I have found with extensive room acoustic treatment that these speakers can produce astonishing deep bass and sub bass. They also sound better if bi-amplified.
I have a pair of the XT6Fs and recently I bought a pair of KEF R7 Metas. I had the Tannoys boxed and ready to be sold. After a week of listening to the KEFs (exclusively) I unboxed the Tannoys and decided to send back the £4000 KEFs. These Tannoys are extremely good. It's a shame Tannoy are now no longer but the staff started making their own speakers and they are definitely and unmistakably from the same stable. Fyne Audio are definitely worth a listen if you can't find a pair of XT6 or 8s. Made in Scotland too just like the Tannoys.
Loved it. I like reviews from music fans - it means you’re not always in a critical state of mind. Which is fine if you’re a professional. It has to be hard to turn that off sometimes. Enjoyed it.
Thank you for a very articulate description of the sound of the XT8F. I have these and they cost about 10% of the price of my front end, but I don't want to change these speakers. But also they are very room friendly. The speaker brass jumpers between the bi-amp posts need to be replaced with quality jumper cables.
Hello, thank you for your impressions. This is what I felt when buying. Nowdays i would love comparing them to the new polk audio R700; Very interessting match
I have the 8xt and have heard the Polks, the Tannoy is better for sound stage and bass, I find them a more revealing speaker. The Polks are nice but it has a more rolled off treble and relaxed presentation. The Revolution need care when pairing with an amplifier. I had a Rega Ellicit R and had to change to a Parasound Halo as the sound was too bright.
Thank you so much. Yes I did a video a few months before called My stereo equipment or something like that. I think most of the components were the same
i had 6 diffrent tanoy speaker s last one is xtf 6 and speaker cablle hf wireworld eklips 6 and yamamura6000 millenium for bas it took 4 month of anger and now with right angle turn inward i cant belive what a good sound
In my case, in front I have xt8f , center xtc and sourround xt6f with audiolab 6000a. I just ordered an Onkyo A-9130 to compare both amplifiers. I had musical fidelity m2si, Cambridge cx81 and in the end I kept Audiolab 6000a .
I regret not getting some of these when they came out. Since Tannoy have changed production and closed everything in Scotland, prices have gone through the roof…!
Yes I’m so glad I got to buy these from the family of my buddy that past away. They sound incredible. He really knew his stuff. I remember when he bought them and I thought that he did a huge mistake. I had no idea about Tannoys more high end series. Hooked them up. Man. I was blown away.
@B ANANNA these speakers are very revealing and amp and speaker cable sensitive. I also found top end improved by replacing brass connectors on binding posts with quality jumper cables.
Hello again, could you have the opportunity to listen to the Polk auio R700? it wiuld be really interessisting. Both with 20cm boomer. I would really lke to know your impressions if you could listen to the Polk R700. I jsut discovered an unbeilevable one thin;. I tried these tannoy with MF m2si, Cambridge cxa81, Rega elex and so on but I have just got an expenive amplifier Onkyo a9130 and it is amazing, the best match for me.
