that Tannoy keeps value better than JBL.

I understand, but u guys are missing the point...I know the value differences in $$, and regarding surrounds, I am obviously looking at speakers whose surrounds are in good shape.

Cult following or not doesnt necessarily make the sound...Old JBL's also have a cult following...It seems to me that for sale, there are as many vintage Tannoys as vintage JBL's.

Jsujo, Off the topic, looking at your system setup, I would have kept the EV 12TRXBs and replace the MC40 with something better like 300B SET amps or even some more suitable EL84 Push pull amps. The MC40s seems to be bottom heavy to me. As far as preamp goes, I prefer the SP-11 MKII over the TF-10s.
The sound of the EV 12TRXBs can be still improve with better cabinet. They sound great with transmission line cabinets like the Tannoy retangular GRF.

As far as Tannoy gold 12" goes, it sounded quite thick and dark to me. A super tweeter with right crossover would help. Works well only with SETs and not very clean sounding with Push Pull amps.

As far as JBL goes, I like the 075 + 375 with D130 bass driver. Again, they sound better with lower power amps. We tried with active cross-over. It sounded okay but we prefer the passive with single amplification.