Tannoy Eyris DC3 (2002)
The Tannoy Eyris DC3 is a compact floorstanding loudspeaker released in 2002 as part of the Eyris DC family, which also included the DC1 and the DCC center channel. Built in the UK, the DC3 was Tannoy's mid-sized floorstander in the range, and its original retail was over three thousand dollars. It is a three-way, bass-reflex design rated at 8 ohms with a sensitivity of 89 dB (2.83V/1m) and a frequency response of 34 Hz to 51 kHz. The upper extension comes from a supertweeter that, as owners note, only becomes active beyond the range of most adult hearing. It adds "airiness" rather than obvious output.
The DC3 uses Tannoy's Dual Concentric driver technology - with the tweeter mounted at the acoustic center of the mid/bass driver - for point-source imaging. A separate 175 mm woofer handles the low frequencies. A 25 mm tweeter handles the top end, with the supertweeter mounted on top of the cabinet. The speakers are bi-wirable. hifi-review.com described the sound as a "three-dimensional, accurate holographic picture," and noted that the DC3 reaches considerable bass depths. The lower registers are slightly inferior to the midrange in textural clarity, and transparency in the lower segment can taper at high signal levels. The same review found the speaker "quite universal in respect of genre and style."
Owner impressions line up with that. One forum member demoed a complete Eyris DC package (DC3, DCC, and DC1) with a Marantz amplifier and reported that the Tannoys sounded "an order of magnitude better" than the comparison speaker, though with less bass. Another praised the Eyris line's "magnificent midrange." The DC3 has also been mentioned in the same breath as the Monitor Audio Gold Reference 20 in dealer proposals, and compared against the Linn Sara in forum discussion. Enthusiasts note that Tannoy speakers in general "stay under the radar" in North America, where brands like PSB and Paradigm get more attention.
Surviving documentation on the DC3 is thin. No official Tannoy specification sheet or product page has surfaced, and the differences between the standard Eyris DC3 and the "IDP" / "iDP (Master Version)" variants seen in some listings are not documented.
- Type: 3-way floorstanding, bass-reflex
- Drivers: 25 mm tweeter, 175 mm Dual Concentric midrange, 175 mm woofer, plus supertweeter
- Frequency response: 34 Hz – 51 kHz (±3 dB)
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Sensitivity: 89 dB (2.83V/1m)
- Amplifier range: 20 – 175 W
- Dimensions: 600 × 278 × 260 mm (H×W×D)
- Weight: 22.5 kg
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