Experienced audiophiles best speaker

Sirspeedy,
Nice to see you back.
If ever in nyc drop by and give a listen to my new setup.

Hey Pedrillo.Great to see ya posting "quality" threads.

Btw,since you last called me on the phone,how did the Milk Diet "pan" out? -:)

I'm still going ga ga on mastering music theory and looking to add a 5th guitar.This is very rewarding for me these days.

Gonna' just sit back and occassionally look at Audiogon for interestinf folks like you.

Good luck

I mostly listen to small group acoustic jazz (vinyl source) and heavy metal (digital source). I have two setups. For jazz its all tubes, 300B SET to full range high efficiency coaxial paper drivers. Great for jazz, but no way for rock/metal.

For metal its tube-hybrid monoblocks to full-range three-way floorstanders with ceramic and diamond drivers. Fantastic for metal, but somewhat uninvolving for jazz.

These speakers have such different flaws and virtues. How to compare?

I haven't heard the harbeths sounding dry. No way. Something must be amiss in the chain.

The new improved bose 901 series 6 version 2's are the best that I have ever heard and I've heard a lot speakers over the years...