avanti1960
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| Eh hem!...Subwoofers... What do ya know? Unless you really need the deepest room shaking notes found on that occasional track or action movie sound track- a full range (or near full range) speaker driven by plenty of power is a better solution for me. 100 watts driving the main speakers... | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d The Raven Audio Blackhawk has the best sound out of the box- truly high end rich yet transparent.If you need more power the Rogue CM II/III can sound nearly as good with some tube rolling of the 5 small signal tubes. May have been supporting syst... | |
| Power Amp To Go With Cary SLP98P Preamp I heard the 98 at a dealer powering a Parasound a21 and it sounded good- slightly better than the Cary 200.2- but I felt the '98 was the bottleneck, not the amps. the sound was too thick and sluggish. perhaps tube rolling would fix that. | |
| Would switching amps make a big difference? A lot of suggestions about how it would sound "on paper" but in the real world the Raven Osprey is a high end bargain. You should consult with Dave the owner- he has integrity and will not sell you on something that won't work. People said the LS... | |
| What's more important in a difficult room, room correction or higher, clean, power? I have had room correction based subwoofers and they are limited as to what they can correct in the bass response. They definitely do not satisfactorily correct issues that are caused by poor fundamental integration between room and main speakers... | |
| Everything a crossover has to do ... very well said- and not understood by many. Some of those functions are not necessarily available in active systems and as such people assume active is always better which is not the case. Amateur application of bi-amping with DSP for example mi... | |
| You went from Harbeth P3's to Compact 7's, and... I owned the C7ES3s for almost 3 years and was sorry AFTER I sold them. Their sound can be near the most pleasing of any speaker I have heard regardless of price. My room was medium / large and they loved the power of my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum... | |
| My Harbeth C7ES-3 story... Congrats Kray on the great deal and new speakers! I owned the ES3's for the better part of three years and really loved their sound. Hauntingly magical with high powered tubes (my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II. Soundstage, vocal clarity and real... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. Harbeth C7ES3. Can stand up to the sound of any speaker regardless of cost. Rich, natural, un-fatiguing yet highly detailed. Imaging and sound stage are incredible. Uncanny voice realism. Integrate with subwoofers exceptionally well because of the... | |
| speaker break in @kenjit I bet you have never purchased a new subwoofer ! @jljYI have ha this happen too. a set of PSB towers became overly bass dominant after 2-1/2 years. Sold 'em. A recent set of Spendor towers took 250 hrs to sound really good and they were... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Congrats on the award and the idea of applying sound theories and principals that resulted in a product that stretches the envelope of home audio performance. I have successfully integrated one and two subwoofer solutions into my system when the ... | |
| Am I the only one who doesn’t love Harbeth P3esr? The P3s like every other Harbeth speaker develop more bass and a smoother high end as they accumulate hours. As for the KEF LS50 comparison I owned them and could never get rid of the metallic sound quality although it did minimize. They definitel... | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Spendor A7 @greenapplethe D7s need a lengthy break in. I owned them and found them to sound as you describe for the first 200 hours or so. After 4 months they sounded spectacular. | |
| Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following @mapman every harbeth model can convey a sense of vocal clarity and realism because that it the mission of their BBC heritage- to reproduce voices in a clear, uncolored natural presentation. Of the several times listening to the 40.1 and 40.2 I f... | |
| Am I the only one who doesn’t love Harbeth P3esr? they need at least 200 hours for the bass response to mature. the P3s are not a bright speaker by any means and can really rock with enough quality watts. |