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Tannoy or Volti

I have a friend who has the Tannoy Prestige GRF 90 for sale he is moving out of the country for half price, he paid $29000 in around 2020 not made in China. I am upgrading my Forte IVs, I am also considering the Volti audio Lucera…anyone that has heard the Tannoy and any other suggestions which will be better would be appreciated….I have a few first watt amps and several tube amps…plus Jeff Rowland and Pass Labs amps..

charles007100
charles007100 OP
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@earthbound 

Kevin the guy I bought the Lucera from had Alan Eaton monos playing the Lucera when I got there, they sounded really good, he played a big variety of music. I brought the Sit-4 , we hooked it up took a walk around his place  while it warmed up, started off in order with the same songs, it was night and day better, bigger, bolder more bass …Kevin is very intense, smart is a understatement, he has had a lot of low powered tube amps on the Lucera, and said out of the 50 or so solid state and tube amps over the years the Sit-4 is the best and wants one really bad for his Joseph Crowe 2087 speaker system. On my Pass Labs preamp 50 on the volume selector is perfect if you want sorta loud, I usually run in the 40s somewhere…

earthbound
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@charles007100 Thanks for the input. Good to know for sure. I’m away this weekend so next week I’ll pursue it a bit more. Thought I had the speakers sold and the gentleman backed out. So, now I will probably wait until I sell the other speakers before I buy the amp. Hopefully Vu will help sell them for me. I’m going to call him on Monday. 

earthbound
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So you are using solid state for both amp and pre with the Lucera? Do you find its gentle enough on the ears? I wonder if I want to run the Sit-4 or 5 with a tube pre. I also considered picking up a used xp-22 to use. Of course that’s after speaker and amp sale so I have time. 

charles007100 OP
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Yes using all solid state, the Pass Labs XP-12 Preamp is just great, leave it on 24/7 and sounds great. I had all tube gear and nothing but problems much happier now with the Pass gear doesn’t sound harsh one little bit.

50 on the preamp is sorta loud I usually run in the 40s somewhere low volume high volume it’s all good. Don’t be afraid to ditch tube stuff..

 

earthbound
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Well my next amp will be solid state for sure. Was going to keep the tube pre for awhile. I have been reading up on the Xperia-12 and xp22. They appear very impressive. The xp-22 would have to be used but there is one for sale a couple towns away. Can’t wait to sell a couple of things so I can order the amp!

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