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Tannoy Prestige Stirling

Fortunate today for the opportunity to listen to these (thanks to Simply Stereo outside of Chicago).  Don't know much about Tannoy but will be delving a little deeper after this.  Very impressive.  I think one of those speakers that is somewhat music dependent.  They were just outstanding with jazz, vocals, acoustic music - Lyle Lovett, Miles Davis.  Maybe not so much for rock - Genesis, Decemberists.  Fit and finish amazing.  10" dual concentric drivers.  91 db sensitive leans towards the more sensitive speaker types i'm interested in.   Primaluna tube integrated and streaming Roon.  Would love to hear this setup with vinyl. 

Anybody care to chime in about their more conventional models?   
pkatsuleas
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pehare
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I just got a new pair of Stirling GR's in August of this year and am enjoying them immensely.  I play all sorts of music including Rock loud and they sound great.  I believe if a speaker suits your taste it sounds good on all types of music.  I use a Music Reference RM10 MkII light loaded on 4 ohm taps so it's about 25 watts class A and it's plenty of power.  I think the 91dB sensitivity rating is somewhat low as they seem more efficient than my last 92dB speakers which were Coincident Partial Eclipse II's (also great speakers).  They are keepers  
marqmike
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My Cheviot's get the soul of music across. Just love music on them.  Doesn't seem to be an audiophile speaker because I notice no particulars highlighted, they just help me walk away with a better appreciation for the art of the music, and musicians better. They serve the music and musicians very well. I like jazz, classical, blue grass, music like earth wind and fire or pop with funky soul jazz type stuff. Lots of acoustic music, older rock.
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lalitk
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“I think one of those speakers that is somewhat music dependent”.
IMO, I wouldn’t quite say Tannoy’s are music dependent but one must choose very carefully the upstream components. It’s one of those speakers that really shines with ‘right’ choice of amp and source components.

I would suggest you do your research, listen to YouTube videos and let your ears guide what sounds best with Tannoy’s.

I own the Canterbury’s, it’s nothing short of a soul stirring experience with each listening session. As @marqmike aptly said ‘you walk away with a better appreciation for the art of the music, and musicians better’.

Good luck with your Journey!
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