Best vintage Tannoy for rock?

Dan, nice post, and nice sign off (Yours in the love of music and Tannoy). Yes, we are on the same page.

One thing about Tannoy guys: they are so often about the music. After all, they can't be about prestige as the gear is not raved in the mags. They can't be about conformance, as they are not the current hot thing (which means nothing about sound....in fact, how hot something is might be inversely proportional to how much like music it sounds!).

And sure a bunch of us have conversed, and a bunch of us forget that! You are not alone, with so many e-mails, forums, etc. these days who could remember all the contacts?You are not losing it!

Great Thread and discussion..Thanks for a lot of info.

I did have a chance to hear a Turnberry with and without Supertweeters, and felt they are a hit/miss. With some recordings they do add a lot more spatial cues but with some recording they can give an impression of going on the harsher side which is completely against the grain..hence can be a bit disorienting.

Regarding Rock- They definitely do Rock. since they naturally have a fleshed out sound very rich in harmonic content (And i believe the reason many folks feel they are colored)they do very well with both Tubes and SS. and while quality of power is important they do respond to quantity of power especially with regard to the bottom end .

I run my Tannoys with a Leben amp and frankly could not be happier..and i listen to almost every Genre except Heavy Metal and Rap..and i personally believe they are the most Tonally satisfying speakers i have heard

Yes, yes, yes!

I feel it! Like an old time revival meeting!

Fired up the system last night, listening to vinyl through the SET 300B, and had to use my better judgement, and finally shut it down at 3:00 a.m.

Played some rock, Gaucho by Steely Dan, and Pirates by Rickie Lee Jones, classical, Prokofieff, Symphony No. 3/Scythian Suite, and Brahms, Piano Quintet in F Minor.

Sometimes, I get to musing about what, and how long, it took to get to such a satisfying point in listening. I remember the time when my HPD drivers and XO's arrived from the UK, and I hooked them up temporarily, mainly to see if they worked.

Lying on their sides, next to my Dynaudio Contour 5.4's, it was quite a shock, as they sounded much better than the nearly $9000 speakers they were next to. I then knew I was on the right track, and haven't looked back.

I feel very fortunate to have acquired such reproduction at home. It makes up for all the wrong turns I previously took.

Thanks for the contributions on this thread from all of you, and to the OP for posting it. I have enjoyed learning about others' systems, it's kind of a favorite pastime of mine, as there seem to be an infinite mix of components that can be put together, I'm amazed at the ingenuity and passion of music lovers the world over.

Best regards,
Dan

Hi Dan,
I KNOW that I would have enjoyed that listening! Reading your post had me put on Pirates while responding. I can only imagine how your Tannoys handled "Traces Of The Western Slopes" :) I will suggest to you Carla Bley "Sextet" It is fully Instrumental, but also has some excellent percussion that I imagine would be REALLY nice through you Tannoys. I like this one a lot!

Also, Hiram Bullock does a VERY impressive hot solo on one song,
he was in his prime. RIP