Tannoy Everyone?! with Leben CS600 or Pass XA25/30.5?

@budburma those Sterlings are no slouch, I'm certain they sound wonderful! My Eatons are good enough for me, huge standmounters...like you, the larger much more expensive Tannoys are way over my budget, and I cannot fit them in my room...so I'm content with the Eatons for now. 

This business about the best Tannoys being the ones with the alnico magnets and pepper pot tweeters often gets mentioned, but is it really true?

When I compared my 1970s Berkeley’s (alnico/ pepper pot) with their predecessors in my system, the slim floorstanding Revolution 3s from around 2003, I found them to be remarkably similar in sound despite being entirely different in size and design.

The main sonic differences I detected were the size of scale and the sheer ease of the sound. In the end, it’s this sheer ease of sound that’s most pleasing to me.

A good analogy might be to say it’s like comparing a family Toyota with a Lexus.

@budburma 

Thanks for posting. Glad to know you found your heaven with Plinius SA 201 and Supratek Syraham. Plinius is one those brands I never got around to audition with Tannoy, maybe someday:-)