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Post Subject: Headroom for Vintage DriversPosted by Paul S on: 12/13/2021
How does the SPL/dynamic range correlate to frequency? Most of the old 10" drivers can play louder if not pushed down too far. I think as the years passed, the Tannoy had like most similar drivers a sort of "sliding scale" dynamics, and they would play louder, but it took exponentially more power to get each dB of more SPL. This started happening as SS amps came on the scene, and the makers never turned back after that, apart from some of the "boutique" drivers, like Phy, etc. I heard some earlier Tannoy monitors driven by the old (Sony) Esprit amps, and it sounded great to me, at least tor those days. Very rare and expensive amps back then... Also had a tape source, BTW...
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