proper Tannoy Canterbury room set up

I agree with all the other posts, and backup Kiddman response. I recently purchased the Canterbury GR and am going through the same process as you. My issue (?) in the end was with a "hot" tweeter, not a soft one. I did not and will not be lifting them so the tweeter is at ear level at this time.......not if it makes it hotter!

I have the units toed in just a hair to help cool the top end as well...in other words not pointed at my ears or just off the ears....too much! Again, I have them pointing straight ahead with slight toe-in.

With speaker wire, definately attach to the HF and jumper to the bass. I tried both at first, liked the HF best then, and recently, tried the other way around again and it was not even close, stay with speaker wire on HF, jumper to bass. Another note on speaker cable. I have heard that the Sablon biwire is phenominal on the Tannoy, and a great price as well. I am using Stealth V10 right now and believe that to be a reason for my hot tweeter. As soon as I can move the the Sablon I will be doing so.

I also found that adjusting the ports cleaned up and tuned the bass nicely. With respect to the adjustable high end, I have not had much luck playing with the two adjustments on the front of the speaker! I have played with them lots and the change seems to be minor! They do not cool my top end! The only thing that cools my top end is leaving the front panels on. This is the only speaker I have experienced "better" sound with the covers on. However,I strongly disagree with leaving them on while playing. I am sure the engineers did not design them with cloth in front of them for listening tests. If you have copper speaker wire I would love to hear how your system is working with the GR. I think when I get these fine tuned it's going to be awesome, as I have already had some peaks into what they can do on some of my material.

Bullot, I know that Jim Smith owns Tannoy speakers, and I think they are the Caterbury model. Perhaps you can do a search for Jim on the net and contact him with set up questions. I have found him to be extremely knowledgeable and willing to offer advice.

Yeah thanks Peterayer, a good suggestion I'm sure! I know he has written a well received book on such, and I have seen his system in pics! Think I will do just that.

Picked up some custom made Sablon speaker cable with ground wire, from Mark Cole. Absolutely love the cable. As far as speaker cable goes, as long as I have the Tannoy, I can't see changing these unless Sablon has an ungrade. This cable offers everything my Stealth V10 did, and more.......better separation and soundstage, drums more real, cymbals and voice are wonderful.

I have set my Canterburys 1m from the wall, slightly turned in and pointing slightly down. Distance from the rear wall was chosen because of the bass and room interaction. I tried their ST200 and it was a big upgrade on the SE. The newer GR has a better top end but i am sure the super tweeter would still improve them.It may also cure the need to raise them too. Has anyone tried? I bi-wire mine although this is because of my experiance with other speakers and not the Tannoys. I found that setting up these speakers were a little special. Because they are so wide they seem to create their own back wall and dont act the same way as normal speakers.Love them!!