The Award-Winning Tannoy Mercury M2 Bookshelf Speakers — Bird’s Eye

The Award-Winning Tannoy Mercury M2 Bookshelf Speakers — Bird’s Eye

Named to What Hi-Fi? Magazine’s list of the greatest hi-fi speakers of all time, the Tannoy Mercury M2 is a European-made standmount speaker of exceptional musical balance, offered here in the distinctive Bird’s Eye finish and in very good condition.

What Hi-Fi? said it best when they named the Mercury M2 to their all-time greats list: “Our review team hadn’t heard a more satisfyingly musical all-rounder at this price level. The larger-than-average M2 generated a performance that struck an expert sonic balance, with consistently superb bass and treble performance. Back then, we felt they were the closest anyone had come to creating the perfect mass-market standmounter.” That recognition speaks to what the M2 delivers on a daily basis: an immediately engaging, tonally coherent sound with bass reach and authority that consistently surprises listeners unfamiliar with the model.

The Mercury M2 is a two-way rear-ported design built around a 165mm (6.5″) woofer and a 25mm (1″) dome tweeter. The rear-ported reflex enclosure allows deeper bass extension than the cabinet size would suggest, and the 8-ohm nominal impedance makes these easy to drive with virtually any amplifier. At 88 dB sensitivity, they work happily with modest power, yet reward higher-quality amplification with commensurately improved dynamics and detail. The Bird’s Eye finish gives these speakers a distinctly premium character that stands apart from the standard wood-grain offerings of the era — warm, complex grain that photographs beautifully and presents extremely well in person. Gold-plated five-way binding posts round out a build quality well above what the original price point implied.

These speakers have been thoroughly inspected and tested to confirm full functionality.

Type: 2-way stand-mount, rear-ported reflex

Woofer: 165 mm (6.5″) polypropylene cone

Tweeter: 25 mm (1″) dome

Frequency response: 48 Hz – 20 kHz (+/- 3 dB)

Sensitivity: 88 dB / 2.83 V / 1 m

Nominal impedance: 8 ohms

Maximum power handling: 120W peak

Binding posts: Gold-plated 5-way

Finish: Bird’s Eye

Country of manufacture: Europe

Dimensions per speaker: (Width x Height x Depth) 8.0 x 15.0 x 10.6 inches (203 x 380 x 270 mm)

Weight: 13.7 lbs (6.2 kg) each

A Made-in-Europe Tannoy classic with genuine What Hi-Fi? all-time honours to its name — musically balanced, easy to drive, beautifully finished in Bird’s Eye, and thoroughly tested. A rare opportunity to own one of the most celebrated budget standmounters ever built.

Backed by Radique Audio’s 90-day warranty and our perpetual trade-back policy, you can purchase with confidence.