Tannoy Prestige speakers (Dual concentric driver) because of their ability to sing, bass is very tight and deep; voices are as natural as breathing; overall sound is smooth as silk. Dynamics are amazing, certainly when driven by the MC252. He brings the power, musicality and control I was searching for. More power would be crazy because of the fact that these speakers are 94db sensitive. The Edinburgh HE has a 300 mm dual concentric driver, which sounds amazingly smooth. Big boys don t have to try so hard!!!
Ive been thinking about tubes, but the maintenance and the lack of power has kept away from them. When driven hard these speakers need control, certainly when this 300mm woofer starts to dance, Im not sure I would be able to get that control with tubes (in the same budget range).
Recently I added the Mc252 from audioclassics.com to replace the old but good Mc2105.
Ive chosen Mcintosh electronics, mainly because of the relax sound, I can listen for hours to the set. At this point Im a bit afraid to add or change components, perhaps in the future a new preamplifier (C220 for example).
Any suggestions or comments? Dont hesitate to post them.
Mattmiller, great tip. To be honest I did not know it is possible to put a MCD201 or 301 direct on the amplifier. How do you control the volume? It is certainly something that is worth looking into, certainly because of the fact that the improvement would cost less or no money.
Tubes? Well I was thinking about tubes at the beginning, but at this point I'm affraid to change components. I used to have a McIntosh 2105 which sounds like tubes, but the additional power of the 252 comes in handy with these big boys. I just dont think that I could achieve the same level of performance with a 25wpch tube amp. (in the same budget range as the 252)
Thanks for your comment Christian, in the end it all comes down to music !! And the Mc252 is a very important factor in achieving a good tonal balance. "McIntosh for the love of music", just got to love that marketing slogan.
Hey Glen, thanks for the compliments, the listening area is about 3 meters wide and 5 meters long, as it is a separate part of the living room. So its not completely surrounded by walls.
The Tannoys could fill up a much larger room, so Im not sure the small space is an advantage from the sound point of view.
The ribbons on the side are actually distributed bass reflex openings. The single driver goes from 28hz all the way up to 25khz, in the middle you can see a tulip wave guide voice coil.
Measurements of the speakers are 40,2 h X 26 w X 16,5 d
Thanks Gelmhirst, Ill keep in mind what you have said. Probably Ill stay in the McIntosh family, there is just something special about a complete McIntosh set, in y opinion. Not only the looks, but certainly also the sound. For me it gives the impression that all components speak the same language.
Ive seen you have done the same thing, all the way, with the speakers included. Ive never had the privilege to listen to the McIntosh speakers, they are just not that common in Europe. I can only assume that they are great, as Ive read on your explanation of your set.
