QUAD L12 OR TANNOY R2 ?

Emily25, check out Kinima G1 from Zetagcorp. These are an amazing speaker with tight bass, smooth non-fatiging highs and a midrange that is sweet. Cardas post and wires, custom made in house drivers and a finish that is found in more expensive speakers.

Get the 12L's and a decent pair of speaker stands

My choice will be Quad. As I had own Tannoy speaker before I change to Quad 11L and I really happy with Quad. It has a wider soundstage, much better mid and more detailed sounding than Tannoy. You will never go wrong with the choice of Quad speaker. Cheer......

Go for Quad..More balance and musical.

I have a set of Quad 12L's and fully recommend them.

Actually went out looking to get the Tannoys and came back with the Quad's, no comparison.

Also looked at some Dynaudio Audience 42's nice, but for the $'s the Quads win (looked at energy's also, hmmm that titamium tweeter is just too harsh)

12L's $1390 Aust Dollars

I have a Denon AVR1603 (if you get the quads, trust me, put it in direct mode (ie no base/trebble) massive reduction in colouration from that amp, and how speakers should be heard anyway:))