Tannoy still in business? #confused


Sorry for the dumb question. I was told by someone last year that Tannoy was out of business. Is this true?
Did the outsourcing/move to China plus the Fyne crew put Tannoy out?

Seems like Upscale Audio no longer really supports the brand in leeway of Fyne.

Thanks much 

jnc

There has been some drama around the Tannoy & Fyne distribution, and a certain YouTuber has been stirring it up to the benefit of his click count. Yes, Upscale no longer distributes Tannoy and now does Fyne. 

Current status? Only insiders may know. There was an "Autograph 12" model in the works, with a new high end driver designed & made by Volt Audio UK, that looks like it’s fallen off the map. That’s NOT a good sign. It’s not looking good.

As a longtime fan of Tannoy the transparency from Tannoy has ALWAYS been terrible. It’s even wors now - truly unsustainable. And it’s definitely been more awful since Behringer / MusicTribe took over ~2017. My dealer retired last year but he didn’t bother much with Tannoy for the last several years. Too difficult.

As for manufacturing provenance: I do have the China-made Kensington GR drivers (circa 2019) and frankly it’s at least as good sounding as the UK-made stuff (better in my case - I eagerly replaced the UK drivers), with same apparent build quality in hand. Time will tell about durability, but everything in here "should" be very durable assuming the glue bonds hold up.

Cabinets? They’ve presumably been made for a while in Poland by Diora (Fyne too) and frankly I think they’re MUCH better quality for it. GREAT cabinets. I do in fact see Polish-sounding names signing off on the boards inside my ~2016 Kensington GR. Gorgeous cabinets but the UK-made drivers and crossovers sucked (why I replaced them both). See here:
https://www.audioshark.org/threads/battle-over-at-what-hi-fi.22445/page-3#post-368060

Internal wiring? Anybody can do that; who cares where it’s done.

@mulveling Wow. Great info. Thank you.

I’ve been seriously thinking about a pair of Fynes. Thoughts?

Thanks again 

@mulveling Dang. You weren’t kidding about the drama! Good read. Thanks again for sharing. I had no clue all THAT was going on.

Gotta say, super disappointed to find out Fyne doesn’t make their own cabinets.