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[Bernd]

Oh! A sonic image? Very fitting. I look forward to more pics when they are available.
Congrats on the speakers too. They look impressive.

Hi RGA,

Good to see you back.

Thanks Mike. We are going to have at least three puppies. Pics will be posted.

[RGA]

i found another review from one of my favorite on-line publications for you - they also review the Glenair http://www.dagogo.com/TannoyGlenair.html

Cheers,

[Bernd]

Thanks for that RGA. It mirrors somehow what I found in the short time I have the Glenairs here at home. My listening room is on the smaller side and the speakers are 180cm apart and I sit 240cm away.They are 80 cm from the sidewalls and 60 cm from the backwall. I have 100 cm behind me. I have them toed in so they cross just behind me. The room is treated with absorbers and reflectors. It works really well. My Unison Research Performance amp I feel also works extremely well. It diplays SS grip with SET delicacy. To my ears it's a real masterpiece if used within it's power envelope. For the music and the volume I listen to, the Glenair/UR combo ticks all the right boxes. As for the bass, the Glenair has plenty for me. I used to have the ART Emotions and they went down to 24hz and in my room I had a problem around that level. The Glenairs, by going down to 32hz, have not displayed any booming in my room at all. That was my biggest worry once I got them home. Will they boom. Not at all. I am amazed how fast the big driver is. It appears very stiff and not flabby at all. The presentation this speaker gives me I find very musical grown up and just how I like it. And that is all that matters. So for now I am very happy.

Peace

[RGA]

Bass quality is more important to me than bass depth. I have been in countless spiral threads about the bass depth ratings of AN speakers quibbling whether it is 18hz -6db or 25hz flat in room or 22hz or 28hz or this and that. Since most music does not go below 40hz and no one could determine by ear the difference of 20hz or 25hz anyway it's always rather pointless. The bass sounds tuneful like a real piano is there with you - that is what counts not a number. Plenty of subs go lower but if it sounds like a woofer in a box and not like a piano then who cares about whether it adds 3hz and 3db?

It's really this simple - does it sound right or not. Most stuff doesn't. Tannoy's prestige line does to me. So you take about 2% of the stuff that sounds right and you decide which one is the most right for you and that you can afford and that will fit into your room.

[Bernd]

..me thinks.
It is now just over a month since the Tannoys arrived and I thought it's time for a little update. Even though I had not that much time to listen to them at the moment, what time I did have turned into a steep learning curve. I always prided myself at paying attention to detail, apart from Speaker placement. Somehow it was never very high on my agenda of priorities. Yes I placed them carefully, but mostly that's where they stayed. With the Tannoys I had to start from scratch. First I placed them where I had the previous ART Emotions and Peak Consults, crossing just behind me. Great sound, but somehow not as good as I have heard them before. So I moved them to fire straight ahead. Now I had superb left and right stereo, but a hole in the middle. And some prominent HF which I didn't like at all. I then moved them to point straight at me. That was not good at all. Yes great soundstage, but that prominent HF became even more pronounced. So back to the drawing board, or at least a careful read through the manual. A speaker manual ??? Yes indeed. It layed out exactly what to do and how to achieve the superb performance the Tannoy Glenairs are known for. So a blank canvass. Out came the meassuring tape and I felt like a furniture removel man. Heaving these things about is no easy feat. So after huffing and puffing I arrived at the present position, which workes out at 80cm from the side wall, 60 cm from the rearwall, but most importantly the speakers axis' now crosses slightly in front of me. It is visualy very odd at first, as I never had that sort of speaker position. So with anticipation I turned everything on and let the needle hit the groove. WTF. This sounds like I have been transported to where the musicians are. Not so much them here, but me there. If that makes sense. I now have a huge soundstage in depth, width and height. I can see deep into the mix and experience real recording hall ambiance. I might not get all the audiophile micro detail, but I couldn't swear to it nor do I care. What I do get is a glorious colourful musical presentation that has blown my socks off. And guess what. That prominent HF energy has all gone and turned into crystal clear sound. I have no booming, apart from a couple of modern too hot mixed records, just superb quality LF. So the lesson learned is that the importance of Speaker placement should be very high on the agenda when a system is set up. The flipside is, that this feels like the end of my HiFi journey. The urge to try something different is all but gone. I can't wait to sit down and listen, my feet are tapping and everything I throw at them just sounds so real and appears at the right size. The integration is just awesome and voices are so real, it is hard to believe it's just a reproduction.
And on a side note the Phase Tech P-1 also continues to amaze. I settled on 200ohm and 60db at the Steelhead.
So there we are. I hope that everyone else gets as much pleassure from their rig as I get from my set up.

Peace

[JohnMichael]

Bernd I am glad you found the perfect position for your speakers. I had an OMG experience with my speakers one day. Moving them around I noticed a little midbass thickening so I moved them further from the back wall and now too thin sounding. Back a few inches then an inch more and all of a sudden the soundfield grew the bass was as good as it could be for the size of speaker and the imaging more focused and solid. One of those pinch yourself moments to make sure you are not dreaming. I can imagine how incredible that moment was for you with your speakers.

I am glad to read the cartridge continues to impress.