Happy Jack Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tannoy-15-inch-Bi-Amp-Dual-Concentric-Monitors-Speakers-Teak-Wood-Cabinets-Puma/282884426863?_trkparms=aid%3D777001%26algo%3DDISCO.FEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D50981%26meid%3D1f677775ee3f4fed854a584a65569313%26pid%3D100651%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D282884426863&_trksid=p2481888.c100651.m4497&_trkparms=pageci%3Adbccdff3-3dd7-11e8-894d-74dbd180b4c4|parentrq%3Ab6d4625a1620aa144835915ffff81540|iid%3A3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 A bit unfair though, chucking teak into the equation when everyone knows the question is rosewood or maple. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil-osopher10 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 They're user name is 'showmethemoney2010' lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 What's to argue about? The price? That's not unusual for a large set of Tannoys. For instance: https://soundapproach.com/tannoy-arden-15-dual-concentric-floor-standing-speakers-pair.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh7zWBRCiARIsAId9b4oFs1k_AI6L_Hbt-CZmH0GEnrbix6TJY_CikzCaA5nR3NJzP3kn-swaAuCEEALw_wcB https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tannoy-15-Gold-Monitor-Speakers-in-Brand-New-GRF-Folded-Horn-Cherry-Cabinets-/152963494167 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottastopbuyinggear Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said: What's to argue about? The price? That's not unusual for a large set of Tannoys. For instance: https://soundapproach.com/tannoy-arden-15-dual-concentric-floor-standing-speakers-pair.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh7zWBRCiARIsAId9b4oFs1k_AI6L_Hbt-CZmH0GEnrbix6TJY_CikzCaA5nR3NJzP3kn-swaAuCEEALw_wcB https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tannoy-15-Gold-Monitor-Speakers-in-Brand-New-GRF-Folded-Horn-Cherry-Cabinets-/152963494167 I think there’d be an argument in my house if these appeared in the living room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrendall Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Couldn’t resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Gottastopbuyinggear said: I think there’d be an argument in my house if these appeared in the living room! What would happen if you got a pair of large speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Tallboy Mk 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said: What would happen if you got a pair of large speakers? I wouldn't say they are a particularly large pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrendall Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, RandomBass said: I wouldn't say they are a particularly large pair. I’d still say class D rather than class A/B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 34C maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) I remember seeing these in a HiFi shop in SW London many years ago. Glad to see there are still selling, even if just made from Birch plywood! https://www.audioemotion.co.uk/tannoy-westminster-royal-gr-loudspeakers-459-p.asp Other speakers, including much more expensive ones are available. Such as these for example. http://www.tonepublications.com/review/sonus-faber-aida-loudspeaker/ Edited April 12, 2018 by Bobthedog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Not sure I understand why the seller is talking about using amps such as Lab Gruppen, MC2, etc. The only way to drive a pair of big Tannoy duals is with valves (that should stir up a few replies). They're very efficient, so a big trannie amp would be barely ticking over and wouldn't give of its best. Something like this would be the route to audio nirvana, I humbly suggest - http://www.audio-markt.de/_markt/item.php?id=8323733177. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 While valves have their place in instrument amps it's not due to how they sound when driven clean but how they sound when driven dirty. For those who think valves are superior for stereo/HT watch this starting at the 3:20 marker. It wouldn't hurt to watch all of it, for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubster Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Well, these come in at just under a ton in weight and 200,000 dollars. Wonder what a recommended amp setup would add?! https://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-specialties-alexandria-xlf-loudspeaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Yes, the Donald Trump signature model, expressly designed for those with far more money than brains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Tubster said: Well, these come in at just under a ton in weight and 200,000 dollars. Wonder what a recommended amp setup would add?! https://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-specialties-alexandria-xlf-loudspeaker Wow! 1 hour ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said: Yes, the Donald Trump signature model, expressly designed for those with far more money than brains. It does seem mental. Like do the people who can afford these actually have the time to geek out on audiophile sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Tubster said: Well, these come in at just under a ton in weight and 200,000 dollars. Wonder what a recommended amp setup would add?! If I was rich I would have those connected to an old amstrad amplifier and one of those upright record players that never worked well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: Like do the people who can afford these actually have the time to geek out on audiophile sound? Those Wilsons don't sound any better than many speakers at 5% of that price, if not less. They're not marketed to people who know what good sound is, they're marketed to people who equate quality with price and don't know that the one doesn't necessarily give you the other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Tubster said: Well, these come in at just under a ton in weight and 200,000 dollars. Wonder what a recommended amp setup would add?! https://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-specialties-alexandria-xlf-loudspeaker The best line in that review is "add $10,000 for the speaker cables ..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Irony is that, as I discovered this afternoon when playing my daughters' requests through my tube amp and (semi) decent speakers, much of the music being produced currently DOES sound better through a cheap system. My daughters loved listening to Taylor Swift really loud through Daddy's speakers either way. There is science to this, but it's not acoustics, you could say it's psychoacoustics but it's more than that really. Psychology and neuroscience research has made it pretty clear that expectation and sensation interact to produce perception. In this context, most problematic is the fact that the greater the expectation the greater the effect (true of pre-CBS versus MIJ Fenders etc etc). But there's only one reality that matters, and that's the one your neurons are dealing with as you listen. And given that expectation is a function of so many things - income, education, taste, experience, experience, expertise (and perceived expertise) - there's no way of standardising the relative quality of anything really. I'm glad I've got cheap tastes and limited expertise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Whoever buys those speakers will no doubt be purchasing the Pivetta Opera Only amp to run those bargain drivers Only 1.5 million Euros. Makes those speakers look like a pair of shop closure Tandys The 2.5m-tall, 1500kg amplifier, built at a cost of some €1.5m (£1.275m), is capable of delivering 160kW. https://www.whathifi.com/news/introducing-eu15m-15-tonne-160kw-amplifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Of course, now what will they play their music on ? Record decks are back in the frame, so i reckon this old boy will do the trick .. Av Design Haus Dereneville VPM $650,000 https://www.higherfi.com/phono/av-design-haus-dereneville-vpm Edited April 15, 2018 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I don't even know what this one is but boy I bet it sounds $11000 https://www.higherfi.com/phono/koetsu-coralstone really do a group of people actually pay this kind of mental money for a hi Fi system? What exactly are they listening to on it? Some album mastered to sound good on Spotify via iPhone earbuds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: I don't even know what this one is but boy I bet it sounds $11000 https://www.higherfi.com/phono/koetsu-coralstone really do a group of people actually pay this kind of mental money for a hi Fi system? What exactly are they listening to on it? Some album mastered to sound good on Spotify via iPhone earbuds? You have to remember that not everyone plays modern pop albums "mastered to sound good on Spotify via iPhone earbuds". If you have some of the classic EMI classical records, for example, they sound a bit special when played via the right kit. The fact is that there is a difference to be gained with esoteric hi-fi, but the law of diminishing returns applies firmly. If you are fortunate enough to be able to spend the necessary, though, the results can be spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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