arafiq
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| Moving up the Harbeth line With so many solid offerings from Harbeth, it is so difficult to pick a path. After listening to the 30.1 in the main system, it was hard for me to find faults with its presentation. Before buying this speaker, I had heard comments about the boxy,... | |
| Gato speakers With Steve Gutenberg, it gets very obvious when he is doing a review as merely an obligation (the man's gotta pay his bill too), or whether he is really excited about something. You gotta read between the lines and watch his body language. | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica III, Olympica III Nova Back in October of last year, I heard Olympica 2 and 3, as well as their Nova counterparts. To be very honest, I struggled to tell the old lineup from the new Novas ... that sounds redundant :)If anything, I think the Nova has maybe a slight edge ... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line @ryder -- Now that I have had some more time with 30.1s, I can say without a doubt that they have far exceeded my expectations. They sound glorious in my home office, and a substantial step up from the P3ESRs. Right now, they are a little too clos... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line Fedex finally decided to deliver the second box today after a 4-day delay. I hooked it up to the Blackhawk and have been listening for about an hour or so. Within the first 5 minutes, any trepidation I had about the switch from P3esr's ceased to e... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line Has anyone else experienced problems with Fedex? In the last 12 months, I've sent and received around 15 shipments using various carriers including UPS, USPS, and Fedex. Without exception, UPS and USPS have delivered on time. And without exception... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). @juleman -- congrats on owning one of the best mini-monitors in the business. They look even better in person compared to the pictures. In my case, it took well over 200 hours for the P3esr's to get to their most optimal level. The bass response w... | |
| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? He is catering to the home theater audience exclusively at this point. And they like trashing cables to make themselves feel better, plus honestly it's good business for his channel. There's a reason this guy publishes at least 5 videos per year o... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line @ryder Thanks for sharing your opinion. Last year when I was in the process of building my main system, I was almost set on getting the SHL5+ from a local seller. I went to his house to audition, and absolutely loved the way they sounded. I made ... | |
| Raven Audio SC I'm using the Soniquil power cord with my Blackhawk amp and agree that the synergy is quite good. I also have Audio Envy Mega 3 power cord in the other system with Luxman 590AXII, the performance of AE Mega 3 is off the charts. | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? I often wonder if there's a correlation between appreciating euphonic distortion and gradual hearing loss (otherwise known as getting old). | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year @jjss49 Very well said!I would also add that the new crop of youtube reviewers are following in the same footsteps. Almost all of them start with good intentions and fair and balanced reviews. Before long, they realize that this could be a lucrati... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). @fjn04 There was a post I read that says the magic starts at 507. I can't comment on that, but would not discount the 550. I was the one who made that comment, and realized that I should have included the 550 in the 'where the magic starts' bound... | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk I have owned a Blackhawk MK3 for a few months. It's very nice, refined, and responds well to tube rolling. But, personally, I feel that it does not rise up to the level of hype created around the Raven products, at least the Avian series. It compe... | |
| Integrated amp -- Pass Labs vs Luxman vs McIntosh It was actually a tough decision choosing between ARC and Luxman. I still miss the palpability, smoothness, and the rich sound of the GSi75. But in the end, it just didn’t have the visceral qualities, especially the tight punch in the bass area, t... |