Tannoy Mercury

I reckon there is too much guff written about speakers given the music you end up listening to when you get trapped by an audiophile. These do the job and are quite nice to look at.

I own a couple of sets of these, one set i bought from Richer Sounds quite some time ago, they sound great if they're set up right with a decent amp. I have an old NAD that serves them well. The second set i picked up on eBay for next to nothing and are also doing good service.

I use these in a home setting as well as alternative reference monitors in my studio, they're well balanced and a good all rounder.

Tannoy are a great brand, i would imagine most of their range is acceptable but some people can get very silly about speakers ; )

Oh dear. How diappointed can one be. These little speakers have some great reviews. I am very very unhappy with the pair I just got for a bargain 30 quid from ebay. To be honest it wont be long until they are back there.

They have a very annoying point in the range where due to standing waves, inside the light weight cabinet, certain mid bass notes are too load and overpoweringly prominent.

The only way to overcome this is to drive them hard and loud. Easy listening at lower volumes is just impossible.

Having said that when you do wind them up they will send out some impressive sounds but the low notes are just not there.

I cant fault the mid range and highs, female voices and songs are very good indeed.

I am sorry but if this is rated as a good speaker then I dread to think what a bad one sounds like.

Having auditioned many speakers - some over £1000 a pair - I decided on the Mercury F3 customs on the basis that if you get what you pay for then these would be adequate for my needs. How astonished I was that they exceeded my expectations by a large margin! On mainly classical music of varying complexity and scale these proved subtle, poised speakers with no vices, producing a neutral, stable and expansive sound stage. Not only worth every penny, but there's nothing I've heard to touch them at anything like this price. I will be listening with fresh ears to all my collection now.

I have two Mercury M1 speakers astride my TV, part of a surround system. The sound quality is superb.

I've owned these Tannoy Mercury speakers for about 10 years now and am still very very happy with them. They produce a beautiful full sound for a very reasonable price. Although I wouldn't classify myself as an "audiophile" I have done a lot of work in the audio industry and have worked with some very high end equipment. For the price of these speakers I would highly recommend them.

Bought a pair of Tannoy Mercury on Ebay that were like new and had seen little use, the general idea was to replace my aging Altec Lansing 4.1 setup. The rest of my setup consists of an X-Fi Extreme music, Rega Planar 2 with Ortofon 2M Red, Pro-Ject Phono Box and a Cambridge Audio A1 amplifier. Luckily I had been given some half decent speaker cable and interconnects, so I was set to go...........First impressions were not good, the bass sounded very muddy and confused on the first MP3 I tried, after a couple of hours things seemed to settle down My old speakers seemed much brighter and had floor shaking bass but hid a multitude of sins, particularly with MP3's. Switching to vinyl the true nature of these speakers was revealed. Very natural sounding bass with none of the booming associated with the 4.1 setup, also stereo separation was just amazing, the songs just seemed to come alive. Bass is obviously not as strong as the sub, but far more natural.

Add a bit of wallop to the general PC sound with any amplifier. But still at £50 and with a great sound it is easy to recommend the Tannoy Mercury.

The Tannoy Mercury are fantastic speakers for the price. I'm buying someone a pair for Christmas as I'm so happy with the ones I have. Great sounds and with enormous range! They're small, compact and stylish too.

Don't buy these Tannoy Mercury Speakers - every single component had decay!