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What Is So Special About Harbeth?
parts is not the best ,a lot of cheap film caps,core coils,resistors.Price abaut 15-20$ in total for one crossover.Drivers also cheap.Complex crossover helps a bit cover shortages of drivers and thin cabinet.Let say without labor cost ,the cost of... 
Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers.
let say father is audiophile and his teenager son wants new iphone with beats headphones,he takes pictures with his android phone and sells his mcintosh gear,but ships nothing:)) I had similar experience when I wanted buy krell fbi amp,googled nam... 
What Is So Special About Harbeth?
They are very good for acoustic guitar and vocals and that is all they can provide.  
Dynaudio Special 40
from my experience with dynaudio bookshelfs,countour LE could play louder without distortion compared to c1,which at louder volume started to compress sound very much  
Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference?
well ,these monitor audio speaker are intensionally made sound not the best,just ok for ok amps yg acoustics is on a higher enginering level,more expensive parts are used which probably cost more than monitor audio speakers itself  
GaN based SU-R1000 Technics Integrated Class-D, review by TAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUXZcS8R48 here is samples of audio-comparing bryston 4b3 , pass labs and technics su-r1000 Some comments are similar to review of stereophile:)  
The two stages of audiophilia
mostly we listen to the sound ,sound of music which sounds good 
You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which?
Stores which has been around for a long time ,usually selling most popular brands from boom boxes to hi-fi and hi-end.That is the way to attrack and involve people in audio for lifetime 
If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it…
probably DIY will help ignore a lot of bought positive reviews .But it will take a lot of time- learning,patience and consistency building your own systemOther way forget reviews ,listen stereo systems in shows or shops ,trying to find what kind o... 
thought on eBay?
right now ebay can remove negative feedabcks left by buyers for sellers who sells a lot of hifi .there is a lot of scammers on ebay with just few feedbacks money back garantuee can be very tough task,I was refunded partially by a seller,and only a... 
Onkyo P-3000R gain adjustment?
Or volume knob was mounted on the joint not from starting point.It easy to check if you have screwdriver to fit the bolt.There are 2 small screws on each other inside volume knob  
Onkyo P-3000R gain adjustment?
as far as I know only headphone output has gain control on p3000rActually the louder you listen the better p3000r sounds.In my opinion p3000ris one of the best sounding preamps out there.I own it second time,even sold audio research ref 3 preamp a... 
Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home Speakers with a Used Krell KAV-400xi or S550i Integrated Amp
s550i not often appears for sale like s300 or kav400xi,that means it should sound better 
No free lunch
The sound characteristics of a speaker from Harbeth, as an example, is the result of very careful and meticulous selection of material, voicing decisions, and a number of other factors that have won them a loyal following It is just marketing... 
My journey to find a speaker + amp + setup for classical music (piano)
I think is nothing to do with speakers if integrated amp,preamp or dac can not reproduce it.For example,I had well praised audio research ref 3 preamp and it could not cope with piano .While less expensive onkyo p3000r sounds much better and like ...