The Stirling’s look similar in size to my Berkeley’s, but with better cabinets. I have to put mine on small wooden benches to get the tweeters up to ear height, at around 6 inches from the front wall.
I asked the dealer about that very thing -- the tweeter axis. He at first said, yeah, he'd try to help me find a pair of stands of suitable size. The next day he called back and said the feet had enough adjustability to tilt the speakers to the proper axis. That sounds okay to me, since the drivers are coincident.
If they have that classic in-house Tannoy sound they should sound more like real music than any of your previous speakers.
They’ll never be the most accurate speakers or the ones that image or disappear best, but they should be amongst the easiest to relax and listen into.
To my ears there is something so correct about the Tannoy ’olde worlde’ paper coned dual concentric presentation that is very difficult to find elsewhere.
That's kind of what I wanted. Something very different from what I have, and easy to kick back and luxuriate in.
I do care a lot about imaging/soundstage, though. For me, that musical illusion is a huge piece of the enjoyment. From what I've read elsewhere, it sounded like Tannoys are rather excellent at that, due to the driver design. That's not your experience with your Berkeleys?