Can you have too much speaker presence?

I think the presence suggestion relates to what I would term natural presence.Which is impacted by the baffle size .Smaller baffled speakers have less output in the midrange which means the frequencies above that have to be attenuated to balance the frequency response.That is baffle step compensation.

It is arguably two wrongs trying to make a right.You tend to lose more than just efficiency.You lose natural presence and replace it with throttled presence and  then rely on injecting more power to compensate [reconstitute if you like] . It is an imperfect solution.Like the sonic version of powdered milk!

The dealer must be talking about the 1976 Led Zeppelin Presence album. ark,ark!

50+ years an audiophile. I've never heard "presence" used in this way. Usually refers to upper mix frequencies. It would be interesting to know what your dealers means. And I'm not saying he doesn't know what he's talking about,  just that he's using a potentially confusing term.

Have fun. 

I have in the past, but own no longer Stand Mount Tannoy Speakers.

In conjunction with these I have a Floor Standing Three Way Speaker at approx' 44" High (still owned and used) and 6' x 3' ESL's (still owned and used)

Either of these Speakers have been/are capable of filling a room with attractive sound, each have attractions and detractors unique to each Speaker.

Each have supplied numerous hour of music replays where an alternative speaker was desired.

Accepting the differences between the Three Designs and learning each ones  strengths, and how they offer certain genre's a uplift is a experience worthwhile having.