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UPDATE: So i've used this cougar as a monitor for a while now and because I have the T40 subs the lack of bass is a non-issue - it's only when the Cougar is run on its own that the lack of bass is notable.

Its an impressive little speaker really!

Does anyone know what the paint is that was used to paint the cabinets of Tannoy Professional louspeakers

I have some i12's and t40 subs which have a kind of blue grey flecky paint finish ?

And also the Wilcat series black which again was a flecky type finish ?

TIA

I recently purchased a used Tannoy Cougar stage monitor from the 1980's.

My intention is to use this as a booth monitor (mix monitor) when DJ'ing live as I am usually located behind the loudspeakers and reflection is a big problem so having this on the floor beside me would be great

My thought was simply to use a cougar but now i have it the cougar seems to have been tuned/designed to be very mid/high oriented with very little bass despite that 15" driver.

I have been able to get decent bass from it as it stands by simply boosting the lower frequencies (by 50%) on my mixer but this is not a workable fix and the bass levels are still low.

The cougar uses the Tannow 3859 driver and I cant find out much about it ?
 

I used to own a pair of Puma's which had the 3805 drivers and these were flawless across the range with great bass response but they did have a larger cabinet which was also ported.

The Cougar is a sealed cabinet but has handles so I removed one just to see if this improves bass response, it does a little 3-4% but as its a non-ported cabinet design i feel this would will stress the driver (and likely blow it) under load.

I'd like to know what my options are really as i need a small cabinet of this size

All the models in the wildcat range had differing crossovers so potentially a crossover change could fix it ?

It doesnt need to go super loud as its not public facing just has to give me a good sound to mix with and a decent bass level is important for this!

If anyone has any experience with these or in this field generally i'd be grateful for your input

Many Thanks!

Ex DJ in the UK

Fan of Tannoy Wildcat series Loudspeakers.

Owned Tannoy Puma's (+ Tannoy Leopard Bass Bins) from new for 20 before 'downgrading' to Tannoy i12's + T40 Subs

Recently returned to DJ'ing as a hobby and have switched over from Vinyl to Digital (but still use both) with the Traktor system.

Hello everyone!