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| Harbeth HLP3ESR I have heard these but have not listened to the older HLP3ES2. I have listened to many bookshelves. PMC, Dynaudio C1, 1.3MkII, Proacs, B&Ws, Sonus Fabers, Marten Dukes, Totem Model 1. While each have their own sound signature and special in th... | |
| Harbeth Radial Driver - How Good? Ditto on the above. Harbeth is one of the few that will sound good with virtually about any amp out there, your Linn inclusive. Also, Harbeth is one of the few that people may have chosen to replace costlier speakers. Usually folks would find sati... | |
| Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 for music / HT use...? I second Knownothing's comments. I have the SHL5 for fronts and PSB speakers for the rears. You definitely need a subwoofer for the explosions and stuff. Some dynamic speakers will give you more grunt and sharp transients but the Harbeths are not ... | |
| ProAc vs Totem vs Usher, please comment Rbstehno, when I had the N805 I was driving those speakers with the Plinius SA100MkIII. I thought the speakers sounded warm and lacked high-frequency extension. I was craving for a more revealing treble. On the other hand, the Totem Model 1 sounde... | |
| ProAc vs Totem vs Usher, please comment Rbstehno, I do know the Totems would need quite a bit of power behind them in order to sound good, and my experience with the Model 1 is it sounded substantially forward and bright compared to the N805 although I did not compare them side by side.... | |
| ProAc vs Totem vs Usher, please comment I have owned the B&W N805 and contrary to your experience I don't find the speakers to sound bright with high listening fatigue over extended listening sessions. As a matter of fact I find the N805 to be a warm sounding speaker with the distin... | |
| New speaker help. Proac-Spendor-Harbeth-Devore-PMC Pardon my comment above on the PMC being power-hungry with 4 ohm impedance. I noticed that the i-series were designed to be more efficient with an 8 ohm load. The PMC LB1 Sigs were previously 4 ohms with a lowish sensitivity. | |
| Suggestions for an Integrated Amp $400 Gosh I didn't realize the Arcam Alpha 10 can be had for that kind of price these days. I have owned this integrated, and although I didn't have much high impressions on this unit at this price I would say go for it. Another alternative is a Rega B... | |
| New speaker help. Proac-Spendor-Harbeth-Devore-PMC I have listened to PMC LB1 Signatures, PMC EB1i and IB1, Proac Tablette 50 Signature and D25 and Harbeth P3ESR, C7ES3, M30, SHL5 and M40.1. I think the speakers mentioned in your list are all good speakers as it boils down to personal preference i... | |
| P3-24 pitch instability 12-28-09: Maurageri recently bought a new rega p5 that had a very noisy motor, a sub platter that was totally wobbling, and the headshell was way off from being level. the table was a mess. i have had rega turntables for almost 20 years, but will ... | |
| Recommendation Of Bright Speakers For Rega Amp Thanks. Tried the Totem Model 1. The speakers are indeed bright sounding and quite a good match to the warmish Rega amp. | |
| Totem model 1 signature or Dynaudio 52 I am listening to a pair of Model 1 now and was curious if the Signatures would give an "appreciable" difference compared to the older version. The bass evidently does not go low but overall the mids and highs are pretty good. Coherency, imaging a... | |
| Totem Model 1's Vs Model 1 Signatures Was about to post a thread but stumbled on this one. I was equally interested to know whether there would be any substantial difference going from the Model 1 to the Signatures. Any advice would be appreciated. | |
| ARC REF 3, Nagra PSA, & Phase Inversion Hi Steven, Thanks for the prompt response. Reason I asked the question is I am considering the PSA but cannot justify spending the same amount of money on the Ref 3 preamp. Although I have no doubts the Ref 5 would evidently be a major step-up fro... | |
| bose acoustimass 10 Interesting revelation Duane. It is lucky that I managed to sell the AM-10 at more than 50% loss after 3 years of use and still get more than $138 for it, I think. That was about 7-8 years ago. Agreed with previous posters that you can get more fo... |