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Tannoy D700 vs. McIntosh XR250

Hello members of AudiogoN. I am new here and am looking for some help choosing between Tannoy D700 and McIntosh XR250 speakers. I recently met someone that has both of these and I was thinking about buying a pair off of him. If you have any experience with ether of these I would appreciate some feedback.

Thanks,
Jackson
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rlwainwright
1,901 posts
 
I have never liked the Mac speakers, but my experience comes from their late '70s offerings. Tannoys have always been well-regarded and are generally more efficient...

-RW-
mechans
2,999 posts
 
Can you audition at least one of them? I bought Tannoys on reputation alone and got a real fizzled transitional dud of a speaker that I wouldn't evem try to pass on to someone else. Otherwise I agree with RW about the Macs, they were thick and slow sounding the last I heard them but don't know the XR250 specifically.
jburidan
672 posts
 
I would avoid the Macs
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