@bjesien
Tannoys don’t at all have a relaxed/scooped midrange. Coherent, vivid midrange is their forte. Maybe vintage models (Tannoy Dual-Concentic drivers date back to the 1940s) can be described as forgiving / buttery, but modern Tannoys are very revealing of upstream gear and yet endlessly musical and exciting when given proper arrangements.
The 2nd woofer cone, non-dual concentric, is used to add oomph to the lower midrange & handle bass, and is operating far below the crossover of midrange & tweeter within the upper dual-concentric driver. This is what keeps them sounding so coherent, while allowing them to operate efficiently over full range.
As a longtime Tannoy lover I have to start looking at Fyne, since the sad state of Behringer ownership’s over Tannoy (which in fact caused the flight of Tannoy’s lead designer Paul Mills & other Tannoy employees to start up Fyne) is resulting in far more questions than answers - e.g. what happened to "Made in the UK?". OP’s description of his first experience hearing Fyne mirrors my first experience hearing Tannoy. And yes, I’ve only read superlatives about the Fyne sound so far - especially the 700 series.
Congrats, OP!!
Tannoys don’t at all have a relaxed/scooped midrange. Coherent, vivid midrange is their forte. Maybe vintage models (Tannoy Dual-Concentic drivers date back to the 1940s) can be described as forgiving / buttery, but modern Tannoys are very revealing of upstream gear and yet endlessly musical and exciting when given proper arrangements.
The 2nd woofer cone, non-dual concentric, is used to add oomph to the lower midrange & handle bass, and is operating far below the crossover of midrange & tweeter within the upper dual-concentric driver. This is what keeps them sounding so coherent, while allowing them to operate efficiently over full range.
As a longtime Tannoy lover I have to start looking at Fyne, since the sad state of Behringer ownership’s over Tannoy (which in fact caused the flight of Tannoy’s lead designer Paul Mills & other Tannoy employees to start up Fyne) is resulting in far more questions than answers - e.g. what happened to "Made in the UK?". OP’s description of his first experience hearing Fyne mirrors my first experience hearing Tannoy. And yes, I’ve only read superlatives about the Fyne sound so far - especially the 700 series.
Congrats, OP!!