Tannoy or Volti

As a CWIV owner, I’ve definitely been intrigued by Volti, all the more following this thread. Like a few others on Agon, mine have been upgraded with the Don Sachs recipe of caps and resistors, along with better binding posts and dynamat damping of horns, etc., all of which radically improved them. I’d love to hear a report comparing the Razz or Rival to  Sachs-type modded CWIV. Anyone?

I hate to say it but the Volti speaker was amazing, it’s like the other speaker had a mask on when playing music compared to the Volti Razz…the midrange in the Razz was crazy good, detailed not bright or harsh in anyway,….

Like a clear window into the music.  Great that you got to hear the differences for yourself vs Klipsch

very musical and took me to a place that consumed me emotionally

Fantastic - finding gear that subjectively resonates with you is the holy grail.  Volti gives a clear window of upline electronics.

Unlike the very limited selection of horn type speakers. Tannoy uses unique dual concentric driver design which will sound significantly different than Volti- best to demo if still interested.  To me, Fyne Audio (ex-Tannoy engineers) seems newer/better tech/sonics - the Fyne Audio F704SP sounded great at AXPONA 2025, Tannoy Sonics never resonated with me.  

I’ve been listening for the last couple years to a restored pair of Tannoy 12” golds in  the Cantata cabinet.  The original Tannoy’s used alnico magnets, which Tannoy now reserves for their prestige line.  I personally don’t find the Tannoy’s warm, it’s a metal horn tweeter after all.  My take on why someone might be attracted to Tannoy’s are that they can be slammed against the wall, they sing with 80 watts of solid state amps or a push pull tube, so very amp friendly.  They have very good soundstaging thanks to the coincident design, and they are extremely affordable, prestige level not withstanding.  I’ve heard the Razz’s at the shows and I liked them alot.  I also heard the latest Vittoria (way too big for the room). Tannoy’s really aren’t very similar to Volt’s line.  They are a very old design that had huge success professionally and at home, but they aren’t progressing, just constant iterations which probably occur because of forced material changes.  Please stop comparing Tannoy to Fyne, the Fyne’s are so much more expensive.  We all know that Audiogon readers mostly buy used and not list from a dealer.  At used prices, Tannoy’s will give you a lot for your money, if you like their presentation.  Oh and the GRF’s that you were thinking about were never very representative of the GRF lineage and even received low marks from the UK press.  In your situation, I think you chose well to walk.  

Thank you for the point of view and experience, so far I am loving the Volti after yesterday. Thanks to Chuck for inviting me into his house to listen to the Razz, in a nice quiet space.