Tannoy Arena Satellites, Pair – Dual Concentric, Four Finishes

Tannoy’s die-cast aluminum Arena satellites, in very good condition, offered by the pair in four gloss finishes (white, gloss black, bronze and silver), with or without their matching cast bases.

What they are

The Arena was Tannoy’s answer to the lifestyle satellite: a speaker small enough to sit on a shelf or hang on a wall, built like a piece of industrial design and voiced like a Tannoy. Tannoy rejected lightweight plastics outright: each enclosure is a rigid, cast aluminum shell, finished in high-gloss lacquer, and at 2.5 kg each they are remarkably heavy for their size. You feel the metal the moment you pick one up. The shell’s complex curves are there for a reason, too: they are shaped to break up standing waves inside the cabinet. The matching cast base carries a polished chrome ball joint, so you can angle each satellite just where you want it; Tannoy designed the base to double as a wall bracket.

Inside is the thing that makes a Tannoy a Tannoy: a miniature version of the company’s Dual Concentric driver, with the driver chassis and front baffle made as one piece. The 19 mm titanium-dome tweeter sits in the throat of the 100 mm mid/bass cone, so treble and midrange leave from a single point. Voices stay anchored, the stereo image holds together as you move around the room, and the sound is time-coherent in a way that separate tweeters and woofers rarely manage at this size. Tannoy’s WideBand design carries the treble all the way to 54 kHz, and the drivers are magnetically shielded, so they can sit right beside a screen.

At 88 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms they are easy to drive, from 15 watts up to 100. Pair them with a subwoofer and they make a superb, discreet main system or home theatre front stage.

The press agreed. The Arena system was Home Cinema Choice’s 2005 Speaker System of the Year and Media Totaal’s 2005 Loudspeaker of the Year in the Netherlands, and took a Digital Home Gold Award. Home Cinema Choice called them “stunning speakers,” noting that “a great deal of thought has gone into their aesthetics and build,” while Digital Home wrote that “the paintwork has a Bentley-class finish.”

Sound & Vision’s Al Griffin reviewed the Arena system in October 2005. “Audiophiles and musicians alike will recognize the name Tannoy from the pro-sound world — the company’s speakers are used in recording studios around the globe,” he wrote, and he was a fan of the look: “The Arena’s podlike satellites owe a debt to 1970s sci-fi style: think rounded, organic, and amoeboid.” The review’s verdict: “These speakers’ mod styling, awesome build quality, and versatile mounting options all stand out compared with many other systems in the same price bracket,” and “most folks will appreciate its crisp sound, precise imaging, and overall musicality.”

When new in 2005, the Arena satellites listed at US$419 each, or US$838 a pair, and the matching bases were another US$149 each. In today’s Canadian dollars, that is about $1,600 for a pair of satellites, or about $2,200 with the matching bases.

Radique’s Take

These are Mark’s favourite satellite speakers, full stop. After years of listening to nearly every small speaker that has come through our doors, that is not a declaration he makes lightly, and he has been quietly holding on to these for a while. It is the Dual Concentric point source that wins him over: a tiny cabinet that images like a far bigger speaker, with an ease and coherence most satellites never find.

Choose your finish

The matching bases are a big part of the appeal. They are heavy cast pieces with chrome ball joints, even more solidly built than most dedicated wall brackets, and shaped like a piece of sculpture. They work as table stands or as wall brackets.

Pairs with their matching bases, $495 per pair:

• Silver
• Gloss Black
• Bronze

Satellites only, $345 per pair:

• Gloss Black
• Bronze
• White

Condition

Very Good. The lacquered aluminum shells and drivers, and the bases on the pairs that come with them, present well, as the photographs show.

A Tannoy Dual Concentric in a shell of cast aluminum: small speakers, serious sound.

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 Arena Specifications

• Type: two-way satellite, ported, cast aluminum enclosure, magnetically shielded
• Driver: Dual Concentric — 19 mm WideBand titanium-dome tweeter with neodymium magnet, 100 mm mixed-fibre pulp cone with dynamic overload protection
• Crossover: 1.75 kHz; 80 Hz to a subwoofer in a home theatre system
• Frequency response: 80 Hz – 54 kHz (−6 dB)
• Sensitivity: 88 dB (2.83 V @ 1 m)
• Impedance: 8 ohms nominal
• Recommended amplifier power: 15 – 100 watts
• Finishes: white, gloss black, bronze, silver (high-gloss lacquer)
• Bases (on pairs listed with bases): matching cast table bases with chrome ball joints, which double as wall brackets
• Dimensions: (Height x Width x Depth) 7.38 x 5.25 x 6.88 inches (187 x 133.5 x 175.5 mm), with grille
• Weight: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg) each

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