Sota Big Monitors..


I have a large listening room (19X31) and tube amp (2x40 watts)I am searching big monitor speakers supporting one
or two subwoofer to fill my room.
I have read some raves for Harbeth SHL5 monitors but I am curious my amp could drive them.
My budget is max.10K, I thank in advance for your comments.
ben
for a large room and a large budget, you should entertain a large speaker. the harbeth is great, but it really is made for a smaller room and a larger ss amp. what is your system comprised of
Jay, thanks for your thoughts, my amp has hefty power supplies
though it is parallel single ended using three kt88 per channel it reacts as if 2x100 watts comparing many ss amps
besides I met many SHL5 owners who use tiny ss integrateds
or 2x30 tube watt amps with them (I know the other models of
Harbeth especially M40 need real high current but SHL5 is a bit different I think?)
As for my search for monitors, I am looking after best midrange and soundstage which monitors could give to me supporting with a subwoofer the low bass range 15-30/40Hz
where as most floorstanders you sacrifice the glorious midrange and soundstage for the sake of low bass band so that
the manufacturers try to produce all in a package except
some models 25-40K priced.
Could you please explain why SHL5 could not fill my large room ? (with subwoofer) if you have heard them.
Thanks again
Ben,
I am thrilled to death with my JMlabs Micro Utopia in my smallish room, so much so that if I had a larger room and a large budget I'd look for one of the bigger models in the range. If possible demo them, either the largest monitor speaker in the line or one of the smaller floorstanders, I think they would make you quite happy.