Can easely create an 3d soundstage in your room.
Very beautifull cabinet design.

It needs carefull matching with your hifi equipment.

The Tannoy D-500 is a star on it's own although it takes carefull matching with what kind of amp you use.
But when you use an high current delivering amp there is notthing that can hold the dual concentric speaker back. It's fast, smooth but detailed, and has a very sexy bass with lots of impact. I haven't heart anything better for the price. If if you want to play it loud better inform your neighbors because it will run like an ferrari. The 3d soundstage can easely create live feeling in your room witch will causes you to listen to it for at least 2 hours everytime you play the Tannoys. The special trapezoidal cabinet will make it ideal to convince you wife that you want to buy these speakers because they are simply beautiful.

My system:
Denon PMA-1500
Denon CDC-1550
SonicLink-Silverpink
Monitor Cobra speakercable

Similar Products Used:

Tannoy profile series

power, looking, realistic sound, wide and deep soundstage, neutrality

I did not found any for that price

The Tannoy d500 speakers simply crash the opponents with its sound. Realistic, wide and deep soundstage (you must have big room for that speakers) can nail you in front of them for hours. I had before JM lab Cobalt 820 speakers and with Tannoy I found some new detailes in my music sources. To be more specific I found always something new in music sources even I always listen to one compact disc.
This speakers is a very good performers if you put them on right place in your room.
The bass is very strong but also very soft, mid and high are very realistic and also very soft. If you close your eyes you could feel the performers, like they are live performing in front of you. So the conclusion is, Tannoy are very precise. Timbre is real as with transparency of sound. But you must have quality amplification for them. I advice to provide hi class equipment for that high class loudspeakers.

The Tannoy d500 speakers was completed with:

Phase Linear 700 amplifier
Marantz SM500 dc preamplifier
Cambridge Audio d300 cd source
Kimber 8pr speaker cables
Qued & Audioquest interconect cables
treatment in room of 40 quater meters

Similar Products Used:

JM Lab Cobalt 820 spakers, Tannoy S6 speakers, Castle Harlech