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Manley stingray and tannoy

Hi all I have a pair of tannoy revolution signature dc 6 standmount speakers that I would love to try with a Manley stingray, any thoughts about this would be greatly appreciated. The speakers are 8ohms and 88 dB my room is 7 metres by 4 metres ceiling height of 2.9 metres with wooden floorboards. I don't listen at overly loud volumes but have been known on the odd occasion to crank it up a little. Thankyou
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rrog
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Philjolet, Was your Stingray an early one? I understand the power has been reduced on the later models due to different transformers.

I ran SMGa Maggies with original Quad tube monos with 15 watts. I did not try them with large scale music, but the midrange on simple music was oh so nice.
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philjolet
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Rrog, yes mine was the first model out.

I did not know the power was lowered on later models...
rrog
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Philjolet, I also have the first model which is rated at 50wpc. The newer models are 40wpc due to a lower voltage power transformer.
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mds
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Pops

Call Manley and ask them about using the stingray with your speakers. They generally are very helpful on the phone and will give you their opinion.
magfan
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Maggies are not the awful load some imply.
flat impedance and moderate phase angles make them tube friendly.

I'd look for the same with the Tannoys to determine if it'd be at least a good electrical match.
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