Marantz 50 vs 30

How much were those Harbeths originally? Take that number and use it as your price guide for your integrated. Synergy is the name of the game. Those are some Nice speakers take your time and research who they play best with. I’m sorry I am not educated enough to give you a good answer but someone here will come along and help I’m sure. Just a thought, start a thread that ask what works best with such and such model Harbeth. Once again, so sorry about your 🔥. Hopefully your new system will bring you great joy and help minimize your loss.

Thanks gkelly, I know what you mean about synergy. I've done some research on what pairs well with the Harbeths and answers are a little bit all over the place but from what I can tell, a neutral SS amp capable of delivering lots of current should work well. Hegel was recommended. If budget were not limiting factor I would probably get a Luxman, Accuphase, or high end Yamaha, seems like the model 30 might be a good fit to let the character of the speakers come through. 

I don't think price is a good way to choose. Some relatively affordable speakers can really benefit from high end electronics and some expensive speakers (Klipsch) can actually be really forgiving with quality but not necessarily very expensive amps. 

If you can find an NOS or good condition PM8006 I might think about that as an option. I have one and it is very good, made in the Japan Reference Factory at Shirakawa. I am very happy with it and got it after having a 8005 driving Kef R300s. The Kefs sound quite good with it as well as some Ohms I have.  I am going to move it to my office system and have been looking at replacements including the 50 and 30. The 50 actually looks like the 8006 reconfigured into the new Marantz aesthetic. From the back it looks very much like the 8006 almost a perfect match. I am interested more in the 30 but have never heard it but the reviews are all quite good. I am looking for more power primarily for my Ohm Walsh 2000s. The only issue with the 30 is it only supports 1 set of speakers. But $1800 is a good price. The best I have found is $2500 but at $1800 new I would buy it right away.

I tried out the model 50 compared against my Arcam A15, and for the retail price of $1800 it was a little underwhelming. The phono stage sounded really good. The tone controls were meh and sounded better with them off/pure direct mode. (To my ears) there wasn’t enough difference between the model 50 and the Arcam to justify spending the additional money, but for $900 its a really good deal. 
 

IMO, the model 30 is hypex class D modules and the retail price of $3000 seems a bit high for off the shelf 3rd party amp parts. it has much more power than the 50 but I’m not sure most “audiophiles” would say the class D is the most “audiophile” sound. For almost half price though, the model 30 looks like a good deal!