OMG OMG OMG Harbeth M30.1 INCOMING!!!A Few Questions For Owners


A rare & timely opportunity has made me the owner of a pair of M30.1's in Tiger Ebony finish with 1 frigging hour use!!!
 I have Pangea 24" stands & with the tweeter at 12.5" up from the bottom of the cabinet that puts the tweeter at 36.5",within a half inch of center of my ears when in critical listening mode..Anyone see a problem using my stands?
 I have about 3' out from back wall & same from side walls which are treated for reflections..Speakers can be up to 8' apart with listening position about 10'away..Suggestions on setup?
 Regarding amplification since they haven't even started breaking in I'm going to run them with my 17wpc.EL84 amp & will start looking for something with at least 50wpc...What do you guys think of a Mcintosh MHA100 @ 50wpc. driving these?How about SimAudio Moon 240i @ 50wpc.or maybe a Hegel Rost at 75wpc.???
 Thanks much,take care..
 

freediver
Hi Freediver, How long are they on loan from the RICH Audiophile for?
Forgive me, I couldn't resist. Otherwise, I hope they work out for you.
The stands will be fine, I used 24" stands with m30.1’s.
I don’t think you need to obsess over ear height with the m30.1’s, though like most speakers the listening axis will effect frequency response and focus to some degree.
I could enjoy listening to them standing up or way off horizontal axis - they still sounded well balanced to me.
They are great - I am just
selling mine as got a new tannoy legacy Arden which absolutely blows it away .... but Harbeth brilliant - I was running mine with croft 25r preamp and ATC P1 power ..... they do sound better with decent amp (they were no or should I say LESS good with quad II or Leben 15w)