Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR


Good Morning and happy holidays,

Having just spent a day over at my friend's new listening shack/man cave with my Leben driving his Tannoy Stirlings, I fell in love and am thinking I might just need a pair myself. So, I could use a little help deciding between the Stirling GR's and Cheviot Legacy's and am curious if any of you have experience with both and what you hear/feel is the difference between the two.

If it helps, I listen to a pretty wide variety - mostly singer songwriter, alt country, some classic rock and jazz. A little hiphop, no metal and very little classical.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

 

 

budburma

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I’m on my 2nd set of Tannoys from Upsacale audio. Currently Turnberry GR. It’s true: they take a good long time to break-in. I was not exactly thrilled with their sound out of the box. After about 6 months, they “came alive” and now, I love em’. They’re in a 15x19’ room, 8’ ceiling. The bass is good, but might have to do with them being powered by a SET amplifier. DEBRA sub array helps the bass, but the room has issues as well. The soundstage and imaging is fantastic. I spent a long time with speaker setup. Finally, I arrived at the same conclusion as above: apart with a good amount of toe-in is the ticket. 

I like Upscale. Cool people. They won’t steer you wrong.