Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers?

Thanks for everyone sharing their thoughts on hard rock/ metal with Tannoys. I appreciate it.

The number one quality, bar none, that I look for in musical equipment is emotional connection with the music I enjoy. So I'll be curious about checking out Tannoys, as I'm under the impression that's a strength of theirs for some.

One thing I didn't hear though...are Tannoys good at lower volumes? Or do you need to play them at higher levels before they come alive?

They are good at low volume, which is how I usually listen.

I had a pair of Precision 6.2 series. First used Caspain M2 to power them, the result was meh... Then I used Magnat RV1, bass extension became better and then used Pass Labs XA30.5 and bass was perfect so it seems they are very sensitive to feed. With all these amps, midrange was really good specially if you are in jazz and female vocal, as mentioned by others the sound stage in lower models aren’t wide and sweet spot also narrow . Btw Tannoy speakers are really good with those magical concentric tweeters and wish their higher models have a better look.

@johnrothschild, all the Tannoys I have owned MX3s (slim floorstanders), R3s (bigger floorstanders) and Berkeley’s (larger floor/standmounts) were voiced to sound satisfyingly full at low volume.

The vintage Berkeley’s are a dream at low volumes, like the R3s (but with a bigger/freer sound). It’s actually difficult to resist turning them up (unless it’s late of course). You can easily begin craving more of that sumptuous sound. Because of low distortion, you can end up going quite loud before they become ’shouty’.

Despite any obvious treble trickery, they somehow render vocalists more legible. There is some commonly used unit of measure for speech legibility, used in cinemas I think, but I can’t recall the name. Whatever it is the dual concentric HPD drivers have it in spades.

They don’t really come more alive at higher volumes like some speakers do (Ruark Prologues!). You just get more of the same. Like having 2/3 slices of cake instead of just the one.

Of course they are not perfect, far from it. I would always prefer a better transient performance/dynamics plus a smoother treble.

As for timbral expressiveness, I doubt I can ever get enough.

But are they high-end? I would say so.

What a great post, thank you: ).

Excellent news on your low volume thoughts...that's definitely what I'm looking for in volume.