Advantages: Very clear, very crisp
Disadvantages: slight lack of bottom end! Tho I wouldnt frett.

...Finally ! After 2 years i've got my small home studio together. Why so long? laziness and a sheer huge ammount of university work to do, that's why. Im Welsh but you could forgive me for being Scottish by my meaness when it comes to forking out for equipment (only joking, no offence to any Scottish, just mirroring an urban myth of being tight with the cash heh.) The Tannoy Reveal Actives come in at around £359. Believe me I've been to every single site to find the cheapest price and they all more or less (+-10%) fizzle off at that price. I was told about these monitors a while ago and that if I wanted to use them for dance music that I should think twice! Whoever that was, they got it wrong. These babys boom loud let me tell you. I was amazed by the clarity of the sound. They handled the roughest, most dirty basslines I could... Read review

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Advantages: Deep bass, weighty sound. Relatively cheap.
Disadvantages: Actually discontinued (seek out newer mx3s), treble and detail can sound a little less exciting compared to other speakers.

...As I said, I don't know what the mx3s are like, but I expect them to sound similar, but with an improved (tweaked) sound. Unfortunately, these speakers aren't bi-wireable so an upgrade involves new speakers. Perhaps Tannoy's Revolution R2s or R3s would be the way to go - I haven't heard these myself, but they have received good reviews and are more aimed at hi-fi than home cinema. If you use these in a home cinema set up, Tannoy also make rear, centre and subwoofer speakers in the Mercury range, so get yourself a surround sound (5.1) amp/receiver and a DVD player, widescreen TV... etc..... Read review

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Advantages: Great price Vs performance, compact, good sound.
Disadvantages: Very minor "boxiness" in mid range.

..., probably a bit of a hump at around 800Hz, if my gut feel is anything to go by (that and 22 years in the industry)...... The Tannoy MxC is a small, compact 3 way speaker unit, with two main drivers and a central tweeter. My model has a light Maple wood finish, but it comes in other colour schemes to suit your furnishings. The speaker is intended to sit either on top of your TV, or, in my case, underneath it. It is a good idea to have the TV sit on top of the speaker if possible, as this will anchor the speaker cabinet solidly in place so the cones can move freely against the cabinet, and not cause any phase errors or other distorions. Its the same priciple as spike mounting the main speakers onto the floor (see my EVO3 review for more info). The two main drivers are 130mm diameter placed either side of the single centre placed tweeter... Read review

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Advantages: Compact size and astounding looks with excellent quality
Disadvantages: None, unless the envy of friends counts!

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Advantages: AWESOME sound quailty out of all proportion for the price (see review), decent build quality and finish,
Disadvantages: Not so great for loud thumping Bass, but you can't have everything! Hulking them back home 15 miles.

...of purchasing there sadly. Then I visited SuperFi, literally two minutes walk away. I browsed around, two models catching my eye-the Tannoys and a close equivalent by KEF. I outlined my requirements to Chris and was pointed in the direction of the Tannoys. Now I'd only brought £200 with me but I'd gone in on the first day of the sale-and these had been reduced form £400. Now my attention was grabbed... Chris set the Speakers up and played an MP3 copy of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen through them. This was the extreme opposite to what I wanted them for (the MP3 format rather than Queen), but I noticed a good treble and midrange response and felt the bass was adequate at least for my needs. On furthur enquiry, I discovered they were SACD compatible, had a two year guarantee and SuperFi had a boxed set available. So I hagggled asking... Read review

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Advantages: Small,unobtrusive satellite speakers.
Disadvantages: Not as good as larger speakers.

...I brought my set of tannoys 15 months ago and, at the time,they cost £300.Now,with a little searching around,they can be obtained for under £200. What you get in the box is five satellite speakers(two front,two rear and a centre speaker) plus a seperate powered subwoofer. You also get wall mounted supports for the two front and two rear speakers and all the speaker cables(i changed the cables to 79 stand q.e.d. speaker cable to improve the sound). Setting up the system is relatively easy:you just need an electric drill for the the wall mounted stands and once fitted,you just connect the cables to your home cinema amp. Easy!! Once you have connected everything,it is time to try out the system. My first reaction and i am sure yours will be the same was one of complete disbelief!! The sound quality for such small speakers... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, go loud without distortion, daisy-chainable speakon connections.
Disadvantages: Narrow treble dispersion, MDF cabinets are heavy and softer than ply.

...setting with a hifi amp will result in misery. They've been designed for 200-or-more-Watts RMS amplifiers and for being a long way from their audience, so being in a small room with them as they just barely start to twitch their heavily damped 12" cones at around 20W of input is painful. Put your earplugs in, crank 'em up and stand twenty feet away, and you'll find that they'll sound just like a top-notch nightclub sound system, sans earthquake sub-bass. If you need a higher-than-standard flying speaker in your disco rig (or your old one's a flap-coned wreck) and if you can find them for less than £1000 each, they're a bargain... at list price, they aren't. If you saw the dual-concentric design and hoped for something like Tannoy Monitor Golds, then stay away because these are a different beast altogether.... Read review

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Advantages: Sweet transparent sound, bi wireable, solidly built.
Disadvantages: None yet found !

...For several years I was a Tannoy fan - I just had to have that special "dual concentric" sound which is unique to Tannoy DC's. Since 1974, I have owned 3 different sets of Dual Concentric speakers, although I never aspired to the dizzy heights of a Westminster Gold setup (way too pricey !) However, when I upgraded from *just* a music system (CD, Tape, LP and Radio) to a full blown Home Cinema system, which needed a full blown 6.1 loudspeaker system - I had to admit defeat. The Tannoys had had their day, and it was time to move on. Decisions, decisions..... what to get..... ?? I visited several single room demo HiFi shops in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and other parts of the Midlands area. I took my time. When you are going to spend 400 to 500 quid on JUST a pair of speakers, you have to be totally sure. Most... Read review

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Advantages: chances of dying small
Disadvantages: but chance is there

...not unusual for Russia but this was like whiteout conditions. Got lined up, engines rev, off we go, lift off, couple of hundred feet, nasty bang from right engine where i am sat. After some lunging about (bearing in mind by this time are in storm clouds) seem to level out. Quite obviously you can see the right engine is now not working due to the amount of oil covering it and the fact that it is making no noise. In slight contrast the whole plane is making lots of noise. The visability is absolute pants, the plane is lurching about and could be about 3 feet from the ground for all we know. Screaming, crying and a sudden desire to believe in a spiritual being overtook the plane. The pilot said something on the tannoy (but alas my russian is a bit crap.) However it was a bit indistinct with all the yelling anyhow. ****little interlude... Read review

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Advantages: Um, sunshine - no thanks to Golden Sun.
Disadvantages: Cut two days off our holiday, no information, no customer care, misinformation at best. Appauling service. No compensation as yet.

...at the hotel and when we eventually arrived at the port, our bags lay sorrowfully unattended, stranded in the middle of a carpark. Disgusted to find them like that but relieved we still had them, we boarded the ferry and once again let our bags go into the ever-increasing mountain of luggage nestled at the edge of the cars, just behind the stern doors. We were allocated a cabin - to share with two complete strangers, who thank God, turned out to be lovely. Next came the tannoy messages. The ferry cannot sail due to high winds on Santorini. The ferry will leave at 8pm. Midnight. 7am. The tannoy informed us that the reps had been contacted and that they 'can not or will not' come aboard. Seeing as it was possible for my boyfriend and I to disembark for a pizza around 11pm, I think the 'will not' was more accurate. At 7:45am the following... Read review

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