@whipsaw
Thanks for the post. Your response is surely useful, no further information on the Marten is required.
Apologies to OP for the thread hijack. I’ll make it short.
Three hours with the Parker Duo at the dealer, impressive. When I was at the Harbeth dealer, I think I spent about an hour listening to the SHL5+ and another hour or so on the M30.2 before I placed an order for the 5s. It’s surprising to hear that the Parker Duo sounded underwhelming at lower volumes. I have no issues with low level listening with the Duke 2(spec is rather similar to Parker Duo).
The Parker Duo should have much better bass performance than the M30.1/30.2. Although the Duke 2 is a smaller speaker in comparison to SHL5+ I actually find the Marten to go lower in the bass. On paper the Dukes go down to 38Hz while the SHL5+ only go down to 40Hz. The Parker Duo goes even lower down to 36Hz, perhaps with the help from the passive radiators. In summary, the bass of the Parker Duo is superior to the Duke 2 and SHL5+. The 30.1 is far behind.
I am glad we share the same observation on strength of the Harbeth. It’s really a strong trait where many higher end speakers fail to match.
Thanks for the post. Your response is surely useful, no further information on the Marten is required.
Apologies to OP for the thread hijack. I’ll make it short.
Three hours with the Parker Duo at the dealer, impressive. When I was at the Harbeth dealer, I think I spent about an hour listening to the SHL5+ and another hour or so on the M30.2 before I placed an order for the 5s. It’s surprising to hear that the Parker Duo sounded underwhelming at lower volumes. I have no issues with low level listening with the Duke 2(spec is rather similar to Parker Duo).
The Parker Duo should have much better bass performance than the M30.1/30.2. Although the Duke 2 is a smaller speaker in comparison to SHL5+ I actually find the Marten to go lower in the bass. On paper the Dukes go down to 38Hz while the SHL5+ only go down to 40Hz. The Parker Duo goes even lower down to 36Hz, perhaps with the help from the passive radiators. In summary, the bass of the Parker Duo is superior to the Duke 2 and SHL5+. The 30.1 is far behind.
I am glad we share the same observation on strength of the Harbeth. It’s really a strong trait where many higher end speakers fail to match.