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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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rlj
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re: audioman58 comment on Harbeth crossover parts

GR Research did a video segment on the  crossover parts used in the Harbeth P3ESR.     However, the 40th anniversary version used better crossover parts.

 

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roxy54
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jjss49,

You have far more experience with ProAc than I do obviously. I owned the Response 1s and Response 2, both of which I really enjoyed, but having also owned 2 Spendors, the SP100 and the 9/1, I wouldn't describe the ProAcs as warm. I do agree with the characterization of them as electrostatic-like though.

Thanks for asking, I'm doing well, and coincidentally, I am waiting on delivery of a preowned pair of SP100's that I found here on Audiogon last week. I always regretted selling them, and I am looking forward to enjoying them again.  

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jjss49
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@roxy54 

awesome!!! ... sp100's are keepers... truly forever speakers... i may wander to others for a while but will never not have those again!   

i did the same as you, sold em off some years back, then immediately regretted doing so, hoped to get another pair back somehow, you and i have both succeeded in that! ... for you it will be interesting, now that some time has passed, to see now whether they still have that magic (in my case the answer is yes, in spades!)... enjoy!!!  

mickeyb
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I’ve got a pair of music culture rl-21 loudspeakers. Very warm. Maybe the only pair in the us. Made in Germany. They are every bit as good as Cremona. The sound is very similar. Davis drivers from France and silk dome tweeters. Just sublime. The only pair I’d take over them are the tad me-1’s. 

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roxy54
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JJSS49,

I had no idea that you owned SP100's! I don't look at member systems very often, and I had thought that you owned Sound Labs. Now, looking at your system, all of the great gear that you have makes me dizzy!

Your speakers are the R version, and the ones that I just bought are earlier, but later than what I owned previously as I can tell from the bass driver. They are amazing, and better than the 9/1's that I owned after that. I'm excited.

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