Leben CS 600 and Harbeth vs Audio Note vs ATC vs JM Reynaud

Anyone have experience with speaker choices ( see above ) and Leben CS 600 amps.

mpomerantz05-01-2019 11:09pm

georgehifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion 10,312 posts 05-01-2019 at 11:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If it's frequency response hf peakyness and square wave ringing looks like anything like the CS300, I wouldn't. https://www.stereophile.com/content/leben-cs300-integrated-amplifier-measurements Cheers George
ghasley Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,487 posts 05-02-2019 at 11:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Which audio note? Which Harbeth? ATC? Reynaud?
cd318 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,636 posts 05-02-2019 at 02:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Leben CS600? If the sounds is as half as beautiful as its looks.... Said to work well with Harbeths.
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,318 posts 05-02-2019 at 09:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I posted a while ago on an auditioning of Audio Note and Harbeth, and elsewhere on Spendor. AN have a wonderfully natural timbre. But to get the best bass, they do need to be wall-adjacent, and that compromises sound-stage depth. Trade-offs. I've heard 40.2 several times and are very good all-rounders. Very good. Close runner-up to this model is the Spendor Classic 100.