helomech
Responses from helomech
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Living with and working with a speaker long term in your room and system is the best way to evaluate them. In order to get there requires a leap of faith based on what you hear at auditions, audio shows, etc that they have potential to make yo... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions @helomech Very cool, and glad you protected your hearing. I got to ride a few times a Sikorsky between Victoria and Vancouver. Very nice way to travel in that part of the world. I imagine there’s some great scenery on that route. Was tha... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Well all of the Ls3/5 designs are technically "knock offs". But, the point is that if the Chinese can copy it and make it even better at 1/3 the cost, the value proposition for Harbeth is not good, and as consumers we shouldn't support companie... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions I think when speakers reach a certain level of quality/price, you can’t really say one is “better”. What one listener might see as a negative, another might feel it’s a positive. At a certain level the quality of sound becomes very personal and ... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Changing subjects, is your user name a reference to your profession? (If you don’t mind me asking) It is indeed a reference to my prior career as a rotorcraft mechanic. I spent the first 16 years of my adult life maintaining a variety of rotor... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions There are a lot of bulls here running at red flags, my goodness. The disrespect for the OP’s positioning and obvious even handedness seems only to occur in forums in this culture. I thought this was a genuinely interesting thread started. I list... | |
| My Goodness! They have the microphones placed very close to the speakers, which can largely account for the difference you are hearing relative to other YT videos. This fact will also go a long way in minimizing the contribution of room reflections, creating a... | |
| UPGRADE PATH FROM CHORD QUTEST Nine times out of ten, if you’re disappointed with how a specific genre performs on your system, the speakers, the room, or both are the main culprit. Following those, the likely problem is your amplification and its synergy with your speakers. ... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? And we wonder why so many dealers have gone out of business in the last decade. "I demand 20% off or I’m walking!" "Buh-bye." One of the single-store dealers in my region does quite well despite regularly offering 20-30% discounts on nearl... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions definitely in agreement about OP’s opinion of the Forte all in one Count me as another. Even though my initial audition of the X3s was with the Forte amp and I enjoyed the sound, I could tell the amp was holding them back. There was just enou... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions At the THE show this year, I asked the rep and distributor in the Borresen room as to the source of their cabinets, as I was under the same impression that you have, that being only the X series is not made in Denmark. I was told that all of the... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Years ago, like 40 of them, a friend referred to a pair of standpoint speakers that I had at the time as "screaming bricks". Eli (bless his ears) is gone now, as are those speakers. But that was exactly what came to mind when I heard the X3's at... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions In some ways, the choice between the Harbeths and the Borresens could be attributed to the consumers budget. The majority of the Borresen line is priced far in excess of the Harbeths. What I hear when we go up in price with the Borresens is a mor... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions It’s interesting that no one has bashed Boressen speakers, or their owners (other than my deleted post which had zero to do with the speaker or owners choice of speaker). Yet the converse is not true. Why? Harbeth fans have a long history of b... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions Having said that, it will good if you can take your own advice. Maybe buy a Harbeth 40.2/3 and live with it for some time? Who knows you might reach a different conclusion too :) I get why my suggestion comes off as hypocritical considering I t... |