Tannoy Stirlings on the way!

Wow! Great choice! I’m sure you will love them. I own the Tannoy Legacy Eaton standmounters, the biggest stand mount speaker I’ve ever seen lol. Man, they sound terrific, especially paired with a nice class A amp/integrated. Try the sugden A21 SE if you have the opportunity, it’s a great match. My eatons will most likely be my rest of life speakers..I still have my wharfedales, but these tannoys are in another world or league. Made and designed in the UK, Scottland.

This is an excerpt from a review of the Tannoy Eatons, which will most likely apply to your tannoys as well....
"in Ravel’s Nocturn from Daphnis and Chloé (Serge Baudo, Czech Philharmonic) the view of the pastoral landscape was portrayed so seductively that I froze in the listening chair - the space was literally walkable for hours."

And another....
"And I especially fell in love with its depth - imagine deep and absolutely clear water, everything is moving, smoothly and continuously, you see colors and clear outlines to a depth of a few meters and you have an immense desire to dive to that depth."

Yeah, The walk around lead singer comment was from the favorable review of the tannoy eatons by the audiophile man, Paul Rigby....

Trentmemphis, that response was not directed at you, should have been more clear. The quote was from someone further back in this series of posts that said to stay away from class A of 30 watts or more....which to me has no validity...

Tannoys and tubes are a great match. However, you may be limited in how loud they will play based upon the tube amps output. The Tannoys are pretty sensitive, say 89 to 91....but no where as sensitive as say a klipsch.  I went with a single ended 30 watt class A (40 w into 4 ohm) by sugden which to me sounds awesome. It goes plenty loud, although most of my listening is not loud. The Tannoys, at least the eatons, sound great even at a low volume. 

"I would not recommend any amp with <30watts in pure class A.".....why?? Sugden has been building the A21 for like 40 something years! If you have doubts about the quality, then I’d advise you to read all the positive reviews on the A21 SE signature pure class A integrated. Better yet, seek one out to listen to. To me, it is a fantastic match for the Tannoys. Guess you would also frown upon some of the class A products from Pass? None of them have tubes, all SS, and have also received rave reviews. This is not to say in any way that a good single ended tube amp would not sound wonderful as well. I am saying that at 89 to 91 sensitivity, a 2 watt amp may not cut it in the loudness dept. Yes, it may very well be a nice low level listening experience with a great soundstage, but for higher volumes I'd seek out a higher watt alternative.