Yawn.
Tannoy anyone?? They've been doing 10" and bigger dual concentrics like, forever.
This is quite a different driver though. Basically there have been two branches of the concentric tree: Tannoy style with compression driver behind the woofer motor, and KEF Uni-Q style with direct radiating tweeter diaphragm roughly level with the top of the woofer former. Most big “pro” coaxes (B&C, BMS, Eminence, etc) are Tannoy style, while smaller “hifi” or “studio” ones (Seas, Sica, Pioneer/TAD, ELAC, Genelec, Technics, Kali, etc.) tend to be KEF style.
To my knowledge this is the biggest commercial variant of the KEF style yet introduced. KEF themselves made 8’s in the beginning and also more recently (Q900/Q950, THX custom install) but not that many.
This is one I’d like to hear. The drive unit is technically interesting. I love the fusion of modern baffle under classic casing. Andrew Jones has his track record, too.
But back to Tannoy, where are they? One of my personal formative audio experiences was their 1990s D700 model, a 2.5 way with 10” coax. I also ran their 12” studio monitors (for a while in cabinets commissioned from Nathan Funk) for several years as LCR. Their XT 8F was a very nice speaker.
But Tannoy doesn’t make big modern coaxes any more, for home or studio. They have some mediocre retro stuff. I’m not sure what Behringer is doing with the brand.