Angled view of the dark oak Tannoy Mercury mxC with the grille removed, cream cones either side of the centre tweeter and the cabinet grain along the end

Tannoy Mercury mxC centre speaker in dark oak with the silver-grey cloth grille fitted, Tannoy badge centred on the lower edge

Tannoy Mercury mxC centre speaker in dark oak wearing the black cloth grille, the alternative to the silver-grey option

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Tannoy Mercury mxC Center Channel Speaker – Dark Oak, Shielded, 90 dB

$145.00

Tannoy Mercury mxC center channel speaker in dark oak — two 10 cm ceramic-coated cones flanking a soft-dome tweeter, fully shielded, twin rear-ported; 68 Hz – 20 kHz, 90 dB, 8 ohms, 150 W. Choose the silver-grey or black grille above. Priced per speaker.

✔️ Very good condition — light marks of age only, bench-checked
✔️ Covered by Radique Warranty
✔️ Includes Perpetual Trade-Back Program eligibility
✔️ Expertly packed for safe shipping

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Description

A compact, fully shielded Tannoy center channel in dark oak, designed in the UK, bench-checked and ready to anchor the dialogue in a Tannoy Mercury system or any other 8-ohm home cinema.

What it is

The Mercury mxC pairs two 10 cm ceramic-coated paper cones with a center-mounted soft-dome tweeter in a twin rear-ported cabinet — the recipe that made the Mercury range Tannoy’s best-selling line for two decades. It is fully magnetically shielded, so it sits happily on top of or beneath a television, and at 90 dB it comes alive on modest amplifier power. Voices are articulate and tight, which is the whole job of a center speaker.

Speaker connection is a single pair of five-way binding posts on the rear panel, which take banana plugs, spades or bare wire. It is not bi-wirable.

Choose your grille

The mxC was supplied with either a silver-grey or a black cloth grille over the same dark oak cabinet and the same cream-coned drivers. Pick the grille that suits your room from the menu above; the photographs show both, and the speaker with the grille removed.

🎬 Complete the Tannoy Mercury mx set — all in dark oak

This center was voiced to sit between Tannoy’s Mercury mx floor-standers, and we have them on the shelf in the same dark oak: the Mercury mX4 slim towers and the Mercury mx3 floor-standers. Add the Tannoy PS 110 subwoofer and you have a matched 3.1 Tannoy home cinema from one family, timbre-matched front to center, for well under a thousand dollars. Ask us — we will confirm the set and quote the shipping together.

Condition

Very good. Cabinets and grilles present well with only light marks of age; every unit has been through our bench check and plays as it should.

Tannoy Mercury mxC Specifications

Drivers: 2 × 10 cm ceramic-coated paper cones, center-mounted soft-dome tweeter
Frequency response: 68 Hz – 20 kHz
Sensitivity: 90 dB
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Power handling: 150 watts
Enclosure: twin rear-ported, fully magnetically shielded
Connections: single pair of five-way binding posts (not bi-wirable)
Finish: dark oak; silver-grey or black cloth grille
Dimensions (H × W × D): 153 × 420 × 195 mm
Weight: 6.8 kg (15 lb) each
Designed in the UK

🔌 Speaker Cable, Built on Our Own Bench

The speaker terminals here are five-way binding posts, so they take banana plugs or spade lugs and you have the run of the options. We hand-build speaker cable here in any length you need — choose the gauge and the terminations on our Custom Speaker Cable Builder. If you would rather terminate cable you already own, we make our own gold-plated banana plugs and spade connectors as well. 👉

🦶 Keep it off the TV stand — IsoAcoustics ISO-PUCK Mini

A center speaker usually lives on a television stand or a shelf, and the cabinet passes its energy straight into it. At 6.8 kg the mxC is exactly what the IsoAcoustics ISO-PUCK Mini was made for — four under the speaker decouple it from the furniture and tighten the dialogue. We are an authorized IsoAcoustics dealer.

Priced per speaker. We ship across Canada, to the US and overseas, packed in a 275 lb test double-wall box: add it to the cart and, on the cart page, enter your city and postal code to see live carrier rates for your address. Or collect it in Kanata by appointment.

Additional information

Weight	17 lbs
Dimensions	11.7 × 20.54 × 10 in
Grille	Silver-Grey, Black

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.