Tannoy PRECISION 60 Advanced Information

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TUDIO MONITORS

Taking full advantage of significant advances in digital speaker measuring techniques such as Klippell™ symmetry and non-

linear distortion analysis, laser scanning interferometry, acoustic CAD simulation and our own cutting edge acoustic technologies, 

Tannoy engineers have developed two new active monitors. The new Precision D range incorporates the latest Tannoy Dual 

Concentric™ driver and WideBand™ Technology to deliver near field monitoring speaker designs that set new standards of 

acoustic performance and accuracy. 

Precision D active monitors provide superior bandwidth, significantly low levels of distortion, very smooth response, extremely 

accurate phase control, high sensitivity levels and input source flexibility. Add in a comprehensive calibrated EQ facility for 

mid / near / close field working in full / half /quarter and eighth space environments, midband and high frequency trim shelving 

controls, a choice of power and cabinet sizes, analogue and digital input trim facilities, and user requirements can be satisfied 

for all listening environments and applications.

Tannoy’s core technology, the Dual Concentric™ is unlike ordinary drive units in that it is effectively two drivers, properly 

merged into one. The high-frequency unit is positioned on the back of the low frequency driver so that they are on the same 

axis. As a result sound energy is propagated from the same point and delivered through the centre of the low frequency cone 

providing a true point source. This integrated approach provides a constant time delay over the frequency spectrum offering 

better transient performance and sound quality with better harmonic alignment than a displaced source monitor design. The 

crucial benefit at the mix position is the delivery of a more natural and cleaner sound with greatly enhanced intelligibility. 

Characteristic of the Dual design is a very wide 'sweet spot' with an exceptionally even response throughout the listening 

area and extraordinary transient response. This phase accurate Tannoy designed drive unit has, for all these reasons, been 

the choice of professional studio engineers for decades. 

Tannoy has been at the forefront of developing loudspeakers with WideBand™ performance. Extending the high frequency 

roll-off out to 51kHz corrects the time or phase response at the upper end of audibility, resulting in enhanced accuracy and 

‘air’, improved clarity within the essential mid band area, and even enhancing definition of low frequencies. Tannoy WideBand™ 

Technology is an essential component of the Precision monitor design delivering increased tonal accuracy of the individual 

instruments in the recording process - a mix-critical factor allowing the best EQ and placement decisions to be made.

Tannoy engineers have researched ways of dealing effectively with the acoustic effects of mid, near and close field listening 

distances, in order to compensate for the relative size and distance of the acoustic source and resultant spherical / plane 

wave dilemmas.  Additionally, the effect of boundaries near a monitor speaker, such as walls, support tables and mixing 

console surfaces can change the air load on the low 

frequency cone piston and consequently the radiating 

efficiency in the 100Hz to 800Hz region. 

A set of DIP switches on the rear control panel of the 

new Precision D active monitors allow the selection 

of an optimum speaker response for real life and often 

difficult monitoring situations so that the frequency 

response at the listener’s ears is always as linear and 

flat as possible.  Optimisation can be preset for far 

field (>2m), mid field (1~2m), near field (~1m) and 

close field (<0.5m) situations in combination with free 

space (4pi), half space (2pi), quarter space (pi) and 

extreme eighth space (pi/2) corner situations. Precision 

D Active monitors can therefore be optimised for 

varying listening distances in difficult acoustic spaces; 

varying meter bridge positions, against and adjacent 

to walls or reflecting surfaces, in corners, in corners 

on shelves or brackets, table top / space restricted 

PC/Mac based sound editing environments and stand 

mounted or soffit mounted configurations. (see graph 

overlleaf).