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Tannoy Mercury VC Center Speaker — Dark Walnut, Dual 4" Drivers

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Tannoy Mercury VC Center Speaker — Dark Walnut, Dual 4″ Drivers

Name: Tannoy Mercury VC Center Speaker — Dark Walnut, Dual 4" Drivers
Brand: Tannoy
SKU: 7645
Price: 195.00 CAD
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Description

Tannoy Mercury VC — The Centre Channel Voiced from the Mercury V1, Built to Make Dialogue Effortless

A properly voiced centre channel from Tannoy’s Mercury V range, built to sit under a screen and make dialogue effortless to follow.

The Job of a Centre Channel

A centre speaker has one job that matters more than any other, and it is not impressing anyone in a demonstration. It is making speech intelligible at the volume you actually watch at, in a room with a sofa and a rug and someone opening a bag of crisps. The VC was designed around that job. Two 100mm multi-fibre coated pulped paper cones flank a one-inch woven polyester dome, damped with a nitro-urethane layer, crossing over at 2.9 kHz — a driver arrangement chosen for even off-axis behaviour, so the person in the corner armchair hears the same dialogue as the person in the middle of the sofa.

Voiced to Match

It is voiced from the components and tuning of the Mercury V1 standmount, which is the part that matters if you already own Tannoys. A centre that does not timbre-match the speakers either side of it draws attention to itself every time a voice pans across the front stage. This one was built to disappear into a Mercury V front three, and it sits comfortably with other Tannoys of similar vintage.

Practical Details

Practical details are sensible throughout. The cabinet is magnetically shielded, so it can sit hard against a screen or on a shelf below one without trouble. Twin rear reflex ports give it more low-end weight than a centre this size usually manages, which is what keeps male voices from thinning out. Terminals are proper 4 mm binding posts that take bananas, spades or bare wire. At 90 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms it is an easy load, happy on anything from 10 watts upward, and it will take 70 watts continuous without complaint. Worth measuring your shelf before ordering: at nearly 17 inches wide it is a full-size centre, not a compact one.

Condition

Cosmetically this example is graded Very Good, showing only the light handling marks a well-kept speaker of its age carries. It has been bench-tested in-house.

A well-made, easy-to-drive centre channel that does the one thing a centre has to do, and does it without asking much of the amplifier in front of it.

Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

Tannoy Mercury VC Specifications

Design: Two-way magnetically shielded centre channel speaker, twin rear reflex ports
High frequency: 25mm (1 inch) woven polyester dome, nitro-urethane damped
Low frequency: 2 x 100mm (4 inch) multi-fibre coated pulped paper cones
Crossover frequency: 2.9 kHz
Frequency response: 67 Hz to 25 kHz
Sensitivity: 90 dB
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Recommended amplifier power: 10 to 90 watts
Power handling: 70 watts continuous, 140 watts peak
Terminals: 4 mm binding posts, banana plug compatible
Internal wiring: Silver-plated oxygen-free copper
Finish: Dark walnut
Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 16.9 x 5.5 x 6.7 inches (430 x 140 x 170 mm)
Weight: 10.8 lbs (4.9 kg)

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Additional information

Weight	13 lbs
Dimensions	11 × 21 × 9.5 in

About brand

Tannoy at Radique

We service Tannoy, too. Bring us your own Tannoy speakers and subwoofers for repair, servicing or restoration (speakers up to 80 lbs each), with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

Tannoy began in London in 1926, and since the late 1940s it has been known for its Dual Concentric driver, with the tweeter set in the centre of the woofer. We carry Tannoy towers, bookshelf speakers, centre channels and subwoofers. We've had more than 210 Tannoy listings so far, covering more than 65 different models. Every used Tannoy here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Our five best-selling Tannoy models so far: the Mercury mx3 towers, the Mercury mx2 and mx1 bookshelf speakers, the PS 110 subwoofer and the Mercury mxC centre.

The Tannoy story, 1926 to today

Guy R. Fountain founded the company in London in 1926 as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, making rectifiers and battery chargers for radio sets. It became Tannoy in 1928, a name taken from the tantalum alloy in his rectifier.

The Dual Concentric. Ronnie Rackham's Dual Concentric driver first appeared as the "Monitor Black" in 1947 or 1948 (sources differ). The Monitor Silver, Red and Gold generations followed through the 1950s and 1960s, then the HPD in 1974.

Scotland. Harman International bought Tannoy in 1974, and production moved from London to Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1976. Managers bought the business in 1981, Tannoy merged with Goodmans in the mid-1980s and joined Denmark's TC Group in 2002.

Today. Music Group, later Music Tribe, bought TC Group in 2015. From 2016 the lower-priced ranges, such as Mercury, were made in China, while Prestige stayed in Scotland, where Tannoy's headquarters and assembly are now in Hamilton.

Which Tannoy is which?

1970s HPD cabinets: the Arden, Berkeley, Cheviot, Devon and Eaton, all with Dual Concentric drivers. The Arden, Cheviot and Eaton were reissued as the "Legacy" series in 2017.

Mercury (early 1980s onward): the entry range, through many generations. Our best-selling mx3, mx2, mx1 and mxC come from this family.

Profile (1991 to 1994) and Sensys DC (about 2004): Dual Concentric ranges between Mercury and Prestige.

Revolution (1998 onward): cherry-veneered models such as the R1, R2 and R3.

Prestige (1980s onward): the traditional-styled Dual Concentric range, such as the Westminster and Stirling, later in Gold Reference versions.

Definition (2009): birch-ply Dual Concentric models built in Scotland, such as the DC8 and DC10T.

Buying used Tannoy: what to check

HPD-era surrounds. The surrounds on 1970s drivers rot with age, and many have been replaced. Ask what was replaced and with what.

Dating the drivers. Frame colour alone is not a reliable guide to a Dual Concentric's age; construction details date it better.

Reused names. An Arden, Cheviot or Eaton may be a 1970s original or a 2017 Legacy reissue.

Origin label. From 2016, Mercury and Revolution models were made in China and Prestige in Scotland. Check the label if it matters to you.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.