Big Horns+Sets+Vinyl and Digital too!

by dkarmeli on All Out Assault

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For decades I've been involved with the hobby and the industry in one way or another. Depending on your point of view I had the good fortune or the misfortune of owning many high end, high performance sound systems from all around the world. All different in approach and philosophy but I only reached true contentment about 12 years ago. This is when all the accumulated knowledge and experience fell into place and the system evolved from high end and high performance to a musical instrument. I realized that an impressive system is just that. It will impress you with aspects of IT's performance while a musical instrument becomes a tool for the musician and his/her art.

The space in these pictures is one of our showrooms which also doubles as my personal listening room. The equipment and setups follows our philosophy of the system as a musical instrument...

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    • EMT 927
    Transcription Record Player
    • Thorens Reference
    Limited Edition Reference Player
    • The American Sound AS
    The most natural sounding player of them all.
    • Goldmund Ref Anniversary
    Statement Turntable fitted with T3F Tonearm
    • TechDas AF1
    Reference record player
    • Various Different Cartridges
    So many cartridges, so few players
    • Lamm Industries LP 1 Signature


    Phono- The dual monaural phono preamplifier model LP1 Signature is the ultimate statement of perfection in High End audio.
    • Lamm Industries LL 1 Signature
    The monaural line level preamplifier model LL1 Signature is the ultimate statement of perfection in High-End audio.
    • Lamm Industries ML 3 Signature
    The ML3 is a single-ended (SE) tube amplifier utilizing a very powerful direct-heated triode GM-70 (125W plate dissipation) and a separate power supply. Combining the most sophisticated technologies and electronic design with graceful looks reminiscent of the classic era of tubes, the ML3 is our top-of-the-line, no-compromise product.
    • Lamm Industries ML-1
    Reference tube amplifier 90 watts/channel
    • CEC TL-0
    Still the one to beat
    • Weiss Medea Plus
    MEDEA is a stereo 24 Bit/192 kHz Digital to Analog Converter designed with the aim of keeping an absolutely uncompromising audio signal path
    • Siemens Bionor
    Horn Speakers
    • JBL B460
    Passive Subwoofers

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Hi David,
Yes, it does make it clear that the Tannoy models present various speaker load and drivability characteristics. Dan's situation intrigued me as he replaced a 300 watt amp with a 9 watt amp and emphatically says it's an improvement in sound quality. I believe him.
Charles,

charles1dad

The Tannoy is a paradox to me. Some owners insist you need power to bring them truly alive. Yet Other owners as well as Dan(who has used both types of amplifiers) dispute this claim and say they're better with good quality SETs (and bass is good). Such an interesting divide with these speakers. Does it depend on which Tannoy model? Or perhaos each amplifier choice has its own set of trade offs?
Charles,

charles1dad

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