Many thanks to all for your replies and comments.
I went to visit my father tonight and listened to a few of my favorite tracks that I am very familiar with. The same tracks I used to auditioned the Turnberry SE. His system is comprised of a pair of Kensingtons, Mcintosh C200 pre, Bryston 4BSST, CEC T51 cdplayer, XLO Reference XLR interconnects and Van Den Hul Relevation speaker cables. His Kensingtons's midrange is so airy and clear and sweet that it just melts everything else I listen to. When I was auditioning the Turnberry my mind kept comparing it to the Kensingtons. I know how they sound and what they are cable of, but I felt like that the Turnberrys are very far apart from the Kensington. To be fair, the Turnberrys were driven by Accuphase equipment (I thought they arent that good.. not a good match to Tannoy Prestige speakers).
Has any one else have this issue where your auditioning something and then comparing it against something better? I know its not a fair comparison, something costing $17K vs $7 speakers. At the audition, I did compare the Turnberry to the Proac Studio 140MKii. The Turnberry did outshine the Proacs in many ways.
Would having the ST200 super tweeter help? I could always borrow (hopefully never return!) the super tweeters from my dad! Would it open up the mids and highs, making the sound much more airy?
Another concern I have now, is my amplification, I am lusting at your Mcintosh gear. I am looking at buying MA7000 amp to power the Turnberry, in any case the MA7000 can later push any speaker I throw at it. I am hoping the MA7000 has a tube like sound, the typical Mcintosh house sound? Or would a nice set of tube amps be a better match to the Turnberry? 300B or 2A3? or 845? or KT88?
Thanks in advance!!! Sorry about all these questions!!!
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