Tannoy or Volti


I have a friend who has the Tannoy Prestige GRF 90 for sale he is moving out of the country for half price, he paid $29000 in around 2020 not made in China. I am upgrading my Forte IVs, I am also considering the Volti audio Lucera…anyone that has heard the Tannoy and any other suggestions which will be better would be appreciated….I have a few first watt amps and several tube amps…plus Jeff Rowland and Pass Labs amps..

charles007100

Hey Charles. John at Refined Audio has been great. Thank you for the recommendation. The trial period is such a bonus. What a relief if you decide you aren’t satisfied. He also gave me an offer I can’t refuse! Well I can and I’m sleeping on it. 

@earthbound Jon is a great guy, are you considering the Sit-4?..you won’t be unhappy…oh my it sounds so good…if you get it I am here for you if you have questions….you can private message me anytime….

The Lucera is so sweet the midrange gives me chills….I was having electrical issues just ran two separate circuits one for the home theater and one for the two channel. The two channel with the Sit-4 and Lucera holding steady at 120 volts..all good….

Thanks Charles. I was pretty firmly set on the xa-25 but the more I read and spoke to people, the more I realized I don’t want super neutral, reference amp like. I don’t want poor recordings to sound worse than they do already with my set amp, which apparently is pretty neutral itself. So, the sit-4 and the Coda s5.5 were also on my radar. I want a very quiet, low noise floor amp like I have now. Some say the Coda can be a little noisy. So speaking to John, he mentions the sit-5, which I wasn’t even aware of. Few reviews but it seems to really take what’s best from the 4 and the Pass lines. With the 15 inch woofer, I like the idea of the control it will have and has the lowest noise measurement of all the FW’s. I’m selling a few things off so we will see. Either way, it looks like a Sit is in the future plans. 

I would definitely take Jon’s advice, he has never given me bad advice, the Sit-5 wasn’t available when I bought the Sit-4…if Nelson designed it you will have not problems….I would go for it…get it done and you will be good to go forever..