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Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Writeface, Congratulations on this acquisition and I believe that you'll be very happy with this decision. You re going to have beautiful music reproduction in your home.Charles   
Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back?
Hi Freediver,I agree with you. I was just for fun playing the role of the typical measurement/objectivist responder.Charles  
Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back?
"Sand is for beaches, not stereo amps!" You realize the retort is that tube amp owners just love tube distortion.😊Two different worlds. Charles 
Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Jond , I enjoyed viewing pictures of your system. Some say the AN speakers need corner placement for best sound. Your experience would seem to suggest that this may not necessarily be the case. I suspect Vu feels this way or he would have advised ... 
Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Agree AN (Audio Note)  and Harbeth present  2 different sonic characters and a listener will eventually lean toward one or the other. Regarding sensitivity I generally agree  that as sensitivity  increases, high quality lower power amplifiers come... 
Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Hi jond,Agree no bad choices between the 2 options listed. So much has to do with how one listens to music and what they most often listen to. I’ve heard Harbeth but only with solid state amplifiers, it’s a good quality speaker. For my needs and d... 
Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Jond,I’ve read comments from others who are familiar with the Audio Note speakers. It seems that they found the paper cone version more natural and musically engaging. My current speakers use Scanspeak paper cones and their great strength is very ... 
Harbeth M30.1+Luxman LX-380 & Audio Note AN-E/SPe Oto SE Sig
Hi Writeface, My primary criteria for selecting audio components is simple yet significant. The issue is ’naturalness of music presentation and emotional involvement or interaction with the music. I’ve found that the products that seem to pull you... 
Tekton Double Impacts
I'll state the obvious,  this would certainly be room, system and listener dependant.  But again this is why experimentation is such fun.Charles  
Tekton Double Impacts
Tom,I ’don’t find your results unusual. The build/designer himself made this recommendation, he would know😊. The beauty of speaker repositioning is it’s cost free and just requires some time and effort. You trust your ears to determine which posit... 
Worth buying a Solution 541?
Same question as chayro. Have the dealer demostrate the 330 amplifier (when it arrives to his store) with the card inserted and compare this to using the 541 CD player using the same recordings. Only way to know for sure. Charles 
Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days?
The cited study doesn’t seem to correlate with the real world experience of listening to either recorded music via an audio system or listening to live performers. If our aura recollection was only seconds we’d have no meaningful memory of the eve... 
Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days?
Cleeds, If you were to take some time and read some of Willemj’s prior posts/ comments you’ll recognize there are numerous unsubstantiated claims. All backed by "science " of course 😊. You are right to be wary. Kalali I agree with your comment reg... 
Tekton Double Impacts
Tom,No doubt that the MZ2 is a fine Line Stage. However it’s possible that Aric may create some synergy magic given he building them to match as a pair. You’ll find out soon😊.Charles 
Tekton Double Impacts
Hi Tom,Now that is an encouraging initial listening report 😊. I believe that the addition of the Aric Audio 300b amplifier and matching preamplifier is going to  put you into deep sonic bliss orbit.Charles