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In Reply to: Opinions on Tannoy Revolution or Saturn series? posted by schmoo@execpc.com on July 29, 2002 at 09:01:13:
...they are what you want. They are non-fatigueing, musical, lush, romantic, unanalytical; they are not detailed, clear, or "ruthlessly revealing". They are much better on jazz, voice, soft rock, chamber music than they would be at rap, heavy metal, or the 1812 Overture. They are not good speakers for comparing the differences between amplifiers or source components.But they are great speakers for use with budget priced gear. I tried both the R1's and Dynaudio 42's ($700 list) with NAD 340 integrated amplifier (a very good for the money, $250 used amp). With the Dynaudio's, I (and my audiophile friend) could clearly hear some very annoying harshness and stridency from the NAD; with the R1's, no such problem. But swap in a $1500 amplifier (Musical Fidelity A3CR, Stereophile class A) and the Dynaudio's became wonderful, clearly surpassing the R1's. They R1's sounded a little better with the A3CR, but the difference wasn't huge.
So I bought a pair of R1's. Don't regret the decision. I don't know of any other speaker that does what they do.
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