TANNOY will stop Hi-FI ?

Nice Tannoy story! We used to do things like that back in the ol’den days in our "lab" at Lafayette Radio and Radio Shack. Customers walking in, lots of tubes tested for free, fuses and styluses replaced, free battery cards, etc.  Also checked out a few problem speaker drivers in my day at Tech Hifi. Glory days!

You have to take everything you read on the internet with several grains of salt. Time always tells.

I did a google search and came up with nothing saying Tannoy will stop hifi. US distributor just said its not true and OP indicates the French importer informed them.

That’s all I’m seeing at this point.

It does ring true to me that the high end home audio Tannoys seem to have limited distributorship in the US and always be in short supply here, at least in the US, as indicated.

Personally, I am hoping it is not true. Tannoy has always been a line that gets my interest in that I am a fan of coherent sound and concentric driver designs. Also the Prestige series have those unique classic British looks, like true pieces of furniture.  Not for everyone but unique and hate to see unique things go.

Glad to hear it’s a false alarm. 

That's too bad but seems like Tannoy home audio products were not widely distributed in the US to start with anymore plus they tend to be pricey so if that is any indicator I can understand why they just might punt on home audio altogether.  Very competitive market!  I've always wanted to hear certain Tannoy models but never had an opportunity.  No local dealers and never noticed a pair of interest at the local hifi show.