Why the Cloak and Dagger?

mulveling said:
Have to agree - this thread has just descended into his own self-congratulations interspersed with childish back-and-forths. You don't have to engage EVERY TIME. I don't even care if Tannoy is made in China anymore. Maybe they do a great job there, and Puma Cat probably was right in his original comment.
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Agree. Self aggrandization and reactivity/defensiveness ultimately spoil validity, and what might have been a good story. The best defense of haters is...silence....and simply sticking with the facts in a concise manner. At least for those of us whom are not youtubers. The arguing and defenses are spilling over into other threads, and are an annoyance.
 
"Tannoy offers our dealers and consumers a unique sound that isn’t available anywhere else."
This just doesn't read right. Do you buy a speaker based on its House sound. Maybe that's why its now Chinese.
 
It just reads to me that Tannoy is trying to set themselves apart from the pack. And, yes, frankly most do or should buy a speaker on sound. Not sure what you were getting at.

Audiophiles often claim speakers make the most difference in sound of a system so my assumption would be they must have a "house sound" or else they'd sound more alike than different. Speaking in general terms.

Smile said:
"Tannoy offers our dealers and consumers a unique sound that isn’t available anywhere else."
This just doesn't read right. Do you buy a speaker based on its House sound. Maybe that's why its now Chinese.
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Just when you think this thread might die, LOL A new twist.

Fyne Audio loudspeakers are now distributed by Harmonia Distribution in the U.S.
Fyne Audio, a U.K. manufacturer of advanced high-end audio loudspeakers based in Scotland, has appointed Harmonia Distribution as its distributor for the United States market, effective immediately. Harmonia, formerly known as Upscale Distribution, said in an announcement that it is proud to have been selected by Fyne, a manufacturer that represents a blend of the best of “contemporary and traditional designs.”

Now we know why Tannoy isn't with Upscale anymore, possibly.

Now will Mike keep Fyne or dump them since there's no love lost between the organizations or is it business as usual since Harmonia is a "separte" company under Upscale? Cue appropriate suspenseful music.

And, was switching from Tannoy to Fyne just a coincidence, was it a decision by Upscale for some reason or a Tannoy decision...?
 
Mr Peabody said:
Just when you think this thread might die, LOL A new twist.

Fyne Audio loudspeakers are now distributed by Harmonia Distribution in the U.S.
Fyne Audio, a U.K. manufacturer of advanced high-end audio loudspeakers based in Scotland, has appointed Harmonia Distribution as its distributor for the United States market, effective immediately. Harmonia, formerly known as Upscale Distribution, said in an announcement that it is proud to have been selected by Fyne, a manufacturer that represents a blend of the best of “contemporary and traditional designs.”

And, was switching from Tannoy to Fyne just a coincidence, was it a decision by Upscale for some reason or a Tannoy decision...?
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Most likely it was a business decision based by Harmonia on wanting to represent a brand with a clear engineering legacy and that had complete control transparency regarding product design, engineering, specifications, and Ops (mfg and QC).

This isn't to contradict my earlier comment about the fact that Quality isn't the result of where products are made but HOW, because that is still true.

But rather that there was a reason all the principal engineers that were at Tannoy left Tannoy and started Fyne Audio, and my hypothesis is they wanted control over the design, specification, and manufacturing of their loudspeaker designs, rather than left in the hands of "business execs" who are not engineers, and only interested in "finances".
 
I was checking for new episodes of In Stereo and ran across the one with Sound Organization who distributed Fyne. I'm assuming they no longer do. Mike picked up Fyne and I'm assuming again, gave the line a leg up. The new distributor could be an interesting twist.
 
Michael,

Are you going to answer my question and get some closure on this thread?
 
Mr Peabody said:
I was checking for new episodes of In Stereo and ran across the one with Sound Organization who distributed Fyne. I'm assuming they no longer do. Mike picked up Fyne and I'm assuming again, gave the line a leg up. The new distributor could be an interesting twist.
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Correct - Sound Org is no longer the distributor.

It will be interesting to see how the new distributor performs with the change in their name and structure regarding distribution vs retail.
 
Google says-

Are Tannoy speakers made in China?
Facts are our friends

Tannoy is not an IAG brand. Think it's called The Music Group. Run by Uli Behringer (of Behringer fame). Headquartered in Philippines, and with major manufacturing facility in China.


Coatbridge
The company's Scottish factory and headquarters is located in Coatbridge, near Glasgow in the UK, where it has been based since 1978. All Tannoy loudspeakers are conceived, designed and developed at this UK base.

- Not built there by the wording.
 
Do I need to apply to be a member of the "Hateful 8"? Or do I get in just by calling expensive interconnects and speaker cables tone controls?
 
Shadowfax said:
Google says-

Are Tannoy speakers made in China?
Facts are our friends

Tannoy is not an IAG brand. Think it's called The Music Group. Run by Uli Behringer (of Behringer fame). Headquartered in Philippines, and with major manufacturing facility in China.


Coatbridge
The company's Scottish factory and headquarters is located in Coatbridge, near Glasgow in the UK, where it has been based since 1978. All Tannoy loudspeakers are conceived, designed and developed at this UK base.

- Not built there by the wording.
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I was shown a picture 3 weeks ago from someone in the Tannoy chain a shipping box from Tannoy containing a replacement 12" driver which declared on the box "Made in China".

It's never a good thing for a company when 2 weeks ago Tannoy had to come out and make a statement promising "more transparency" "in the near future". That kinda says it all about how they operate.
 
MichaelsMinute said:
I was shown a picture 3 weeks ago from someone in the Tannoy chain a shipping box from Tannoy containing a replacement 12" driver which declared on the box "Made in China".

It's never a good thing for a company when 2 weeks ago Tannoy had to come out and make a statement promising "more transparency" "in the near future". That kinda says it all about how they operate.
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Check this out. This post came up on my FB feed so I asked where they were making them.
 

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Shadowfax said:
Check this out. This post came up on my FB feed so I asked where they were making them.
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Yeah - I was shown pictures where there have been serious issues with the one's received with many of them coming damaged with what looked to be massive piss stains all over the cabinets that is un-reparable. Several pairs that came that way were the $50,000 pairs.

Can't wait to see when they suddenly wake up and decide to be "transparent" with the customers. Funny how some people who are soooo quick to jump on some companies love to give others a complete pass. And to be clear, it's more than just Tannoy themselves helping to keep the truth foggy. Why can't the old or new distributor simply come clean? Craig (new distributor) really put his foot in his mouth on the YT vid and now looks very, very foolish as other comments there have called his out for his gaslighting. And the way he went about taking Tannoy from Kevin is VERY VERY VERY interesting for a great story to be told another day.

@Mike - you import gear. Don't you have to declare where it's made/comes from?
 
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