Trenner & Friedl Sun

Funny that you would mention Harbeth P3's, because they were what I ended up choosing. I listen mostly to classical music, and Harbeth is excellent at realistic reproduction of unamplified acoustic instruments and voice.

I listen 4 feet away from speakers on my nearfield desktop system. With the Suns, I wanted to turn the volume up for better sound and listen from farther away. I loved the tiny size and clean design and really wanted it to work, but at close range it was louder than I want for music listening. The P3 does well playing low volume at close range.

I have the P’3’s in another room nearfield and I agree they are amazing with acoustic music and voice. The room I am setting up now requires the smallest form factor I can manage so the Sun’s would be perfect. This room is isolated so I can play them louder, but I really would love to hear opinions from people who have had them for a while. Listening at the dealer is not the same as long term listening and home audition may be difficult. Anyone out there have them who can give some opinions?

I was lucky because the Trenner & Friedl dealer in my area works out of his home and brings gear to the customer's location for audition. As I suggested before, contact the distributor and ask about options for auditioning.

I have and it will take a few months to get my hands on a pair to audition. Kind of impatient so was looking for others who have them. It is interesting to me that I don’t hear much about them nowadays but after the Stereophile review they were discussed often. I did hear them at the dealer and as I stated, with the right amp I was surprised by how good those little boxes sounded. They aren’t anywhere near the “best stand mounted speakers” as the review suggested, but in my limited review of them I was quite impressed.

Hi all! First post!

I am running them on a nearfield setup: I listen 6 feet away from them in a tiny space with not-great acoustics. They are on shelves, higher than they should (but canted down to counteract it) and about 5 inches from the wall, which needed some acoustic foam behind them to balance boominess. 

 I listen to Jazz mostly and small ensembles classical. My dB meter averages around 52 dBs. and peaks at  60 dB. at the listening position, So not very loud. Below these levels, I need to engage the Loudness button on my Luxman (Class A 30w/60w into 8Ω/4Ω).

In my very non-ideal context, they sound full and dynamic. If I sit closer than 6 feet, the sensation remains.

I believe the Suns like an abundance of current, favoring solid state over tubes. This seems to be backed by your experience with the Elixir and the Leben.