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?

smodtactical

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Thanks Steve. I admit that I was curious. I guess no matter how open minded we might be, a lot of us still feel that what we listen to is superior to anything else out there.

Speaking of which, I'm loving the Spendor SP100's.🤗

smodtactical,

Danny Richie from GR has an interesting evaluation of them on youtube.

We don’t advertise on the forums phill55. You already have it listed in two places. Very tacky. And twice on the same thread no less!

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.

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.  

Spendor yes, but ProAc, no. They are great little speakers, but I have owned them and wouldn't describe them that way at all.