Electronics for Harbeth, Especially Monitor 40 series

Thanks Vinnie! Very interesting. I never thought a three-way could sound good at 24 inches - that's really close. Nor did I think that the 40s could get by with only 35 watts.

Well, my point was that they still sound very coherent even at 24 inches away.  By this I mean the sound still appears to come from one speaker and not 3 separate drivers. 

And as I mention above, I have my 40.1s approx. 60" apart (tweeter to tweeter) and about 43" from ear to tweeter ;-)

As far as 35 watts... if you have high current behind those watts and are listening near field, I think you will find it to be plenty with the 40.1s (even at louder playback levels). 

My son just bought A used 40.1 n runs it  with Naim electronics n a Kuzma tt  the previous owner ran it w CJ 350 n loved it he now has the 40.2. To me the 40.1 has great midrange but disconnected mid bass . He tried all kinds of tube traps n bnot much help.  I bought the HL 5 plus n have. Rel stentor 3  n also a pair of JL 113 n run with my CJ 350 SS or my VTL 450 mono lock with audio aero prestige sacd or AMR 77 cd or clear audio master dolbey and micro Sieki vFG 1500 tables with EAR pre preamp .  The Hl 5 s plus with subs has better overall sound  than 40.1 I do have splendor Bc1. Quad 63 monitors . Focus 888  
 My Harbeths 5 with subs are second only to my 
Gershman black Swan  my preamp is CJ act 2 
i have Minn orch center 14 th row season Tickets for  25. Years and none of any systems I have heard anywhere comes close to the live performance have 500 sacd 4000 vinyl with many direct to discs  I used to buy2 copies at the shows and have many unopened ones  
I would like to listen to the 40.2 sometime the midrange is great 

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Hi Vinnie, how much toe-in do you have with your 40.1s in the configuration discussed above?

Also, a LIO with DHT linestage sounds really interesting. I've owned one of your RWA 30.2 amps, I really enjoyed it. 

Jason

Hi Jason,

I have them toed in so they cross at my head (not in front of it, not
behind it). 

And as you'll see from my measurements above, the two speakers
are separated farther apart than the distance from each speaker to
ear.  I believe they cross at my head to form an approx. 90 degree angle. 
This works very well for near field listening.

The soundstage is very wide with a strong center image, and the depth is also excellent.

Vinnie