I had a friend ovr who own some Tannoy's. He has one of the 15" models paired with Mac 275's. I run tube amps with N800's. He was impressed, but stated that the midbass riffs stand out a little more with the Tannoys, but, he liked the imaging, highs, and spatial dimension on my system compared to his. A Stereo review or some other magazine described the Tannoy 15's models as having an added bass bump from 150-300hz, which in part, adds to the efficiency to the Tannoy's. My room is completely measured and acoustically treated, matched with some german tube amps.
If you like what you have already, I would stay with that, otherwise, going to B&W N800s would require you to match amps and carefully treat the room, a hassle for some. These are things I have done to allow me to enjoy my B&W's.
Ciao,
Audioquest4life
If you like what you have already, I would stay with that, otherwise, going to B&W N800s would require you to match amps and carefully treat the room, a hassle for some. These are things I have done to allow me to enjoy my B&W's.
Ciao,
Audioquest4life