06/11/2023
Forty years ago, Tannoy HPD's externally unattractive monitors changed all notions about the possibilities of Hi-Fi home speakers. And today, they can shake up and withstand High End Audio - the sound of Arden's reborn from the very first seconds captivates with sincerity, and their bass can serve as a benchmark for realism.
The entire series of Tannoy Legacy acoustic systems are devoid of any carved decorative elements or ornaments on the body. These acoustics look much simpler, repeating the style (and many construction solutions) of control studio monitors half a century ago. Three huge phase-inverter ports mounted onto the face shield, separate dust nets for the lower, middle and main floors - all reminiscent of the times when record companies worked on monsters like this, and every advanced melomaniac dreamed of having real "studio monitors" at home. But Legacy Arden, like the two smaller models of the new series, cannot be called a clone of those ancient developments. To understand this, you just need to look closely at the main part of Arden - the driver. An imposing but lightweight 38cm diffuser made of very tightly pressed paper has an unusual shape. In the center is a new high-frequency channel design. Instead of the so-called "pepper" Pepper Pot (as in modern Tannoy models), an improved "classic" waveguide Tulip Waveguide with three tubes of a certain length is used. On the radiation axis there is a central needle, the task of which is to neutralize underpainting at high frequencies. Behind this complex structure is a 33-mm dome made of aluminum-magnesium alloy, right on the edge of which a sound coil is coiled to reduce moving mass.