Current or Previous Harbeth Owners…
For those of us that have had or currently have, are there other speakers you’ve listened to that you found sounded “better”? I’m eyeing stepping into a set of 40.2 or 40.3’s, but am also willing to step in a different direction. I realize “better” is subjective, but a speaker that does what Harbeth does, but better.
I have a set of Pass Labs XA100.5’s, FWIW.
Have I heard speakers that impressed me enough to consider a possible replacement for my M30.2 XD’s? Yes and No …. Let me explain … NO: Nada at its speaker current pricepoint nor even if you double it and a bit more,….. YES ….. but only at significant multiples in speaker price-point step-up AND (a fine and important distinction …) a stablemate many multiples price step-up for the rest of the upstream audio system electronics . (My system is in the $40k - $50K range ) |
Why are you presuming that I’m knocking HARBETHs. I never said nor implied any such thing , I am assuredly not knocking “thin wall” HARBETHs or any other BBC monitor design .,,, I love my HARBETH M30.2 XD’s on TonTraeger speaker stands as defo keepers long-term, full stop. . All I posted herein was a simple personal experiences opinion that (a);I prefer to keep my current speakers over the many contenders and pretenders at the 30.2 price-point strata , and up to double theirpricepoint strata.Adding ahigh-end ATC subwoofer to flesh out the bottom end for these standmounts provided me me with a peer speaker system to the higher model 40,2’s. (b) and yes ..Ive also auditioned other speaker brands (mostly at audio expos) that could sway me to change, BUT ONLY AT significant multiples ( ….plural ….) in 30.2 speaker pricepoint AND a matched significant multiple in price of upstream electronics to drive them. Intuitively unless I win a mega lottery, nuthin’ is gonna change for me, |
i added an ATC C1Sub MK2 premium build subwoofer to flesh out the bottom octave to my 30.2XD’s using the high-level connectors.. . Integration was EZPZ and flawless. I’ve now matched the audio performance of the larger 40.2XD’s.IMO …Because the 30.2’s have the same drivers as the 40.2 but without the latter’s added bass driver, https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/subwoofers/c1-sub-mk2/
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