Tannoy Revolution R3 Floorstanding Speakers Reviews

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
hi, i got Tannoy Revolution R3 in Black Ash, they playing verry nice and clean, i just love them so this is a good buy! i had Tannoy onetime befor, i had just one speaker, and that speaker are good to, i dont remember whats the name on that speaker, i gonna have JUST Tannoy from now on! tannoy playing werry good on a harman kardon stereo integrated amplifier!

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
i got some Tannoy Revolution R3 Floorstanding Speakers, and they play verry nice and clean, i just gonna have Tannoy from Now on!

Lord_arasul

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.47 of 5, 15.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from 2nd hand at Global H

Summary:
The R3 Speakers were the first true high quality speakers I had ever bought (£200), and they are a spectacular purchase. As many of the other reviewers have said, these speakers go loud, have plenty of bass and sound amazing at the price you can now pick them up for, (as I write this review there are two pairs of R3's and the RC speaker up for sale on eBay UK) the speaker cabinets themselves are well made, but not overly heavy and finished beautifully. Unfortunately, the speakers are a little unstable because of the narrow width of the speaker, but as long as you place them on a carpeted surface, the vicious metal spikes will anchor the speaker in place (just don't use them on lino or anything that is likely to scratch!!).

Lately, I have changed my system from home theater to a music, with the introduction of a pair of Kef XQfive's. Having compared the two speakers back to back the R3's sound exceptionally muddy, and don't have the same mid to high clarity of the Kef's. The difference is normally something that I would never have noticed without comparing the speakers back to back and I would have hoped that there would be such a difference having spent £799 on the XQfive's!!

Strengths:
As a first buy-high quality speaker, I don't think these can be beaten.

Fantastic value for money,
Relatively light (low shipping cost),
Good music/home theater performance,
Nice finish
Bi-Wireable

Weaknesses:
Does sound muddy in the mid to high region.
Vicious spikes,
Can topple over easily (but when speakers cost sub £300, why should you mind if they get slightly scratched?).
Can sound boomy if placed right next to a wall - don't do it :-)

Similar Products Used:
Kef XQfive, iQ9.
Wharfedale Zaldek 2000 (mainly for loud parties!)
Funkton one dance stack (from the club I used to work in)

Price Paid:  $380.00 from sound and vision (ma

Summary:
i currently own a marantz pm66ki signature amp and matching cd 63ki cd player and after my elderly mission 780se bitten the dust i decided i wanted floorstanding speakers i was sold a pair of kef q35s and got tired of them after a year as they sounded bright and brittle and not a patch on my old 780s although they imaged superbly i then heard about the tannoy revolution r3s and read a review in what hifi magazine and decided to take the plunge as the biggest influence was the person who built my marantz cd player and amp(ken ishuwata)had an input into the making of these speakers so i thought its got to be a good match Anyway when i got them i set them up and after a couple of weeks running in i was disapointed as they sounded dull and like someone threw a curtain over them so one night out of curiousity i decided to open them up and noticed the padding had been stuffed in so i straightend it out on the inside of both boxes and put them together again and the difference was astonishing but there was still something missing so i upgraded the cables from qed to van den hull cs122 cable and now the sound brought tears to my eyes and for the money i have never heard anything like these speakers they make my hifi sound like a high end one costing twice the price of mine the sound is beautifully balanced being just a touch on the warm side of neutral with a very rich and open sounding midrange and open treble and no matter what the music is they sound great my only gripe is that they dont excite enough sometimes with say rock music and maybe could do with a tad more sting in the treble but other than that these are more than a match for my 10 year old mission 780s and i would recommend these speakers especially if you own the marantz ki signature gear

Strengths:
Deep controlled bass, beautifuly neutral and open midband and treble rich sounding and the build quality is very good at the price heavy too!

Weaknesses:
look like they have been rushed as i had to straighten the padding out in the boxes to get a decent sound out of them also could do with a tad more excitement and spark in the treble

Similar Products Used:
Kef Q35s also auditioned B&W 603s and Mission 773es

Price Paid:  $350.00 from www.hifibitz.co.uk

Summary:
Fantastic speakers. great looking, great sounding and worth every penny but quite difficult to get hold of at the moment I already have a pair of Tannoy Revolution R2 which I have had for about 3 years and have done well as both Hi-fi stereo speakers on a high powered meridian power amp and on the rear surround of a HT system on a Yamaha DSP AX1. I had always thought there could be a little more bass for my personal tasted and as the R3 seemed to be reviewed as every bit as good as the R2 but with a bass some were describing as more boomy, I knew I had to try some, but now I decided to take the plunge and buy them I struggled to find a store with some in stock as they all told me the speakers are discontinued by Tannoy now. Luckily I found www.hifibitz.co.uk who listed the speaker for £349.99 with free uk delivery so I ordered them and on my recommendation a friend ordered 2 pairs. When I called the customer services at hifibitz before ordering to confirm they would have stock they confirmed that there were 30 pairs left in Tannoy's warehouse and hifibitz would have at least 15 of them coming within a week so I can tell you at least 3 pairs of those have sold already so if you want some at this great price then hurry up and go to the web site and maybe call them yourself. They are truely well worth their money, especially at this price, which was the cheapest price I could find by at least £40, and the only supplier with the speaker in stock. by rights the review i wrote on the R2 where i gave them 5 stars for value and overall rating should be dropped to 4 as that's the only way that the R3 can be rated higher, but the R2 still gets 5 stars for being so good at an even lower price. Do yourself a favour and join the Revolution ;)

Strengths:
build, design, looks, sound, price, the Tannoy name, I just love Tannoy

Weaknesses:
hard to get hold of, but that's not a weakness of the speaker really is it

Similar Products Used:
Tannoy R2, B&W vision, Mission 783