Tannoy Westminster’s Audition?

Your wife is a keeper if is she is on board with those monsters.    That said you should make a mini trip out to LA.    Fly out , check out Upscale , and have a few days of fun with Mrs  Vinyl Rules....   

Unfortunately finding someone close with those may prove difficult.   Not something you want to buy sight unseen.  I really like co-axial speakers but I have heard a few like the Heretic that are not for me 

You might give Glen Poor audio Champane IL a try . He is a Tannoy dealer with a first class store. 

I heard them at the LA show and wasn't impressed at all.  Hopefully it was the electronics they were paired with.  I won't bash the brand but it is an overhyped and poor performing tube amp.  

They are beautiful.  Remember that you are paying at least 50% for looks which explains the high price.

Best of luck.

Jerry

For $27,000 you should really come out to upscale audio and audition them properly and compare them to other speakers in that ballpark. When I was auditioning speakers there they did a great job of putting together a system comparable to my home system, and although I went out there primarily to listen to Focals, ended up with the Westminister’s “little” Cheviot cousins.

The experience was so positive that if you are flying into LAX, I will drive you out there if you let me “help.”