Tannoy Kensington SE Owner's Manual

Summary of Kensington SE

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    6481 0503 / 0407 o w n e r ’ s m a n u a l 1926 estd. Tannoy united kingdom t: 00 44 (0) 1236 420199 e: enquiries@tannoy.Com tannoy north america t: 00 1 (519) 745 1158 e: inquiries@tannoyna.Com tannoy deutschland t: 00 49 (180) 1111 881 e: info@tannoy.Com tannoy france t: 00 33 (0)1 7036 7473 e: ve...

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    Tannoy - a short history in the early days of broadcasting radio sets needed both low and high voltage dc power and this had to be supplied by batteries. The lead acid batteries commonly used in the radio equipment of the time therefore needed regular recharging. In london, in 1926, guy r. Fountain ...

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    4 in order to take advantage of the driver earthing feature within the prestige range and to optimise performance further, use a shielded or screened loudspeaker cable. The screening termination should be connected to the earth or ’ground’ (green) terminal on the loudspeaker and to the ground or ear...

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    6 bi-amping (see fig. 4) bi-amping extends the principle of bi-wiring one stage further. In this connection option separate power amplifiers are used for bass and treble signals in each loudspeaker. Four mono (or two stereo) amplifiers of the same type are required for a stereo pair of loudspeakers....

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    8 the low frequency section the low frequency section of the dual concentric“ driver has exceptional power handling and dynamic range. The low frequency cone piston is produced from selected paper pulp. This is specially treated to absorb internal resonance modes the twin roll fabric surround is als...

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    10 care of the cabinet the cabinet is constructed from carefully selected solid hardwood and veneers that have been hand finished to exacting standards. The wood should only be cleaned with a dry cloth or with a light application of quality non-silicone furniture polish, taking care not to get polis...

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    12 set-up diagrams figure 1: terminal panel connections high frequency positive(+) terminal ’earth’ or ’ground’ terminal low frequency positive(+) terminal high frequency negative(-) terminal low frequency negative(-) terminal hf+ hf - l f+ l f - figure 2: single wire mode and earth (ground) lead co...

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    14 figure 5: front crossover panel 15 technical specifications 50 to 225 watts per channel 135 watts rms 400 watts peak 114 db (135 watts rms /1m) 119 db (400 watts peak /1m) 93db (2.83 volts @ 1m) 8 ohm 29hz - 22khz, -6db 90 degree conical less than 1.20% at 135 watts rms (50hz - 20khz) dual concen...

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    6481 0503 / 0407 o w n e r ’ s m a n u a l 1926 estd. Tannoy united kingdom t: 00 44 (0) 1236 420199 e: enquiries@tannoy.Com tannoy north america t: 00 1 (519) 745 1158 e: inquiries@tannoyna.Com tannoy deutschland t: 00 49 (180) 1111 881 e: info@tannoy.Com tannoy france t: 00 33 (0)1 7036 7473 e: ve...