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Hi!I have B&W N804 speakers, driven by Classé CP-35/CA-101 combo. I like this set up pretty much, but it's not exactly what I want to music sounds like.
I'm very interresting to go Tannoy, Turnberry HE should be ideal to my room, but does it work with my amp?
Experiences, any suggestions?
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I agree with Bill. Try Tannoy with, for example, an ASR Emitter. It's awesome.Check out the new Tannoy Glenair, 15'' dual concentric.
with the Tannoy's. I drive my D700's with Classe CAM-200 mono's. The CAM have great control over the Tannoy's from a whisper to "the police are here" volume. My description would be detailed with ease. You can't go wrong.
That's true and the Tannoy D, TD, and Prestige series speakers are all better than the DMT that "Bare" mentions. He is not registered and simply adds poor commentary here and there without experience.
-Bill
IF you don't already own the Tunberries:-) Seriously suggest you listen to a pair of DMT's as an alternate.. MUCH better units in every way, except appearance :-)... And yes, Tannoys really do sound better with a hi current amp., although the Classe while a pretty decent Amp is not a great one.
I have to take a try with Tannoy. My dealer have one pair of Tannoy Stirling speakers in shop, I think check tem out first.
Up until April this year, I had, for 5 years, been driving a pair of Tannoy D700's with a Classe' CP-50 & CA-100 combo. I was reasonably satisfied with this pairing, until some burglars forced the replacement of the Classe' pre/pwr combo.The insurance pay-out allowed me to make some small changes:
a. Classe' CP-50 replaced by Classe' CP-500
b. Classe' CA-100 replaced by Jeff Rowland Model 201 monoblocks (x2)What has become apparent since this new set-up has settled-in, is that the extra power & current delivery, coupled with a much higher damping factor, have introduced a lot more control - particularly in the lower registers and this, in turn, has removed some vague veiling in the mid-to-upper registers.
I realise that the D700's and the Turnberry's are different designs, but these very differences should provide some guidelines:
The D700's had a rather reactive load characteristic with an overall impedance of 6 ohms but with a serious dip down to around 3 ohms at ~150 Hz. With a sensitivity of 93 dB, high sound levels were never a problem, although, at these high levels, the sound was a bit congested.
Given the differences between the D700 & the Turnberry:
Sensitivity: Identical at 93dB
Impedance: 8 ohms (Turnberry) vs 6 ohms (D700)
Drive Units: One 10" paper-coned DC (Turnberry) vs One 10" poly-coned DC PLUS a 10" poly-coned wooferThe higher impedance of the Turnberry should result in a more benign amplifier load.
I don't know what differences, if any, there are between the CP-50 and CP-35, or between the CA-100 and CA-101.
While all this is very theoretical, you may want to try to convince the Tannoy dealer to allow a home trial for final decision-making.
DevillEars
Many people prefer the Tannoys with higher powered solid state amps. It seems they have a cult following amoung the lower powered tube amp fans, but we have connected the Tannoys with both tube and solid state and although both sound very good, I actually prefer most of the solid state combinations.
-Bill
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