What amp on Harbeth speakers ?

Mazzialk,

Such beautiful photos and systems. Thank you so much for sharing.
 
Hmmm I cant find the pics with the Lamm M1 and Lamm l2 ref pre and the nagra gears I had..

But there is inough to show...hahah

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joeinid said:
Such a wide variety of gear. Amazing.
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Thank u .

I costed me lots of hours and back pain but im lots of experience ritcher. :)

I had the aidiophile gear swapping flew for the last 3 years. So what u see has passed here the last 3 year's. Lol.

I always wanted to see and hear for myself , in my own room what diffrent gear did.

From 300b 8 watt tube to big amps as the Lamm M1 and the big sphinx twenty six.
Andso. ...

And speakers going small bookshelf like Wilson benesch arc (what a crap) and tad/pineer 2s/s3 ex to bigger Wilson audios en kharmas....

And its so hard to get a good match between gears /speakers and room....

U only understand the difficulty when u have six or Seven diffrent amps lined up and while u though wauwww thats it , the next amp just pushes the bar higher with a better match ...

It's good that some folks dont know what theyre speakers/amps /gears at home actually can do when setup with a "perfect"match. Ofcourse it is also a matter of taste but even then how far your taste can go with an existing rig...
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Zero said:
YES!!! Another 'box swapper!'. Welcome!! You've had some nice stuff.
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Thanks zero. Im having fun with it...lol and yes this gear head has issues .. he cant stop swapping. .

Im still searching for the holy grail but have not hit the pay dirt yet.

I think im swapping the wrong stuff. I need to swap my home first before going for the big rigs and the full orchestra. ;)

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Doesn't Alan Shaw say all amps sound the same on his speakers? Doesn't he use a cheapo Japanese receiver? Maybe grab yourself a Onkyo receiver and be done.


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Mike said:
Doesn't Alan Shaw say all amps sound the same on his speakers? Doesn't he use a cheapo Japanese receiver? Maybe grab yourself a Onkyo receiver and be done.


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Been there , done that and Alan shaw can gow get a pair of ear peaces from better hearing shops to help him hear the diffrent sounds between diffrent amps on harbeths.

Hè can make speakers but doesn't hear them play..lol

I had 10 amps on the shl5 en they didn't sound all the same.

Even my 66 year's old mom could hear the diffrent. ;)

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mazzialk said:
Been there , done that and Alan shaw can gow get a pair of ear peaces from better hearing shops to help him hear the diffrent sounds between diffrent amps on harbeths.

Hè can make speakers but doesn't hear them play..lol

I had 10 amps on the shl5 en they didn't sound all the same.

Even my 66 year's old mom could hear the diffrent. ;)

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LOL. You'll be kicked out of the Harbeth club for that one! I've even read Alan's rants about the topic. Quite entertaining. Actually, more like scary.

At least the designer of The Living Voice (a strong Harbeth competitor) appreciates good Kondo gear.
 
kkfan said:
Wow!
What an arsenal of equipment! Thanks for sharing!

Is that Pass INT-150 the only Pass you've listened to in your system?
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You are all welcome.

It's a bit of work getting the pics lined up but its worth it because its appriciated as I can see.

I have had diffrent pass stuff .

The int 150.
The x150.5
The aleph serie
The x....something preamp

Actually after the int 150 I was so dissapointed that I stoped searching the "sound character" I prefer in pass stuff.

I found the aleph 0S paired with the ML 38s did a verry good job on the kharmas .... I paired the int150 to the kharmas and was pretty dissapointed with the result.
It was not a good match.

I found the sound of pass a bit lay back for my taste. It's want lets sayyyy, dynamic...
 
Mike said:
LOL. You'll be kicked out of the Harbeth club for that one! I've even read Alan's rants about the topic. Quite entertaining. Actually, more like scary.

At least the designer of The Living Voice (a strong Harbeth competitor) appreciates good Kondo gear.
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I was kicked out few year's ago when I called harbeth SHOE BOXES. Lol

Some how harbeth Peaple have a zen with their equipment thats everlasting.

I though harbeth was the holy grail when I saw and heard how harbeth Peaple talen about the sound of harbeth.

For that I got myself a pair of SHL5 after auditioning the full harbeth range but the m40.

I though thats its for maz , this is his last speaker Brand but after 2 weeks of sitting in the dark I could not take it anny more . I turned on the light and there they were : a pair of big shoe boxes in the middel of my living room......

Coming down the road of kharma and Wilson Audio ,it looked like a had the boxes of the Wilson Audio spair parts in the room and been sitting and listening to them.

After 4 weeks I sold the harbies and never looked back...

They sounded pretty ok I must say but they missed the buttom octaves.



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Let's face it.... Most Hi-Fi stuff looks ridiculous.

- BBC speakers look like shoeboxes
- Most Wilson Audio speakers look like high-end trash compactors.
- Avantgardes are straight out of Dr. Suess.
- Kharmas and Rosso Fiorentinos look like high-end coffins.
- Martin Logan panels look like cheese graders.
- Maggies look like an ugly canvas.
- Magico speakers look like high-end, painted telephone poles.
- Living Voice speakers look like tissue boxes.

The list goes on..
 
Hahahahaha.

At least my kharma had the woord and the high end looks , even its looking like a .... ;)

Bbc stuff dont even look catwalk ;).



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Glad I don't own any of the speakers on Zero's list, though he probably has something for the ones I do or have owned too.
 
If anyone want to bashing the Harbeth. I will kick you out !!! Lmao.

If you missed the M40.1 , you haven't listen to Harbeth yet. ;).

Nothing is missing ....full bass with sweet mid also the high is sparkle (without the grille on- Sorry Alan Shaw.) :thumbsup:
 
I noticed a few that were conspicuously absent.

Uhhh...ahem....VIVID.

Mazzialk - I'm curious, if you only lasted two weeks with them, why did you buy them in the first place?

I do find people tend to move on from Harbeth. Some return. Some don't. Is the sound too colored? Is it music dependent? It's like the guy who falls madly in love with the girl, then realizes she has too many faults, or that's she's a he and moves on. [emoji6]. I've seen many friends do this. It is quite peculiar.
 
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