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| Looking for nearfield passive speakers that are warm and rich That would be HARBETH 30.1’s / 30.2’s / 30.3’s! Without any question. With the right amp (those used by Harbeth at shows) - you will have a warm, rich, musical sound, with plenty of resolution, dynamics, clarity, details, and bass (lower mids)! S... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer “jjss49” Interesting summary of manufacturers recommendations of speaker / amp combos. We prolly need a registry that summarizes the manufacturers’ recommended speaker / amp combos. | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer I'm not sure that anyone can conclude that any brand of audio equipment is all bad, or all good. It appears to me, that how great a particular amp or set of speakers sounds, is not absolute with all amps or speakers. It seems that how good any am... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? I should clarify - they are superb for discerning "audiophile sound" (e.g. jazz, classical, country, acoustic, vocals, etc.). For this type of music, they are almost unmatched. Any old speaker is fine for rock and hip hop, etc. - better off ... | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek Carlsbad... I see you’re correct, I had not read the history that closely - I seemed to remember a discussion about 10 years ago that indicated it had originated with the Futterman design. Regardless, the OTL design... makes all the difference. I... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? Well… with the right electronics there is very little that come close to the sound quality of the 30.1/2 and 40.1/2. The rich sound is almost unmatched except for the Quad ESL57s. But… “the right electronics” are the key words (eg. Hegel and Mac... | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek Yes - the Futterman OTL design of Atma-sphere amps makes all the difference in the sound quality. Read the background / history in the web site and in the reviews: http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/index.html In addition, you have the history, qual... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? I agreed with many of the comments of how the Harbeth sound lacked clarity, detail and dynamics... UNTIL... I found the right electronics to drive them - which are the amps the designer demos them with - the Hegel amps. They are a totally diffe... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? Have both the 30.1’s and 40.2’s and they do sound great in all respects... when... driven by the right amplifiers - especially, the Hegel’s, which Alan Shaw demos his speakers with. The SS Hegel amps control the woofers and mids properly, which a... | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) ATC 100s or 150s with Pass Labs or Accuphase electronics - nothing better! | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please A lot of good information here... BUT... unless you’ve (or they’ve) listened to the same set up with various amps you (they) really can’t conclude much. I would have no idea what electronics (i.e. source, preamp, amp, etc.) would sound good to yo... | |
| Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands "oldhvymec" I have a pair of REL subs, which I may use in my vacation house, which has a crawl space with suspended floors - which will no doubt vibrate from the REL subs and whatever speakers I use with them - creating "room boom." What is th... | |
| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp While I am impressed with the Klipsch Heritage line of speakers driven by tube amps... I'm equally impressed by the Harbeth line of speakers driven by the type of amps their designer (Alan Shaw) suggests drive them best - high powered SS amps, whi... | |
| Best Integrated that you've heard under $5k Hooserinohio has it right!There is no “best integarated” amp at any price!Without matching the specific amp to specific speakers.You must match the impedence as well as the efficiency of the speakers to the amp, among many other factors. If you ge... | |
| So I just bought a Hegel H390 and As some have noted... the Hegel amps are especially great at driving Harbeth speakers.I have the H590 - which I bought especially because it sounds so good with my Harbeth 30.1's and 40.2's - just as Alan Shaw has suggested. It has the power / cu... |