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Tannoy Prestige Stirling

Fortunate today for the opportunity to listen to these (thanks to Simply Stereo outside of Chicago).  Don't know much about Tannoy but will be delving a little deeper after this.  Very impressive.  I think one of those speakers that is somewhat music dependent.  They were just outstanding with jazz, vocals, acoustic music - Lyle Lovett, Miles Davis.  Maybe not so much for rock - Genesis, Decemberists.  Fit and finish amazing.  10" dual concentric drivers.  91 db sensitive leans towards the more sensitive speaker types i'm interested in.   Primaluna tube integrated and streaming Roon.  Would love to hear this setup with vinyl. 

Anybody care to chime in about their more conventional models?   
pkatsuleas
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pkvintage
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I have 12" Monitor Gold's in self made 190L cabinets. Devore Orangutan 093 styling.   Audio Note supplies all the goods. They easily replaced a set of ANK spe's.
I immediately noticed the layering/ separation of instruments and details that stood out. It's very enjoyable to  hear details in music which you had not noticed before. It makes upgrading justifiable. LOL
pinemountainclub
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I’ve been a Tannoy fan for the past 30 years and it has been a love afar from the start. Over the years, I have owned variety of speakers: Vandersteen, B@W 801,Western Electric 753 monitors, WE 755a, Beverage electrostatic, Quad electrostatic, Jensen field coil speakers, Hartley 220MS full range, Lowther full range, IMF 80 II. Sperndor BC1, Rogers, JBL Hartsfield and many other JBL models, Supravox full range field coil, and other extremely desired speakers. However, the sound of Tannoy speakers has been very close to my soul. The sound of Tannoy speakers has not been short of religious experience - extremely emotional, tonal perfection, coherent and realistic stage presentation, extremely dynamic and yet very palpable. Tannoy speakers are not soft or ether harsh sounding speakers. They can sound warm and they can have sound bite and quickness if needed. My favorite Tannoy speakers are GRF Silver 15" corner enclosures. I run them with Raytheon RM10 mono amplifiers, RCA MI-9355 mono amps, Studer A80, Stellavox reel to reel, Garrard 301, Thorans 124, custom octal tube preamplifier, Esoteric transport and Wadia dac.
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richdirector
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I have new tannoy legacy Ardens with a Tron seven pre amp into Robson a class mono... They fire pretty much on any music BUT:
You need an amp to control the 15" so decent push pull valve (I have a radford sta25 on order) or decent TT power. 

Another thing is bi-wiring has a real benefit unlike many marginal gains with other speakers 
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dinov
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I have a pair of Tannoy Churchill’s with the add on super tweeters. I would never give them up. They are remarkable heavenly sound speakers. Warm, smoothie yet clear and precise. They pair well with mcintosh components.. I have a mc 500 amp driving them and the sound stage and bass extension are sublime. Good luck they will be a lifetime investment and a foundation to build your dream system on..
big_greg
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I've heard the Turnberry GR a few times at our music club Meetup. Fantastic speakers and eye candy as well.
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