Tannoy or Volti

I’ve been listening for the last couple years to a restored pair of Tannoy 12” golds in  the Cantata cabinet.  The original Tannoy’s used alnico magnets, which Tannoy now reserves for their prestige line.  I personally don’t find the Tannoy’s warm, it’s a metal horn tweeter after all.  My take on why someone might be attracted to Tannoy’s are that they can be slammed against the wall, they sing with 80 watts of solid state amps or a push pull tube, so very amp friendly.  They have very good soundstaging thanks to the coincident design, and they are extremely affordable, prestige level not withstanding.  I’ve heard the Razz’s at the shows and I liked them alot.  I also heard the latest Vittoria (way too big for the room). Tannoy’s really aren’t very similar to Volt’s line.  They are a very old design that had huge success professionally and at home, but they aren’t progressing, just constant iterations which probably occur because of forced material changes.  Please stop comparing Tannoy to Fyne, the Fyne’s are so much more expensive.  We all know that Audiogon readers mostly buy used and not list from a dealer.  At used prices, Tannoy’s will give you a lot for your money, if you like their presentation.  Oh and the GRF’s that you were thinking about were never very representative of the GRF lineage and even received low marks from the UK press.  In your situation, I think you chose well to walk.  

Thank you for the point of view and experience, so far I am loving the Volti after yesterday. Thanks to Chuck for inviting me into his house to listen to the Razz, in a nice quiet space. 

I’d go with the JBL 4367s over either Volti or Tannoy any day. 

Those in the know will tell you that vintage Tannoys actually perform better than their modern counterparts, so there’s that. 

Hey Charles. I’ve started a thread as well and am interested in the Volti as well. I’m currently in the process of changing my system and I go from selling everything to just replacing some things. So I’m currently a mental case. Full disclosure! I don’t mean to hijack and will shut up if asked with no issues. I’m the owner of Audio Note e/lx and am debating the Volti horns. There is a lot to like about the AN’s, mainly realism and NO EAR Fatigue. This is my concern with horns. You seem to have experience with different speakers. Is there anything with the horns that you recently listened to that should I should be concerned about? Thanks for any advice

@helomech How would my amps do with the JBLs?..Alan Eaton monos, Pass Labs XA-25 First Watt Sit-3 and the Jeff Rowland 125…I need to find someway to listen to those..tell me why you like them more…