Speakers to big room


I have 6x8m room,now owning Tannoy Canterbury from Prestige serie 96db.,Meridian 808.3 and Sroll Lyric amp(240w to 8ohm).Any sugestion for some other high sensitivity speakers to have little tighter and faster sound?In my list:ATC,Harbeth,Proac.Overall I really like these speakers but someone always has some doubts,you know?
mikedimitrov
Hmm, well, nothing in the specs jumps out as a problem.

I wonder how much current teh amp is capable of delivering? That might be a factor with teh larger drivers. Often, integrated amps involve compromises in design and current delivery of integrated amps is not typically in the same league as that from the better standalone amplifiers. Can't say for sure in this case.

If you like the sound but it just needs to be tighter and faster, if you can maybe try the Class D Icepower amps. The Bel Cantos I use fit that bill perfectly. Other Class Ds like Rowland or Spectral might as well, but I cannot speak for those.

If it turns out that these do not deliver what you are looking for, then maybe a speaker swap is in order, but I think that would be a much more radical change in sound overall. Depends on your goals really....

BTW, I notice Tannoy employs Class D amps in some of their commercial monitor products, so I'm really thinking tannoy + Class D could be a very effective combo.

If you are not so attached to the Tannoys and the amp is really what you want/need to build around, I have heard some good things regarding Classic Audio Reproductions, Audio Note and Daedalus high efficiency designs. Or perhaps something along the lines of Klipsch La Scala or Khorn?

Godd luck and let us know how things turn out whichever way you go.
Then you should already be a happy man?? :)

Anyway, if you haven't done so - lift your speakers off the floor. Use something like the wooden Shunmook elephant legs. This should tighten things up - improve bass and midrange definitions, also better staging and speed in general.

During my 5yrs with the Royal Westminster (early 90s), I rolled quite a number of amps (VTL Ichiban, VTL90, Cary 211, Audion, Ongaku, Jadis JA200, FMA). I found then that they sounded best with 300B based amps. Given too much power, tube or SS, albeit controlled, their bass had a tendency to thicken/bloat thus overpowering the whole presentation when driven hard.

The SET Cary, Audion and Ongaku (note: all incorporate 300Bs somewhere in circuits) were beautiful combinations, but the push pull 90w triode VTL90 Monos (8 x WE 300Bs) imo was the best balanced overall (control and musicality in spades). So yes, ime definitely worthwhile to pursue the 300B route should you plan to keep the Canterbury.

Great speakers, but gotta work extra hard to get the best out of them. When set-up just right, positioning and all - you'll be pleasantly surprised, those huge boxes could actually disappear, and that they could image pretty darn well too! Goodluck.
Bvdiman sounds like he has the experience with these.

His recommendations all sound reasonable to me.

Often, placement within the room, interactions with floors and walls, etc. can make all the difference. Definitely make sure the setup within teh room is optimized as best possible before changing a thing. Its all good stuff, so a little tweaking to the room might turn out to be all that is needed. Other tweaks possible that might help include ICs, speaker wires and power source/outlets.

It sounds like you are close enough where perhaps just a few strategic tweaks might do the job?
I am npt experinced hifi man but i know how the music should sounds like.I am very close but there is still some work ahead of me.My system recognized the an exchange of power cables,swithced to hrmonix Studio Masters.Wow ,the whole system jumped by few levels.Incredible,could not belive it-