Looking forward to the results. Those Tannoys look lovely.
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Looking forward to the results. Those Tannoys look lovely.
so had a great time here yesterday with couple of folks from other forums and our own firebottle [alan] who kindly returned my repaired bel canto stuff
the thrax playing with the tannoy eatons was pretty special , they certainly are a good combo . tremendous bass which was superbly controlled and lovely clarity of instruments . obviously the thrax is pretty esoteric but if you have big pockets its a match made in heaven . of course it can have dac fitted and be a very good one box solution that will eclipse a great many pre power options at double the price . extremely grateful to paul benge of hi fi guy for letting me have the thrax and eatons on demo [ did anyone get to the tannoy show opposite the bristol show ]
we also used the supernait 2 with them and this was excellent , i really like this amp which is a bit quirky with its decoupled mains lead and its idiosyncrasies but s/h they are good vfm
i am sure alan may comment further at some point
The Classic Quad 303 works surprisingly well with Vintage Tannoys and is pretty much a bargain price. The Tannoys are a pretty easy load, so the 303 is fine.
The proviso is that the 303 is in good serviced condition, otherwise the sound is just OK. It's virtually a bomb proof amp. I am using one all day though Rogers LS3/6 monitors. It seems a waste of energy etc. using, say my Radford STA25 III for hours on end.
I have used the 303 with Tannoy HPD315's and it worked well. Also, a long time ago I used a 303 with Tannoy 12" Silvers, sadly, don't have them any more.
The EAR 516 in the classified looks a good bet for tannoys.
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The Thrax (love that name) round at hifinutt towers was something else, it looked very well built.
The Tannoy Eatons were frankly superb. The image focus was pinpoint, a big :thumbsup: from me.
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yes its a big bugger !!! this is with my big harbs
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...e5589373_z.jpgP1050259 by , on Flickr
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i was after reducing my boxes with one box , but its just a bit too big . it would walk all over a lot of high end pre power stuff though . the dealer [hi fi guy] will be collecting it and the MASSIVE carrier case will leave a big space in the lounge
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incidentally by coincidence that issue of hi fi critic has a pic of the thrax spartacus on the front