Harbeth C7- Tube or solid state power?

thank you. Can I know, from your experience, what is the stand height which give the most bass?

tks,
Mark

Dear All,

Tks for your valuable advice. I have measure my stand height, and confirm they measure about 24". Is these too tall? I use that for Dynaudio 1.3Mmk2, LS3/5A , proac, Quad 11L and find okay.

Now for the Harbeth, I use Manley Mon0-block with 175W X 2 and still find the loudspeaker bass shy. Is the power rating too low? The Quad 11L which is relatively smaller, give better bass and dynamic.

I have seen many review mention highly of these loudspeakers. But i have yet understand their true strength. Now I am pretty sure the imaging is extraordinary , with very natural bass.

However, after my A-B comparison, i find the LS3/5A mid more liquid(i still own 2 pairs of Ls3/5A),with my current set-up.

Any advice welcome.
Mark

I just changed to 17" tall stands and find vast improvement. The tweeters fire at my ear level now. The mid is detailed and richer; the bass is more convincing now. THANK YOU PAUL!
May i know which loudspeaker cable you are using now. I feel that the highs is a bit too much.

regards
Mark

Now I roll my tube in the power amp and find the treble to be softer. I am quite happy with the treble now.

Paul, you are right, I am using Blu-tack in between the stand and the speakers. From your experience, how much improvement to the bass if I sand-fill the stand? Frankly i have not fill the stand or put up the spikes. What are the tweaking you do to improve the bass. I prefer to get deeper bass, and more bass if possible.

Thank you very much.

Charlie & Paul,

I re-positioning the harbeths and manage to get very good stereo effect as well as very natural and suficient bass. I found the Harbeths are very sensitive to the stand height in my living hall. They are far more sensitive to the stand height to other standmounter I own in my hall. I find it sound rather lean when the stand height are 3/4 inch higher with the spikes on. So i have to take out the spikes. This is against the usual hifi norm but who cares!

Now i really enjoy and understand why there are so many Harbeth die-hard fans. These are definitely keepers, so musical and natural. On comparision, I found my proAc 1SCs brighter and emphasize more on the highs in order to image well. The Harbeth image well and preserve the mid at the same time. It bring the music more lifelike, with beautiful balance.

Thank god I didn't sell them. So can I call myself Harbeth fan now, can I?

Rgds,
Mark