Tannoy Reveal 402

Jeg købte et par Tannoy Gold 5 for et års tid siden til at lytte på som et extra par monitors når jeg skulle mikse og master mine optagelser.
Jeg blev blæst bagover af disse små utroligt detaljerede fuldtonet højtaler.
Selv om jeg i forvejen har haft et par Tannoy Little Gold Monitors 12” gennem mange år. I mit gamle analoge 16 spors bånd studie.
I dag bruger jeg dem til når jeg holder kurser og workshops.
Og de er erstattet af et par DynAudio Lyd 8 med subwoofer i mit nuværende digitale Lydstudie.

Så jeg købte disse Reveal 402 nærfeldts monitors til at spille musik på i “Opholdsstuen”, når vi afholder kurser og workshops.
Men er igen blevet blæst bagover af den fede og meget detaljeret lyd samt i forhold til størrelsen dybe bas.

Jeg har netop afprøvet dem i kursus salen, hvor jeg afholder Gong Bath.
Da jeg ville se om jeg kunne tage signalet fra mit Boss ME 90 Pedalboard, som jeg køre min fløje mik igennem.
Jeg sluttede udgangen direkte til hver sin højtaler.
Linkede dem sammen med det kabel med 3,5mm der følger med højtalerne. Stillede switchene bagpå til højre og venstre speaker.
Hvorefter jeg tilsluttede min Mac computers 3,5mm udgang til den ene speakers 3,5mm indgang.

Vupti - nu kunne jeg afspille et lydspor med naturlyde fra min Mac, hvor jeg kunne afstemme lydstyrken i forhold til det samlede lydniveau. Lige som jeg på pedalboardet kunne regulere hvor meget rent signal, samt effekt signal jeg ønskede at sende til højtalerne.

Igen blev jeg overrasket over hvor nemt og lige til det var at tilslutte og få dette til at virke - og så lyder det fantastisk godt.
Lige som højtalernes lydstyrke passe fint sammen med de øvrige instrumenter, der indgår i en oplevelse med Gong Bath i en sal med ca. 10 deltagere…

Så de får mine varmeste anbefalinger og så ser de super cool ud oven i købet. Lige som prisen hos Thomann også bare er i orden - så tak for dem!

I should come clean straight away and admit that I am something of a Tannoy fan-boy. I've even been to the Scottish factory (This model seems to be made in China) and seen them being built! But I'll write an unbiased review...

Features: Nice choice of inputs; XLR, 1/4" and mini-jack. Volume. High cut/boost. A nice feature is the aux in - a mini-jack input that sends to the other speaker (cables included), if you use that input a selector switch places the speaker in the left or right position.
No bass cut/boost which is a shame as that's usually the problem area with close monitors, due to not being in an ideal listening position in the room, most of the time, atop a mixing desk normally.

Sound: This is where these bad-boys deliver. The tight bass, clear mids and crispy highs that made Tannoy what they are today, are all produced wonderfully. It's no surprise these speakers are used in countless professional studios around the world.
As soon as I plugged them in I listened to some classic albums; Miles Davis, Al Green, Gil Scott-Herron, and the recent Led Zep remasters that have recently landed on Spotify, to name a few. Songs like Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap come alive and run down your ear-canals like butter. Oh man, it's like you are in the control room while the album is being recorded! Listening to Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega it becomes clear why the guys developing mp3's back in the day used that track to test their algorithms and listened to it all day, it just sounds so good!

Quality: I was slightly disappointed in this aspect as one of the aux inputs is loose, making it unusable. It seems the tip of the mini-jack is not making contact with the socket inside, as if I pull the cable to one side it makes contact and the signal comes through. Thomann offered to replace the speaker but I didn't feel it was necessary. Apart from that, the rest of the build is solid and flawless.

If you are coming from the famous white Yamaha monitors you might find the high-end slightly dim but Yamahas are famous for being very bright, an old studio trick is to actually place tissue paper over the tweeters to dim the high-end!

To sum up: Tannoy sound on a budget. You will not be disappointed.

Me: Nearly 15 years freelance audio engineer.