Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR


Good Morning and happy holidays,

Having just spent a day over at my friend's new listening shack/man cave with my Leben driving his Tannoy Stirlings, I fell in love and am thinking I might just need a pair myself. So, I could use a little help deciding between the Stirling GR's and Cheviot Legacy's and am curious if any of you have experience with both and what you hear/feel is the difference between the two.

If it helps, I listen to a pretty wide variety - mostly singer songwriter, alt country, some classic rock and jazz. A little hiphop, no metal and very little classical.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

 

 

budburma

Yeah. I was expecting continued improvement based on how the tweeter smoothed out over the first maybe 100 hours. Best speaker I have had in that 17' x 25' room in terms of filling the space and sounding great from everywhere in the room. I would have given  it more time except Upscale return policy; I wanted to send back before my housekeeper dinged them up. Bottom line being physically too large for the spot I could place them. Feng Sui issue. Half the reason I picked Tannoy is that Pass Labs uses Tannoy to voice their amps and I figured it would be a good match for the Pass INT-25. Which turned out to be correct, an exceptional match IMO. I still miss those things.

@ leotis - thinking about the Cheviot in my 12x22 room driven by my INT60.  I'm a little confused by your statement that they were "too large for the spot" but not too large for your 17x25 room?  Could you clarify?

@budburma - did the speakers finally settle in?  Impressions now?

Thanks to you both for any info. you can provide.