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| Harbeth P3ESR or Monitor 30? I run the C7s and I personally love all of the Harbeth speakers. You cannot go wrong with any of them. The M30 however is a reference quality monitor closely linked back to the BBC LS5/9a. I was also a huge fan of Rogers so quite familiar with... | |
| Problem w/Clearaudio Nano phonostage I wonder if the jumpers under the unit are correctly installed?The mm/mc gain is switched by moving the two jumpers on the underside.They are very small and I have accidentally put them on MC when I wanted MM and lost the volume. Also mine has th... | |
| What is your recommendation on upgrading a Linn LP Nothing sounds like a Linn. Get a tuneup, buy a new cartridge. Play records. There are lot of new designs out there that all offer a different sound and all of them are easier to own, but they are not LP12s.If you can upgrade the arm at some point... | |
| Pro-Ject phono preamps? I use the Phonobox 2 and Phonobo 2SE. Both are excellent for the money but I have have two Clearaudio ones.I think the Pro-ject ones are very competent but not exceptional. The RS offers a lot of flexibility but I went for the 2-box Clearaudio Bas... | |
| Montreal vs Toronto for Vinyl shopping Good list - sadly, both locations of Sunrise on Yonge closed earlier this year. | |
| Help deciding which TT Any possibility to add a subsonic filter? Lots of budget phono Pre amps have them too. | |
| Montreal vs Toronto for Vinyl shopping Lots of vinyl in TO. I have 5 shops that are within a 15 minute walk of my downtown office. HMV, and Play de Record at Yonge and Gould. Kops and Amoroso at Queen and McCaul. Around again at Baldwin near McCaul. | |
| mixing brands Nothing for $100 from Nordost and the speaker wire is fairly pricey, even used.At your price point, Audioquest has good options or buy used budget Kimber. | |
| mixing brands Both Kimber and Nordost make cables at all price points. My small Proac Tablette-based system is a full Kimber loom.My Harbeth-based system is slowly working towards a full Nordost loom.In both cases, I am using the budget lines and getting very g... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? When I say voicing, I am referring to models following traditional UK speaker values. KEF, B&W, Harbeth, Neat, Kudos etc are all British but all are voiced differently.Even Spendor, which has a Classic line also has a more modern sounding floo... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? Those three speakers are very different sounding, although all are made by companies with storied histories. Dynaudio is the most neutral and is a reference standard used by many, including the BBC. Wharfedale's budget offerings to my ears are bes... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? Good question and none of the speakers I mention have real bass down to 30 hz. I would not characterize the brands I mention as broadly European. These have very traditional BBC school voicing. Natural midrange tone, especially with voices and aco... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? In Canada, the 40.1 is the same price as in the US but in a different currency. My C7 was $3699 last November but the C$ has fallen quite a lot o not sure if pries have been adjusted. | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? Harbeths like Proac, Spendor, Stirling and certain other brands put music first in that classic restrained British way. I thought the comment about listening to classical music as being elitist as odd as classical music was the driving force for a... | |
| 1990s speaker recommendation I like the original B&W 600 series - 602 standmounter for that price, not the 603 or 604 which go for much bigger money due to their excellent bass.I like some of the classic Linn stuff from then too but prices will be high. |