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A M E R I C A
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Nearfield Monitor
Reference Manual
Tannoy North America Inc.
335 Gage Ave., Suite #1 Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2M 5E1
Tel:(519)745-1158 Fax:(519)745-2364 Toll Free Dealer Faxline:(800)525-7081
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- Page 1 I N C. Nearfield Monitor Reference Manual Tannoy North America Inc. 335 Gage Ave., Suite #1 Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2M 5E1 Tel:(519)745-1158 Fax:(519)745-2364 Toll Free Dealer Faxline:(800)525-7081 e - m a i l : i n q u i r i e s @ t a n n o y n a . c o m...
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Page 2: Placement Of The Speakers
Crossover List of spare parts WARRANTY Tannoy North America Inc. 335 Gage Ave., Suite #1 Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2M 5E1 Tel:(519)745-1158 Fax:(519)745-2364 Toll Free Dealer Faxline:(800)525-7081 e - m a i l : i n q u i r i e s @ t a n n o y n a . c o m... - Page 3 8.2” 208 mm 13.75 ” 349.25 mm...
- Page 4 2.0 THE BASICS The Proto-J is the latest playback monitor from Tannoy, a company with unrivalled experience in stu- dio monitoring. It has an extremely detailed, dynamic sound with a wide, flat frequency response –...
- Page 5 Due of the high peak power handling of Tannoy monitors, responsible use of even more powerful amplifiers should not represent a danger to the speakers if the amplifiers are not overdriven. Now, just because you have a Ferrari, it doesn’t mean to say you can drive it at the red line all of the time,...
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Page 6: Orientation
3.0 PLACEMENT OF THE SPEAKERS Now here’s the truly critical stuff. Speaker placement and the listening environment can completely compromise the performance of any loudspeaker, no matter how much it costs. It is important to understand some limitations of nearfield speakers, and the operating environment, in order for you to gain the maximum performance from the pair sitting in front of you. -
Page 7: Horizontal Right
In the diagrams below we have a graphical representation of the speaker systems operating at the crossover point where both high and low frequency drivers produce the same output level. The first one shows a pair of two-way loudspeakers lying on their side. Note that each driver is producing sound, and because there is a physical distance separating them on the baffle, there is also a time difference separating the drivers, and the result is what you see here. - Page 8 Another interesting note, the Tannoy true Point Source Dual Concentric™ monitors are free from the physical offsets previously described, which means that the behavior of the Dual Concentric™ montors will not change in the horizontal, vertical or any other plane you can pick. The other neat thing about Dual Concentric™...
- Page 9 EQ, or leaning back and listening to the mix. Don’t go crazy trying to get this exact to three decimal places, within a few inches will suffice. Your Tannoy monitors have a wide sweet spot both horizontally and vertically to reduce the variations in sound quality as you move around doing your recording engineer stuff.
- Page 10 3.3 Console Reflections The number one killer of smooth nearfield monitor response is the mixing console. Most people park their nearfield monitors on top of the meter bridge, which makes the console top the most influential reflecting surface for the sound you hear when you’re mixing. How important is that reflection? If it were such a big deal, wouldn’t people have done something different by now? Let’s face it, this industry is not exactly quick to acknowledge a situation that makes it apparent we’ve ignored a prob- lem for the ten years or so since nearfields became popular.
- Page 11 The 2 millisecond reflection window really affects the character of the sound at the mix position, drastically altering the response of the speaker in the critical audio bands of 500 Hz and above. The 10 millisecond reflection window does some more subtle things to the speaker’s response, because the ear/brain reads reflections arriving within 10 milliseconds of the direct sound as being part of the speaker’s response, these reflections can pull the stereo image around in different directions at dif- ferent frequencies.
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Page 12: Bass Ports/Equalization
3.4 Speaker Mounting You’ve probably got your monitors delicately balanced on your console meter bridge, or sitting on a counter top beside your hard disc editor. Find some music with some real solid low end that you know well. Try listening to this music with the speaker sitting directly on the mounting surface and then with it sitting on a thin piece of rubber pad. -
Page 13: Performance Data
4.0 PERFORMANCE DATA (dB) Figure 1. On axis anechoic frequency response On axis anechoic frequency response Ohms Impedance Impedance... -
Page 14: Technical Specifications
Tannoy operates a policy of continuous research and development. The introduction of new materials or manufacturing methods will always equal or exceed the published specifications which Tannoy reserve the right to alter without prior notice. Please verify the latest specifications when dealing with critical applications. - Page 15 Tannoy North America Inc. 335 Gage Ave., Suite #1 Kitchener, On Canada N2M 2C8 Telephone: (519) 745-1158 Fax: (519) 745-2364 E-mail: inquiries@tannoyna.com Internet: http://www.tannoy.com DO NOT SHIP ANY PRODUCT TO TANNOY WITHOUT PREVIOUS AUTHORIZATION. This warranty in no way affects your statutory rights.
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