Tannoy Balmoral
The Tannoy Balmoral was one of the company's top domestic loudspeakers of the early-to-mid 1970s. It sat at the head of a monitor range that also included the Cheviot, Berkeley, Arden, GRF, and Lancaster. Tannoy's own period brochure labelled it a "STUDIO MONITOR LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM," and a dealer listing gives its production span as 1972-1977.
The driver is a single 380mm (15-inch) Dual Concentric unit. That's the Tannoy arrangement with the high-frequency compression driver mounted at the acoustic center of the bass cone, which makes it a point source. The brochure lists crossover points at 1000 and 2500 cycles. It gives the system a nominal 38 watts programme handling and 12.5 dB/W sensitivity into 8 ohms. The cabinet is a vented (reflex) design with the port on the front. The Balmoral was offered in walnut veneer, among other finishes.
A Hi-Fi Choice survey from the same year listed the Balmoral at £209.81 complete and reported "good measured results," with subjective listening tests reaching a high standard, though with some restraint in the upper treble. Period advertisements for Tannoy's Dual Concentric drivers appeared in Audio (August 1954, p.51) and High-Fidelity (May 1954, p.83).
The Balmoral has become a collectible. A current dealer listing asks £2,495 for a pair in original walnut veneer, described as fully working with minor wear consistent with age. Exact production dates beyond the 1972-1977 dealer estimate, full dimensions, and weight figures are not cleanly documented in surviving sources.
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