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Harbeth Is Not Suited For Rock Music: Fact Or Fiction?
P3ESRs arrived on Monday, Super HL5Plus Walnut Anniversaries won’t be built and ready until mid-June. Sorry for the confusion. I wanted the biggest speakers that would be fairly easy to move around from system to system. It was actually the bass going down to 40 Hz that influenced my decision the most to change my order from 30.2 to HL5Plus, but yes those dual tweeters do look sweet.
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When I auditioned the 30.2 last year (driven by a McIntosh MA252) I found it very 'musical', but congested in the all important (for me) mid-range where most voices fall. Your choice to move to the HL5Plus will likely serve you well.
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Could have been the synergy with the MA252, take a look at some of the 30.2 reviews. No mention of congestion that I could find but could be wrong. Wanted lower bass than 30.2, bigger sound too, and would not have liked congestion as it turns out. Thanks for sharing your experience! |
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The MA252 must not have been a good match for the 30.2. Normally these speakers excell in the mid range.
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They certainly do with Conrad-Johnson amplification.
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Munich....
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Interesting that they are using the lower stands.
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I read they were displaying with Skylan. Perhaps it’s a different model. That one definitely has an additional isolation platform on top. It’s also possible that they customized for the chair height in the room.
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Harbeth Is Not Suited For Rock Music: Fact Or Fiction?
Been waiting so long for Harbeth to build more 40th Anniversary Walnut Super HL5+ speakers that I upgraded my order once again. This time around there will be no room left for another upgrade. Harbeth 40th Anniversary Walnut 40.2 speakers have been ordered! Very glad Harbeth’s Anniversary speaker production build process has been taking so long these past couple months...
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