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Angeboten wird „Prestige Stirling SE“ von Tannoy als Gebrauchtgerät aus der Kategorie „Standlautsprecher“ bei audio-markt.de - dem Online-Marktplatz für High-End. Das Inserat mit der Nummer 4135692415 endet am 22.07.2026 um 11:50 Uhr.
At €2,000, this looks fair to slightly attractive for a used Prestige Stirling SE, especially if the pair is genuinely clean and complete. New, these sat in proper high-end territory, so €2,000 lands in the zone where you’re paying for most of the performance without taking the full depreciation hit.
The appeal is real: Tannoy’s Dual Concentric presentation gives coherent imaging, easy placement, and a lively, unfussy drive requirement at 91 dB and 8 ohms. They suit modest power well and have that scale-and-natural midrange balance people buy Tannoys for. If the cabinets, grilles, and drivers are original and tidy, this is the kind of used speaker that can be a satisfying long-term keep.
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Tannoy traces its origins to 1926 in London, where Yorkshire-born engineer Guy R. Fountain established the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in a modest garage. Initially focused on battery chargers and rectifiers for early radio sets, the brand name Tannoy emerged in 1928 as a contraction of "tantalum alloy," the key materials in its innovative electrolytic rectifiers. This British pioneer quickly pivoted to loudspeakers, cementing a heritage of audio innovation that spans nearly a century, including a relocation to Coatbridge, Scotland, in the 1970s.
The company specializes in loudspeakers, renowned for its revolutionary Dual Concentric driver introduced in 1947 at the London Radio Show, which transformed studio monitoring and home audio. Tannoy's portfolio centers on high-quality speakers—ranging from bookshelf and floorstanding models to the iconic Prestige series—alongside public address systems. While historically versatile in professional sound, its modern emphasis remains on hi-fi stereo and home cinema speakers, leveraging decades of driver technology expertise rather than diversifying into amplifiers, turntables, DACs, headphones, or cables.
Tannoy holds a revered position as one of the world's oldest loudspeaker manufacturers, blending high-end prestige with vintage appeal for discerning collectors and audiophiles. Its studio-grade monitors and meticulously crafted cabinets, often produced by specialists like Poland's Diora, earn consistent praise from hi-fi critics for exceptional clarity and dynamics. Now under the Music Tribe group, Tannoy endures as a benchmark for authentic British sound reproduction, appealing to knowledgeable buyers seeking timeless performance over fleeting trends.
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