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Warm romantic & detailed

Good morning Gentlemen & ladies... 

I'm just starting to toy with idea of replacing my Focal 1038's... No matter how I treat my room, or what equipment I throw at it I just can't seem to tame the harsh highs on this speaker. 

I'd like to stay in the same price range of the Electra's (7/8k), I don't mind buying used, the musts for me at this point are: Warm, romantic, yet detailed... It would be beautiful to just sit and listen and not have ear fatigue after 15 minutes of listening. 

Can you please recommend something? 
jeffinnh76
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twoleftears
5,318 posts
 
Congrats!  Those are definitely get-off-the-merry-go-round speakers. If they're new, the treble and bass will break in perhaps around the 100 hour mark.
johnkent3
63 posts
 
Revel or Dynaudio.
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stringreen
6,468 posts
 
Tannoy - yes, but also listen to Vandersteen
gearhead81
13 posts
 
Initial post said he wanted to stay in 7/8k ballpark. Aren’t the harbeths 2.5x that? What is the magic in that brand, the pricing seems insane.
jeffinnh76 OP
25 posts
 
I found a few speakers in my original planned budget. Of course things evolved for me after some demo sessions, and of course recommendations. As Mentioned: the Focal Spectral's checked all the boxes I was looking for. I demo pair was selling for 7600... The Sonus Faber heritage iii really blew me away, 10k with the stands included I thought this was a great deal. But after hearing The Harbeths I felt like that was a life changing experience for MY ears. 
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