Any Opinions on Tannoy Speakers?

IMHO d500 and d700 are the speakers to pay attention for. Churchhills are much more expencive. WAF is unacceptable on all these models -- simply ugly.

Thanks. I like both the d500 and d700, but the d700 has and edge over the d500. It just seems to come together more completely. Although the d700 is more expensive and larger which might be too big for my wife's approval.

They have my vote. The Tannoy "D" series are one of the few to get the tonal balance and presentation right. They have better than average sensitivity and could be powered easily by some tube amps.

While back home in Ireland over Christmas, I bought the British Hi-Fi News Record Review year-end special on hi-fi awards. In the magazine, the TD12 won best speaker of the year or some such award. Here's the speaker:
http://www.tannoy.com/frame.cfm?ID=1&D=1

Looks like it would score very high on the WAF.
Good luck,
John.

i couldn't disagree more with marakanetz about the aesthetics (read: WAF) of the tannoy churchill's. until tannoy decided to stick that crazy flying saucer (super tweeter) into the top of the cabinets, the churchill's in rosewood were, IMO, one of the most attractive "large" speakers available. the V-for-victory front ports and silhouette of winston on the speaker diaphragms are way cool. moreover, these beasts, coupled with low output tubes from airtight, have produced, for me, some of the most startling nearfield listening i've ever experienced. i dream of using a pair of these beauties as fronts in a gigantic tube-powered ht system.
-cfb