The Tannoy Revea l601a nearfield monitor measures 341 x 210 x 273mm and weighs 8.3kg. The outer appearance is conventional with contoured cabinet features and curved edges that help minimize edge difffractio,n or that effect where sharp corners disperse the sound back to the listener, resulting to phase issues at high frequencies. The baffle is very rigid and made of solid MDF. There is a 10mm-thick panel enclosing the top, sides and bottom of the cabinet and a metal backplate housing the controls and acting as the heat-sink for the amps. Part of the moulding for the baffle is an elliptical waveguide feeding the soft-dome tweeter, a design that can control directivity horizontally and vertically in high frequencies.
Tannoy decided to place the bass port in the front to avoid interaction with the wall that usually happens with speakers whose ports are at the back. The port entrance of the 601a is flared to prevent wind noise. At the heart of the design is the pairing of the 30mm soft-dome tweeter and the 130mm bass and mid driver. The bass driver has been enhanced to provide greater linearity and is built with a silver paper-pulp cone. The response of the tweeter has been expanded to 30kHz allowing the monitor to deliver a frequency response of 60Hz-30kHz.
The monitor’s woofer is flushed back into the baffle and a blue-colored power LED is set into the mounting ring’s edge. The woofer runs on 90watts of amplifer power. While there is a volume control, the monitor lacks a low-frequency control. The 601a is ideal for small rooms and for desktop computers.
Author: Todd Johnson
Email: Todd@australianwebsitedevelopment.com.au
Mobile: 0449 041 815
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