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Loudspeakers / UK

Tannoy

Tannoy is known for Dual Concentric loudspeakers. Its larger cabinets have become focal points in rooms built around vinyl playback.

Design & approach

Tannoy’s company history begins in London in 1926 and spans both professional and domestic listening. The brand appears here in several very different forms, from substantial room speakers to compact fills. Our venue records distinguish those roles and retain uncertainty where photographs alone do not establish a model.

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Venue equipment records, including their original model uncertainties. Shared-system entries retain the full recorded context.

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Equipment, commissions and collaborations.

Tokyo / Japan

Bar Martha ↗

Reported / tentative

Bar Martha’s published equipment information names the Tannoy Autograph. A visitor’s different recollection of GRF cabinets is not treated as an additional confirmed model.

  • House speakers: Autograph — published house specification

Inside the system

Bar Martha’s Tannoy Autographs are paired with a rotating selection of McIntosh and custom valve amplifiers. Garrard and EMT decks feed mixing and preamplification stages, so the installation combines record handling, signal control and speaker drive as distinct functions.

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Amsterdam / Netherlands

Cornerstore ↗

Equipment in use

Cornerstore lists Tannoy in its loudspeakers setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Audio equipment: Credited by venue; model unspecified

Inside the system

At Cornerstore, the equipment record identifies Technics Credited by venue; model unspecified. This identifies one part of the playback arrangement; it does not establish the complete route from source to loudspeaker.

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Madrid / Spain

Tempo Audiophile Club ↗

Equipment in use

Tempo Audiophile Club lists Tannoy in its loudspeakers setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Bar speakers / amplification: FSM II; 2 × M100 monoblocks (Tannoy / Accuphase)

Inside the system

At Tempo Audiophile Club, the equipment record identifies Altec / McIntosh Model 15; MC2205. A horn-based approach can provide useful dynamic headroom, but aiming the speakers and balancing direct sound against room reflections remain central to shared listening.

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London / United Kingdom

Bambi ↗

Reported / tentative

The available record tentatively identifies Tannoy equipment at Bambi. The model or attribution still needs confirmation.

  • Loudspeakers: Dual-concentric drivers in wood cabinets; exact driver and cabinet models unidentified

Inside the system

At Bambi, the equipment record identifies Likely Tannoy Dual-concentric drivers in wood cabinets; exact driver and cabinet models unidentified. The loudspeakers set the starting point for coverage and placement. A plausible reason to choose a dedicated hi-fi installation here is to give records a clear presence without relying on background-music speakers alone.

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London / United Kingdom

Hidden Grooves ↗

Equipment in use

Project Audio installed Tannoy Westminster stacks on custom supports at Hidden Grooves. The room also uses smaller Autograph Mini speakers.

  • Main speakers: Westminster Royal-class towers with Super Tweeters
  • Fills / booth monitors: Autograph Mini

Inside the system

Hidden Grooves combines large Tannoy Westminster-class speakers with four TPI UC15G bass helpers, Luxman amplification and documented DSP crossover/time alignment. Tannoy miniatures provide fills or booth monitoring, while separate Technics, Leak and Grado stations support private listening.

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