Tannoy Speakers

I once owned the M4 and have auditioned many models over the years. I was once invited to a dealer only audition of one of their prototypes that never made it to market. I liked the M4 and used them for a few years and these performed amazingly well for sub $1K speakers. When I went to replace them I auditioned the Eyris DC 3 which was pretty good and in the running, and the TD12 (out of my budget at the time, but sounded excellent), but ended up with the VSA-4JR which I loved from the moment I heard it. The set-up on the TD-12 was not optimal from a placement or electronics standpoint so I really do wonder what they would be like set-up correctly.

I hope someday to hear some of their offerings up in the prestige line.

I have a pair of Turnberry speakers from the Prestige line. I have owned them for about four years. That is much longer then any of my other components. I thought about getting rid of them, but could not find anything else that I liked better. I am listening to them as I write this and wonder why I should even consider getting rid of them. Their sound is musical, balanced, focused and just very natural sounding overall. And besides that, they are drop dead gorgeous with this very attractive retro look to them. I have never considered them overpriced as was suggested above, I just think of them as a pretty good deal. I'll be hanging on them and when I do decide to do something different, I'll probably just look up the Prestige line. Just my .02.
Dave

While Tannoy is the topic, I picked up a pair of Venus MkII's that I haven't played around with yet. Do these have any potential?

The Prestige line are some of the best speakers I have ever heard but they are pricey and the looks won't please everyone.

The Dimension series is highly underrated. The TD10 was really incredible sounding - different from most speakers but perfectly natural in the end. They need a BIG space to really open up. If you want orchestral pieces to sound believable, these are the speakers for you IMO.

I have never found the Eyris to sound good - they have always been rolled off and dull. I don't recommend them.

However, the Mercury series is really surprisingly good for the money. The MX3s I heard were most impressive and basically did everything right (except for scale but they are little speakers). Way better than Eyris for a lot less money.

Arthur

I owned two sets (the MX series for HT & the Revolution 3's for 2-channel). I still use the MX series in my HT and very much enjoy them. The R/L front MX 4's play down to the low 30's so the sub crosses over much lower (about 45Hz).

As far as the Rev 3's, they sounded fairly neutral (slight upper mid bump) and were easy to listen to in my analog setup. However, my listening room is 17 x 35 and open behind the wall they were up against (another 12 x 35) and even though the bass was tight and clean (down to the upper 30's), there just wasn't enough of it. I now have Kirksaeter 220's.