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| Spendor A6 vs Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 Melville, it is unfortunate that the C7ES3 isn’t working for you. FWIW the Harbeth is a slightly warm and dark sounding speaker hence a more upbeat and dynamic amp would be more suitable if one is looking for more excitement in the music. If I am ... | |
| Pass INT-150 or Bryston b135 sst^2? Congratulations on the Harbeth SHL5 Plus speakers. They are very natural sounding speakers and will sound great with almost all genres of music. I haven’t listened to the Pass Int-150 or Bryston B135-SST2. Some of the natural partners or good amp ... | |
| Speakers with warm treble and good bass Do give the Harbeth Super HL5 Plus a listen. These are the leanest, fastest and most dynamic speaker in the Harbeth line, in my opinion. If they are not warm enough for you, you may try the Compact 7ES3, a slightly smaller speaker than the SHL5+. | |
| Sony CDP-XA7ES vs CEC TL-1 transport Sony CDP-XA7ES. This one brings fond memories. I used to own one about 13 to 14 years ago and you are considering one now. It is surely a wonderful unit but due to age, I would be wary. The thing is built like a brick and the sliding drawer is sol... | |
| Looking for speakers under 30" tall. Most speakers are about 900mm or 1.0m tall so that the tweeters are aligned at about the same level as the ears. If the tweeters are below the ear’s level the sound quality may be compromised. Unless the listener sits on the floor instead of a cou... | |
| Why are so many companies like harbeth making old speakers designs and charging thousends? Hi Jakecanada, As some have pointed out, the Harbeths look old-school but the technology is not exactly old. The Radial drivers are made in-house in the Harbeth UK factory and the tweeters are sourced from SEAS. The cabinet of the speakers is made... | |
| The merry go round. $700 seperates or integrated? For $700, an integrated amp is the practical solution. In my opinion you will need at least $2,000 to get into a decent pre/power, used prices. | |
| Monitor Audio Silver 2 vs Dali Zensor 3 About 3 or 4 years ago I auditioned the Dali Zensor 1 and Mentor Menuet at the dealers and bought the Mentor Menuets. I do not have experience with Monitor Audio but can attest to the musical sound of the Dali Zensor series. The sound quality of t... | |
| Harbeth SHL5 vs SHL5 PLUS hifipf9 posts07-22-2015 6:10amI have had both plus and original SHL5.All things being equal the difference I hear are as follows: 1) top end a bit more extended and clearer. Enough so that older model is more forgiving. 2) midrange a bit less fuzz... | |
| sonic signature of Pure Note Paragon Question semi646 posts05-21-2006 3:59pmAs a Pure Note Cerulean owner, the version before Paragon, I was under the impression Cerulean was the first Pure Note to use ribbon conductors vs. round solid core used in the older wires. I read this on the Pure... | |
| Dynaudio Focus 110.....Integrated amp???? djverne OP48 posts06-27-2016 11:32amwanted to add to this thread even though its almost 3 years later. I have found my amp zen. I moved up the ladder to the Exposure 3010 S2 and paired it with the a LDR Passive Preamp from Tortuga Audio. I am ver... | |
| Is the Harbeth M30.1 an upgrade from the C7ES? In a nutshell these are my thoughts. The C7es3 is a very good speaker in its own right, but the M30.1 is simply better. The 30.1 offers much more refinement, delicacy and purity in the treble ranges. This is immediately obvious. Tobes, do you find... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Thanks for the responses. The Focal Sopras have received a lot of great feedback from current owners. Further investigation revealed that they are the European speaker of the year (2015) having won the EISA award. Since there are folks who reporte... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's How does the Sopra 2 compare to the Sopra 3 in terms of bass boom since the former is said to exhibit some of that? Also, has anybody compared the Sopra 2 to Harbeth SHL5 Plus? Which is a more involving speaker, not only being detailed, fast and d... | |
| Integrated amp recommendation around 3k (I need more power!) Interesting that the LFD LE V doesn’t have the current to optimally drive the P3ESR. When I used the LFD LE III to drive the Harbeth SHL5, the sound is very open and dynamic. The combination sounds a lot better than most of the amps I have tried (... |