What power amp or integrated amp are you using with your Harbeth speakers

2left

agree w you completely

there is no unanimity - harbeths as high end speakers go, are pretty easy to drive, reasonably efficient -- and thus many many many amps work just fine, just depends on the priorities of the owner... better amps sound better for sure, the speakers, while warm and full in tone (p3’s less so than the bigger brothers/sisters), are sufficiently transparent to be true to the quality of source and the amplification

i personally feel the compact 7 and up like very high quality ss amplification more than tubes -- brings a bit more snap to the speakers and make the full bass more tuneful and tighter at the margin

yes alan shaw plays this game about being totally amp-agnostic - smart business decision, is all i can say... momma didn't raise no foo...

belles aria has a highly linear response with an ever so slightly uplifted treble similar to (but not quite as pronounced) to the croft and lfd sound

op has been through an extensive discussion on his other thread, his sound is too bright with the p3 mini monitors, driven largely by his room, his DAC is a metrum, it is smooth and warm as dacs go

tube amps would be a good solution, but the real solution is solve the room

once again, all covered on his other thread

ghulamr

you really need to go to the harbeth users group

this topic is truly covered ad nauseum over there

you will read about amplification for various harbeths until your eyeballs fall out

just remember, p3's are an outlying harbeth....it is their only mini monitor