@rsf507 you should have your ears cleaned & a hearing test!
Harbeth midrange is only soft if they are driven by a low powered SET amplifier..There are VERY VERY few speakers with the midrange clarity of the Harbeth's.They are absolutely the closest dynamic driver speakers I've ever heard to electrostatics..
I listened to Chicago & Delta Blues,Classic Rock,Reggae,Classic Jazz,Big Band,Classical,you name it on my M30.1's,driven by a Single Ended,KT150 tube amplifier & NEVER heard anything but sweet,beautiful music!
JA Pulsars vs Harbeth 30.2
Well still investigating different speakers. In the used world these speakers are similarly priced and both have great reviews. Does anybody in the Audubon family have familiarity with these two speakers. Which one would you recommend and why. I have a dedicated room approx 20x 15 with no special acoustic treatments. Wall to wall carpet. I mostly stream with bluesound node 2. I have a Hegel 390 Integrated amp and project turntable and Yamaha CD player both around $300 - $400. Mostly listen to blues, folk and rock. Some classical too.
look forward to hearing from you
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Thanks for ur input. It is very difficult with such divergent takes on the same speaker. Which gets us back to how the sound of speakers is very personal. I do believe that both of these speakers are excellent. I have to admit that link that @bassdude had did not sound mellow to me. Very confusing |
Definitely go for the 30.2 if you’re planning to audition. Harbeth has tuned the 30.2 to be a bit more open and airy (better treble) compared to the 30.1. If you feed it with good amplification it will not be ‘soft’ at all. What it won’t do is to throw the detail in your face. You will notice that all the detail in your music is still there, it just doesn’t ‘prioritize’ higher frequencies compared to the rest. This makes for an excellent speaker for long, fatigue free sessions. |
I don’t have the Pulsars but I do own a pair of Tyler Taylo Reference speakers that use the same Seas drivers (albeit a larger woofer) as the Pulsars. For me the choice would be easy, I’d go with the Pulsars. They have a tweeter that retails for nearly twice the price of the Seas unit in the Harbeths. The improvement of the costlier tweeter is definitely audible to my ears. The 30.2s paired with Hegel will give you a very warm and easygoing listening experience, but you’ll also be leaving a lot of detail and resolution on the table vs speakers like the Pulsars, especially if the latter are paired with more neutral electronics. |
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