Tannoy is not the most transparent nor is Pass electronics. Tannoy is not that linear either. But I guess amp designers have their own individual testing style. I like vintage tannoy though and was planning to go to the west coast to listen to that Westminster earlier, but now with lock down don't know when. The system sounds delightful from descriptions and a brief video that Ron had posted some months back. I can see why his reviewer friend, used to Wilson, liked tannoy so much. Will be a welcome change from "hifi" land to music land
Does "competes with much more expensive" actually exist?
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Tannoy is not the most transparent nor is Pass electronics. Tannoy is not that linear either. But I guess amp designers have their own individual testing style. I like vintage tannoy though and was planning to go to the west coast to listen to that Westminster earlier, but now with lock down don't know when. The system sounds delightful from descriptions and a brief video that Ron had posted some months back. I can see why his reviewer friend, used to Wilson, liked tannoy so much. Will be a welcome change from "hifi" land to music land
Good morning Ked, it was a knee jerk reaction on my part.. some years ago when there was a Starbucks on every corner, A coffee buddy of mine would always complain about Starbucks coffee. Said they burn their beans, overheat the water, etc... So I made the comment sarcastically as we waited in line, that they would never be successful..
I agree with you regarding the Pass sound.. it’s just to the right of neutral to my ears,
I thought the Tannoy was 1x 15 driver with a tweeter in the middle of it? Am I missing something here?
Ok, I used to drink a lot of Starbucks and pass is just not as good. Also, now I drip my own filter and will assemble my own horn, similarly
That's right it is a concentric driver. But it is very coherent, single driver like. Their drivers are good but their factory cross overs are usually not and tweaking benefits but you need to find someone who has done it well
These generalizations are so broad as to virtually guarantee their inaccuracy.
No just spot on might aggravate the Wilson apologists. As I said before I don't want to be in this hobby if speakers were made like Wilson, Magico, or shudder, Raidho
Clearly, these are matters of personal taste and opinion. Accuracy is tangential. (I would not be here otherwise.)
How dare you say that? They are irrefutable dogma, the evidence of which is plain to see for anyone with ears to listen!
What you say is partly true, since I find no evidence of those who like Wilson Magico having much experience, if any, with tannoy and horn set ups. So like you said "for anyone with ears to listen" provided they do listen.
LOL. There are moments when you can be really funny, Ked (love your British humor). This is not one of those moments though, but hey, I'll take it anyway.
LOL. There are moments when you can be really funny, Ked (love your British humor). This is not one of those moments though, but hey, I'll take it anyway.
No it was just insight. Or maybe not because it is too obvious to be an insight
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