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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Tannoy - A short history 34 Amplifier connections Introduction to the Kingdom Royal 36 Single wire connections 10 Tannoy Dual Concentric drive unit 40 Bi-wiring theory 14 Supertweeter 42 Bi-wiring connections 16 Bass driver 44 Bi-amping 18 Crossover 46 Grille removal...

  • Page 4: Tannoy - A Short History

    Tannoy has always been at the forefront house. His rectifier consisted of two of the communications revolution, dissimilar metals held in a special developing its own equipment and electrolyte solution.
  • Page 7 Guy Fountain retired from the company Tannoy is now part of the TC Group, in 1974, but the Tannoy company whose goal is to design, produce and continues his philosophy dedicated distribute the best engineered, most to the accurate and realistic reproduction...

  • Page 8: Introduction To The Kingdom Royal

    INTRODUCTION TO THE KINGDOM ROYAL The Kingdom Royal is a statement in engineering excellence, hand crafted to exacting standards and setting a new reference for musical performance. Distilling 80 years of Tannoy expertise into a new flagship loudspeaker of unrivalled accuracy, musical coherence and dynamic range.

  • Page 11: Tannoy Dual Concentric

    Low and high frequencies are quality stereo source. therefore fully integrated at source. It is this feature that gives the Dual The Kingdom Royal has an all-new state Concentric™ driver such unique sound of the art 12 inch Dual Concentric reproduction qualities.
  • Page 12 700Hz to ensure key vocal ranges the music. are handled by the new tweeter. This HF drive unit is one of Tannoy’s most radical driver designs to date. It couples a 3 inch heat treated aluminium alloy dome with a 1.5kg...
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  • Page 15: Supertweeter Tm

    This revolutionary plasma will destroy its performance and require technique increases the surface specialist repair by your Tannoy dealer. energy of the dome to give greater coupling to the voice coil and ensure greater consistency. Combined with a...

  • Page 16: Bass Driver

    BASS DRIVER To deliver accurate and extended While underhung driver topology is low frequencies, the Kingdom Royal expensive to implement, the result features a 15in multi-fibre bass driver is constant electromotive force on with massive ferrite motor system and the voice coil leading to significantly underhung voice coil.
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  • Page 19: Crossover

    (99.9999% pure While cryogenic treatment is a costly PCOCC copper) cable. process for such a large assembly, the resulting benefit in terms of musical cohesion and smoothness make it an essential part of the Kingdom Royal’s natural sound.
  • Page 20 Impedance matching the Dual component choice to match the Concentric HF unit was another new Kingdom Royal drivers was a area of concern, with the very best critical design concern. Many brands acoustic results coming from a custom- and types of component were...
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  • Page 23: Enclosure

    ENCLOSURE The Kingdom Royal cabinet derives This engineering technique has afforded its striking visual form from its no a very stiff enclosure with high internal compromise function. The massive volume that allows the deepest bass curve-sided cabinet is constructed from notes to be accurately reproduced.
  • Page 24 UNPACKING CAUTION: Each Kingdom Royal loudspeaker is to the loudspeaker please inform the very heavy, weighing 120kg (265lbs). carrier and the supplier immediately. Do not attempt to unpack single Always keep the packaging in such handed. We recommend that five...
  • Page 27 IMPORTANT: It is the responsibility 4. Using four people, lift the product of those involved to safely unpack the using the straps provided. product, and Tannoy will not be held liable for any resulting loss, damage or injury. 27 27...

  • Page 28: Positioning

    POSITIONING Place the loudspeakers with their rear When the optimum position for the panels approximately 1m from the rear loudspeakers has been determined, wall. Remember that the proximity position the three metal cups provided of the loudspeakers to walls and in the accessories pack, so that they sit corners will affect the sound.

  • Page 31: Amplifier Choice

    The high amplifier continually clipping. Remember peak power handling of Tannoy also that a high powered amplifier loudspeakers permits responsible running at less than 90% of output...

  • Page 32: Cable Choice

    CABLE CHOICE Always use the best quality of cable We would recommend that you always available within your budget. High keep the cable runs the same length quality audio signals passing from the for each speaker. Remember that cable amplifier to the loudspeaker are unusual construction can affect the sound in their demands on the cable.
  • Page 34 fig. 1 HIGH FREQUENCY HIGH FREQUENCY NEGATIVE(-) TERMINAL POSITIVE(+) TERMINAL LOW FREQUENCY LOW FREQUENCY NEGATIVE(-) TERMINAL POSITIVE(+) TERMINAL 'EARTH' OR 'GROUND' TERMINAL TERMINATION PANEL...

  • Page 35: Amplifier Connections

    AMPLIFIER CONNECTIONS Referring to the terminal panel diagram (see fig. 1), both low and high frequency sections of the loudspeaker are provided with their own set of input terminals. This enables operation in either single wire, bi-wire or bi-amp configuration. For optimum performance, the earth connection on the terminal panel should be connected to the amplifier chassis earth or other ground...

  • Page 36: Single Wire Connections

    SINGLE WIRE CONNECTIONS Connect the loudspeakers to the Correct polarity of the connections amplifier using a high quality cable. between the amplifier and speakers is Your dealer will be able to make essential. The positive terminal on the recommendations. The terminals will amplifier left channel, marked + (plus) accept either spade or banana plugs.
  • Page 37 fig. 2 TO RIGHT SPEAKER POWER AMPLIFIER LINK WIRES IN PLACE SINGLE WIRE CONNECTION TO RIGHT SPEAKER...
  • Page 39 If the cables and connections have been Place the loudspeakers side by side and made correctly as described above the play a monophonic signal from the loudspeakers will be automatically in amplifier, choosing the programme phase with each other. However if material with a strong bass content.

  • Page 40: Bi-Wiring Theory

    ‘slow’ signals and light current, ‘fast’ signals. Of course, the loudspeaker must be fitted with two pairs of terminals to take the two sets of cables; your Tannoy loudspeakers are of course equipped for just this type of connection.
  • Page 42 W FREQUENCY LOW FREQUENCY ) TERMINAL POSITIVE(+) TERMINAL 'EARTH' OR 'GROUND' TERMINAL TERMINATION PANEL fig. 3 TO RIGHT SPEAKER POWER AMPLIFIER LINK WIRES REMOVED TO 'GROUND' OR 'EARTH' CONNECTION ON AMPLIFIER (OPTIONAL) BI-WIRE CONNECTION...

  • Page 43: Bi-Wiring Connections

    BI-WIRING CONNECTIONS Bi-wiring releases the full potential Note the polarity marking on the cable. of the Tannoy Kingdom Royal At the loudspeaker end connect the loudspeakers. Two complete sets of cables marked Left LF+ and LF- to the cable are required. Switch the amplifier appropriate left speaker LF terminals.

  • Page 44: Bi-Amping

    Bi-amping extends the principle of bi-wiring one stage further. In this connection option separate power amplifiers are used for bass and treble signals in each loudspeaker. Four mono (or two stereo) amplifiers of the same type are required for a stereo pair of loudspeakers.

  • Page 45: Single Wire Connection

    POWER AMPLIFIER LINK WIRES IN PLACE SINGLE WIRE CONNECTION fig. 4 TO RIGHT SPEAKER HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER LOW FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER LINK WIRES REMOVED TO 'GROUND' OR 'EARTH' CONNECTION ON HIGH FREQUENCY SPEAKER AMPLIFIER (OPTIONAL) TO RIGHT BI-AMP CONNECTION...

  • Page 47: Grille Removal

    GRILLE REMOVAL Special acoustically transparent cloth is used in the grilles. However, for ultimate fidelity the enthusiast will find it is best to use these loudspeakers with their grilles removed during listening. The grilles are held in place by invisible magnetic catches.

  • Page 48: Loudspeaker System Adjustment

    TERMINATION PANEL LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT Each loudspeaker is fitted with two The ENERGY controls have five controls located on the front baffle positions. They allow the output of TO RIGHT beneath the grille. These high current the Dual HF compression drive unit SPEAKER switch blocks are labelled DUAL and SuperTweeter...
  • Page 49 TO RIGHT SPEAKER HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER LOW FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER LINK WIRES REMOVED TO 'GROUND' OR 'EARTH' CONNECTION ON HIGH FREQUENCY SPEAKER AMPLIFIER (OPTIONAL) TO RIGHT BI-AMP CONNECTION...

  • Page 51: Running In

    RUNNING IN Like all loudspeakers, the drive units in your Kingdom Royals require a while to reach optimum performance, as the stresses in the materials relax - especially in the suspension systems. For this reason, it is beneficial to run the system at fairly high levels at normal room temperature, for approximately 20 hours to achieve best results, although...

  • Page 52: Note On Auditory Perception

    Human hearing relies on the constant nature of the time delay with the intensity to locate natural sounds accurately. These Kingdom Royal loudspeakers can uniquely reconstruct stereo images and provide excellent localisation of recorded sounds. The Tannoy Dual Concentric™ principle...

  • Page 55: Care Of Cabinet

    CARE OF CABINET The cabinet may be cleaned with the Microfibre cloth provided in the accessories pack. The high gloss wooden sections may be occasionally cleaned with a high quality non-silicone furniture polish. On no account use any solvents or any abrasive materials.

  • Page 56: Fault Finding

    FAULT FINDING Tannoy loudspeakers are designed and manufactured to be reliable. When a fault occurs in a hi-fi system the effect is always heard through the loudspeakers although they may not be the source of the fault. It is important to trace the cause of the problem as accurately as possible.

  • Page 59: Warranty

    Customer Services, Tannoy Ltd at the address given below. All passive components are guaranteed for a period of five years from the date Customer Services, Tannoy Ltd.,...

  • Page 60: Specification

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Cabinet Dimensions (H x W x D) 1275 x 585 x 600 mm (50.2 x 23.0 x 23.6”) Enclosure Volume 160 litre (5.65 cu.ft.) Enclosure Type Reflex for bass driver, closed box for Dual Concentric Enclosure Weight 120kg (265lbs) Recommended Amplifier Power 20 to 600 watt RMS per channel Power Rating...
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  • Page 62 A statement in engineering excellence...
  • Page 64 T: 00 971 (04) 4401208 E: enquiries@tannoy.com TC|Group International T: 00 45 8742 7000 E: info@tcgroup-international.com TC|Group Americas T: 00 1 (519) 745 1158 E: info@tcgroup-americas.com Tannoy adopts a policy of continuous improvement and product specification is subject to change.

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