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| REL S/510 subwoofer initial impressions Give it another 50 hours or so. Also, what is the crossover and gain settings? | |
| Enough is Enough Your dealer is right. Your system sucks! I’m happy to take it off of your hands for 25% of retail value. J/k 😃 all kidding aside, this is a great system that most of us would love to own. | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… +1 @gryphongryph  I would also add that very few speakers do vocals like the BBC speakers. I would love to own the bigger Grahams some day. When I first heard them, I preferred them over Harbeth 40.2. However, I think 40.3 has closed the gap consi... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… I owned Buchardt S400 when they first came out. Very different speaker with different target audience. If hearing the nth level of detail is the goal, then I agree Harbeth is not the right choice. Both are very good speakers though. | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? @mclinnguy The dealer told me they were his demo speakers. It's possible they weren't broke in yet. I played them for maybe 40-50 hours before sending back. In retrospect, and after reading your impressions I might have been hasty in returning them. | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? @mclinnguy Apologies, didn't mean to hijack your Horning thread. But it will still be interesting to learn more about how they compare to Magnepans at some point. | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? @mclinnguy I'm glad that you're finally happy with the Horning Eufrodites. Will be interesting if you can share how they compare with your other babies -- the Maggies :) I've recently added a pair of nice, and very fast, subwoofers to support my ... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… @chrys71 Indeed! Harbeth 40.x is a phenomenal speaker. It's for a select group of audiophiles who appreciate good tonality and timbre, realism, and vocal purity. In my case, the most potent combination was a solid state class A amplifier paired wi... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements @helomech I wasn't referring to you when I made the comment. I think our conversation was civilized and on point. I understand and respect what you like about the X3. You made your points without getting personal or nasty. There were other folks i... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements @mbmi didn’t look like somebody’s DIY speaker project from the 70’s I didn’t intend this to be a pissing match based on looks which can be very subjective. The Harbeths do have the traditional BBC box form "by design", but anyone who has owne... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements I compared Harbeth 40.2 speakers to Borresen X3 a few months ago. You can read about it here ... https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/borresen-x3-vs-harbeth-40-2-my-impressions To summarize, I thought the X3's were a great value at $11k retail.... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Did anyone see the new review posted by Erin on youtube. As I mentioned earlier, while there was a lot to love about the X3's, there was something about the midrange that I didn't quite like. I still preferred the Harbeth 40.2's over the X3, espec... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer Hi @lanx0003 Just a few caveats before I respond ... while I kept the Pontus much longer, I only had the R26 for less than a month since I returned it to Amazon during the trial period. It’s quite likely that my perception was biased since I had t... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! There are so many good speakers out there, you needed to go to some shows or to some dealers to listen to different kinds of speaker systems What makes you think I haven't already done so? I have owned many speakers ranging from $5-30K in the p... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! +1 @lalitk Buying high-end equipment and not treating your room is akin to getting a Ferrari and putting the cheapest tires on it. That being said, we know that many audiophiles share listening rooms with family and its not always feasible (WAF). ... |