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Tannoy Reveal 402

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Mount: shelf; Type: active; Number of channels: 1.0; Number of speakers: 2; Bands: 2; Total power (W): 50; Overall frequency range (Hz): 56 – 48000; mini-Jack (3.5 mm); XLR/Jack: Jack (6.35 mm) and XLR;
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Tannoy Reveal 402
Colour
Featuresmonitor
Near field monitoring
Mountshelf
Specs
Typeactive
Number of channels1.0
Number of speakers2
Number of bands2
Sensitivity101 dB
Crossover frequency2.8 kHz
Power / frequency
Total rated power50 W
Overall frequency range56 – 48000 Hz
Design
Design featuresacoustic maze
treble adjustment
Connectors
Inputsmini-Jack (3.5 mm)
Jack (6.35 mm) and XLR
Outputsmini-Jack (3.5 mm)
General
Tweeter size19 mm
Woofer size (LF/MF)100 mm
Finishing materialplastic
Front speaker dimensions (HxWxD)24x15x21 cm
Added to E-CatalogJune 2014
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Model overview based on user reviews  
The Tannoy Reveal 402 speakers are highly praised for their excellent bass performance and clear sound quality, making them ideal for near-field monitoring. Users appreciate the stepped volume control, which allows precise adjustments across monitors. However, some users note the lack of a balanced TRS jack input as a minor drawback, although this can be mitigated with appropriate cables. The speakers are described as transformative, offering a significant upgrade from general-purpose speakers like Microlab, and are particularly effective in smaller rooms. Despite their weight, which is attributed to their robust build, they deliver a superior audio experience from low volumes, making them suitable for various audio tasks such as mixing and mastering.
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Immediately buy and forget like a bad dream any Microlab or other universal speakers!!
10 August 2020 
So, colleagues and comrades, I decided to buy Reveal 402 after using the legend of amateur sound engineering: microlab speakers)) What can I say? The first impression is shock and delight. Why didn't I do this before?! I felt like I had taken off my cloudy, dark, broken glasses and finally began to see! And with all this, these are the smallest and most inexpensive monitors in the Tannoy range! For a room of 15 m2 - for the eyes!!! I work at a volume of 20%-30%. Very sensitive. The sound picture is amazing! Basa sea! An interesting point: we all know about the nonlinear characteristics of amplifiers... Until you turn up the volume on the same microlab or other similar speakers, they simply don’t play! No bass, no pressure, no elasticity... These monitors have the opposite! Everything as needed from almost zero volume! Tannoy, bravo!!! Guys, this is a different level of work and perception, no matter what you do: mixing, video editing, composition, recording, mastering.
Bass - it's an avalanche! It envelops and takes you away! That's what a quality amplifier and a great speaker in a properly calculated enclosure mean. And thank you for the stepped volume control! You can set one level on one monitor, and exactly the same on the other.

Special isolating stands are a must. Otherwise, the energy goes into rocking the table, not the speaker.
Like any product, there's a small downside to an otherwise great product... And here it is: the input on the speakers is either XLR or unbalanced TS jack. Why not have a balanced TRS jack input, allowing the user to decide whether to use TS (unbalanced) or TRS (since there is backward compatibility)? I believe this is a drawback.

But if you have an advanced audio interface with XLR outputs, then you probably won't notice this drawback. Another solution: there are Jack TRS - XLR cables. It might cost you a bit :)
Sashause Tannoy Reveal 402 less than month
great model, love it
29 January 2023 
Don't buy from LANOT. A marriage came, I wrote it to them, they said to send it back. Then they just subdued him and sent him back! That is, they sold it second-hand. When asked what the fuck ... you didn’t change to a new one, they are silent. Bastards, gypsy office. It would be better if I bought it on olx, it’s cheaper there at least
Excellent range of chatot, Bass sounds loud and clear. Not suitable for multimedia playback, because of the power of the bottoms, the tops are eaten
This colossus weighs 5 kg. Well, this is understandable, there are probably so many conders and resonant circuits for such a sampling of the bottom
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Additional features speakers Tannoy Reveal 402:
  • Separate amplifiers for woofers and tweeters (25 W each)
  • Treble control (-1.5 dB, 0, +1.5 dB)