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Potential Pair of Great Bookshelf Speakers for Sale!

What are they? That is the question. I have a pair of Totem Sky's that I really enjoy. But, for aesthetics, I just purchased a pair of Harbeth P3ESR's in Olivewood Ash. They look fabulous! I haven't had much time to break them in yet, but my first impression of them is positive. But I think the Totem's have more realism in the mid and low bass area. I find my ears perking up on certain music and I'm thinking to myself how great that sounds from a small'ish' speaker. And, I'm not driving them with anything spectacular. I use an NAD AVR with 60 watts per channel and that seemed to be more than enough to get that wonderful sound. Anyway, we'll see how the P3's do in the next few weeks. As to the title of this thread, I'll be selling0  one of these pairs soon. Any comments are welcome.

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What you have in your speaker direct bake-off, depends entirely what you have them paired with upstream.

(1) The philosophy is clear. An affordable speaker with high-end amplification and source makes more sense in audio performance, than an expensive speaker with a cheap amp and source.

(2) Short-term outlook versus Long-term challenge: Your mid-fi AVR will be significantly bested by even a modest quality-build hi-fi integrated amplifier. If you have a future amp upgrade in your budget, then the HARBETHs will be finally able to perform to their significant strengths, and I am quite confident they will prevail in my personal experiences, having owned both brands.

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