Integrated Amp Pairing for Harbeth 30.2


I am asking you to suggest compatible solid state integrated amps that works well with the Harbeth 30.2. This is a downsizing exercise and the unit should have a DAC and Phono Stage, both MM and MC.

My budget is anything less than $13,000. A Krell Evo 222 and Krell 302 was my previous setup.

 

 

layton64

Showing 2 responses by donjr

I have Harbeth Super HL 5 Plus and used to power it with the top of the line Hegel integrated and I didn’t like the match. My local shop got me a deal on a lightly used Accuphase E-600 and it suits my needs perfectly. If I was younger it wouldn’t be enough power for me but at almost 60 it’s not lacking anything. There's much better matches with Harbeth than  Hegel. Nothing against Hegel. They have their place, but not so much with Harbeth IMO.

Ryder, I love my Harbeth's but I was really turned off by Alan Shaw telling people the speakers sounded just as good sitting on a stack of books. It's not true. I wasted a lot of my time and money figuring my old CS7's out because of his misleading information. Harbeth's need to be on stands with an open top (the surface the speaker sits on). I don't remember the stands he recommended because I've blocked it from my memory. All I remember is filling them with sand, telling the manufacturer that they sounded like trash and then they told me to try kitty litter. I found this stand maker called Resonant Woods based out of New Hampshire I believe that make stands specifically for Harbeth and they're the reason I still own Harbeth and love them. The difference was a jaw dropper.