2nd Reynaud
Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ?
I've looked far and wide especially for bookshelf speakers with prominent full mids and a lush sound. So far the only name that comes up is harbeth. Maybe Sonus faber but are there other speakers that have similar tone but are made by a different company?
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I paid 50 buck for Vintage Mission Cyrus 781, not only a good mid frequencies timbre but a bass power over his scale price /S.Q. ratio... They fit on my big desk by the way...In an acoustically controlled small room they can compete with magnepan in a non controlled room bigger room .... Yes i am lucky.... I will die with them.... I am in fear to try an upgrade to exceed them at relatively low price ....Mission impossible.... And paying arounf 6,000 canadian bucks for a probably improving Harbeth model is impossible for me... 😁😊 Dont forget that room acoustic is the key in audiophile experience not a brand name in speakers gear....Or a specialized "tweaks" .... We wait for the time being for the speakers technology that will nullify room specific acoustic... Most of us are not there and i think this new technology is not on the market now...And if it is is not accessible for most of us now....I dont know... And most headphones had their own limitations : the connected two shells vibrate like the gear did and there is acoustical negative properties of the shell like any room has his negative problems to be solved by acoustic control....And dont forget the electrical noise floor of the house affecting speakers and headphones...
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I have the Stirling LS3/6 and Harbeth Super HL5 Plus 40th Anniversary edition. The Harbeths have a little more detail. For me (in my system, with my room and electronics) I find the Stirlings easier and more fun to listen to for extended periods, especially if you like to turn up the volume from time to time (or all the time). They also seem to present a bigger soundstage than the Harbeths. They are more alike than different, but I prefer the Stirlings. |
+1 @jjss49 @smodtactical When you say "I've looked far and wide" did you miss the long list that JJSS provided? |
For the record 85% of speakers out there even with excellent drivers ,for whatever reason go cheap on the heart of the speaker the Xover that everything goes through , like Solen rated a 7 out of 15 ,even worse Harbeth has used capacitors from Taiwan $3 which are msybe a 6 why ? For mfg feel it’s good enough resistors 50 cents when you have great resistors like The Mundorf Ultra ,or Apath audio pat $30: each retail good capacitors $50-150:each ,vs $5 My point is you can buy a very good well engineered speaker and rebuild or have some rebuild it , that will transform the speaker .i just bought a Very good speaker not well advertised here Dynaudio their contour 3.4. I paid $2200 spent $1600 on the Xover parts ,wiring and WBT connectors ,if you had someone do it $1k labor or less and bests the new $7 k contour 30 with Ease , my point is you can have the detail and natural warmth and detail far better then stock even $25 k Magico s use average at best Mundorf Evo capacitors for example when their supreme line is far better ,for $20-$40 k you should be getting much better just by rebuilding the Internal Xover , |
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