Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR

@leotis I was (pleasantly) surprised at the improvement after 100hours. The falling apart continues to come back together, even after 150-175 hours. It's a crazy torture for sure. The low crossover also felt like a potential contributor, so Robert Lee at Acoustic Zen was kind enough to chat me up and send a pair of Hologram II biwires designed for lower crossover speakers. They made an immediate difference, smoothing things out and make the spectrum more coherent. I'd recommend them (and him!) very highly for the speakers!

Yeah. I was expecting continued improvement based on how the tweeter smoothed out over the first maybe 100 hours. Best speaker I have had in that 17' x 25' room in terms of filling the space and sounding great from everywhere in the room. I would have given  it more time except Upscale return policy; I wanted to send back before my housekeeper dinged them up. Bottom line being physically too large for the spot I could place them. Feng Sui issue. Half the reason I picked Tannoy is that Pass Labs uses Tannoy to voice their amps and I figured it would be a good match for the Pass INT-25. Which turned out to be correct, an exceptional match IMO. I still miss those things.

@ leotis - thinking about the Cheviot in my 12x22 room driven by my INT60.  I'm a little confused by your statement that they were "too large for the spot" but not too large for your 17x25 room?  Could you clarify?

@budburma - did the speakers finally settle in?  Impressions now?

Thanks to you both for any info. you can provide.