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| Tannoy Yorkminster vs Canterbury Technically, I shouldn't respond, as I've never heard either one. I have acquaintances that have one or the other, and they are thrilled with what they have.The Canterbury SE, though, would probably be the best option, based on what I've been told... | |
| Review: First Watt M2 I guess you missed my paen to the M2 a couple of weeks ago. My observations are the same as yours. It left me bewildered, though, wondering since it's so good, how much better can Nelson's new $80K mono-blocs be?I wrote to Nelson, since I just cou... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE I'v skimmed through all these posts again, and still don't know what the OP finally decided on. Did I miss something?Dan | |
| Why did you choose a horn based loudspeaker? I've never had a proper set of horn loudspeakers, but I've always wanted to. Back in the old days, I had friends and acquaintences that had VOTT or Klipschorns, and I always enjoyed hearing them.I was introduced to Tannoys late 60's, and used them... | |
| Valve amplifiers I was a confirmed solid state adherent until the last few years, but my curosity finally got the best of me, which caused me to change to a more sensitive, easier to drive set of speakers.I have been very pleasantly surprised, actually more than s... | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? Larry, I've been reading of your dilemma, If you are still seeking speaker cable suggestions, I recommended Tempo Electric solid core silver in Teflon tubing. I replaced Auditorium A-23 cables with them, and I'm very satisfied with them.I was able... | |
| Back to basics I don't know if my solution will work for you, but what I did was purchase an old Garrard 401 on Ebay UK, refurbish it, build a plinth, and mount my (used) arm of choice, a Dynavector 501.This made an excellent project for me, and has turned out t... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I read with interest the comments and opinions above. I have been using Mundorf S/I/O caps, Deuland resistors, and Goertz 12 ga. inductors in my custom Tannoy HPD's for years now.While the purchase of Dueland Cast capacitors are beyond my budget, ... | |
| Need Advice For A large Room 2 Channel Speaker Look into Tannoys. 12" or 15" Dual Concentrics will do the job. My 16' X 34' w/cathedral ceiling room is handled well by my custom built 12" HPD drivers.Do yourself a favor, go and hear some, they won't disappoint.Dan | |
| $10K or less speakers for 20x20 rm with open back My room is of similar size (16' X 34' w/cathedral ceilings), and my custom built 12" Tannoy HPD's, are able to fill this large room to very good effect with as little as 9 Wpc (SET 300B), but they have also sounded extremely good with 300 Wpc of s... | |
| currently own a vpi scout, looking to upgrade Stanley, I assure you my JMW Signature was set up as well as humanly possible, at least by this human. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good sounding set up.However, the fact that the Garrard 401, and Dynavector 501 (using either Soundsmith retip... | |
| currently own a vpi scout, looking to upgrade When I first got back to analog, I bought a Pro-Ject table, and was disappointed by it's build quality.Next came a VPI Scout, which I subequently upgraded to a Signature, with a 300 RPM motor, which was a good sounding table, with a Dynavector XX2... | |
| Sold speakers you really enjoyed?... But why? Sunnyjim, please pardon me for confusing you with "Sunnyboy". A lot gets by these old eyes these days.Regards,Dan | |
| Sold speakers you really enjoyed?... But why? Pradeep, as you may know, I sold a pair of Dynaudio Contour 5.4's that I thought I'd keep forever, due to the nagging feeling I had unfinished business with Tannoy loudspeakers.When I started this venture, it was just after the economy crashed, so... | |
| Tannoy Westminster vs Quad 989 I know I'm not following your instructions, as I've never owned Quads or Magnepans, but I've now had Tannoys for most of my adult life, with some of that time spent with B&W, and some very fine Dynaudio Contour 5.4's.I decided to return to Tan... |