Tannoy Series 90 - DC1000 Review

Overall Rating

Coherent phase due to single point source, excellent tight bass, relatively small size (25 litre cabs), front ported so can handle being close to a rear wall, biwiring feature, sheer volume !

One very minor point - the binding posts could do with being a tad more substantial

I have had my Tannoy DC1000's since about 1985-6 ish, having paid about GBP160 for them - a lot of pocket money for me in those days. Every penny has proved to be really well spent. Excellent tight bass, not boomy but well controlled stuff, like you find in Tannoys new Near Field monitors.

The rest of the system now is as follows : Marantz SR4200 5:1 receiver, Tannoy DC1000 at fronts, KEF Coda 7's as rears, Tannoy MXC centre and a Yamaha YST-320 sub, Marantz CD4000, Sony NS300 DVD, Sony SLV-E70 and a Thomson 28" WS telly.

This produces as sweet a sound as I have heard for under three grand ! Just make sure you optimise the use of the bi-wiring feature and use a really decent set of cables - it makes one hell of a difference !

I have also uploaded a photo so you can see what they look like. The 2025 DC driver is also used in quite a few other speaker systems from Tannoy now, but I dont plan on parting with my little babies for a good while yet !

David Harris