Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary Edition Review

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Would have been a tad better if he actually showed us the speaker in the video :)

Edit-Well, Thanks Joe, you posted at the same time
 
I was thinking the same thing. What the heck, at least a photo.
 
My pair should be shipping soon. I recently signed up as the Dallas Harbeth dealer and have these, the Super HL5 Plus, and P3ESR en route.
 
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Thanks for posting his comments on speaker simulations are interesting to say the least , speaker xover simulations are not new , when i was involved in the industry we were using them back in 96 and it was not unusual to see others doing so ..


Before math co processors you would select 3 different sims , lock up at closing and the next morning at 9am the PC would just be finished with the 3 rd calculation .. :)


later with math coprocessors you could do 10 in about 15-20 mins..


Regards
 
I just heard a fabulous looking and sounding pair of 30.2s anniversary edition in a silver eucalyptus color. If you are wondering where, stay tuned.

Joe, are you there?
 
40.2 Anniversary ? :exciting:

Could be freaking awesome with my Triodes.

Ritmo said:
I just heard a fabulous looking and sounding pair of 30.2s anniversary edition in a silver eucalyptus color. If you are wondering where, stay tuned.

Joe, are you there?
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I like the Harbeth sound. Reminds me of the Spendor SP1s I used to have in the 80s. So musical! One can listen to these for hours without getting tired.
 
Mike shot some video of the 30.2 Anniversary speakers. Holy cr@p! What tone and glorious mid-range. The videos never sounded better.

Ritmo said:
I like the Harbeth sound. Reminds me of the Spendor SP1s I used to have in the 80s. So musical! One can listen to these for hours without getting tired.
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The 30.2 has quickly become my favorite of the demo units I got (no 40.2 here though). What strikes me about it is that it is such a damn fine nearfield monitor. I have never experienced a speaker with a recessed soundstage that disappeared within that soundstage and ALSO had 'life' and 'jump' to the sound. I've been pairing with the MastersounD Dueventi with great results - far better than any other amp I have, even the higher end MastersounD amps. The thing is though, it sounds good on them all, but superb with the Dueventi.

I would have no hesitation recommending this for a small room where it could be tough to get the right speaker for the space.
 
DSkip said:
The 30.2 has quickly become my favorite of the demo units I got (no 40.2 here though). What strikes me about it is that it is such a damn fine nearfield monitor. I have never experienced a speaker with a recessed soundstage that disappeared within that soundstage and ALSO had 'life' and 'jump' to the sound. I've been pairing with the MastersounD Dueventi with great results - far better than any other amp I have, even the higher end MastersounD amps. The thing is though, it sounds good on them all, but superb with the Dueventi.

I would have no hesitation recommending this for a small room where it could be tough to get the right speaker for the space.
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Agreed.



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Thanks Jack. 40.2 Anniversaries come tomorrow. SHL5+ Anniversaries come next week. I’m going to get a pair (SHL5+ Anniversary or 40.2 Anniversary) for my family room (replace KEF LS50’s).


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Sounds good and either will be quite a step up from LS-50's. What are you going to power them with at home as your LS-50's were the powered version I thought. INT-60 maybe?
 
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