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What better way to launch the Harbeth Forum then with a video from the owner:
New Harbeth Forum
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The Rosewood finish is stunning.
dlb2
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Don't forget the "baby" P3ESR's in Rosewood. Joe, you need a pair of these to hook up to your computer!
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Hey Mike...the US importer of Harbeth speakers is Walter Swanbon who also happens to be the founder and co-owner of Fidelis AV in NH, a very nice dealership 1 hour away from Boston (Fidelis Home Audio). You may want to invite him to join and keep an eye on the Harbeth forum here in case any questions come up and/or people need info for local dealers or his advice on what to pair up with the speakers. He has been the US importer for years and years and knows them better than anyone here in the US. Super solid guy and very nice to deal with.
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Cyril - Done. Thanks! Great idea!
They are on my wishlist.Don't forget the "baby" P3ESR's in Rosewood. Joe, you need a pair of these to hook up to your computer!
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I'll live vicariously though Joe and his plethora of Harbeth's.
Paul
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Here are my days with Harbeth ( Can't find the P3ESR's pic )
With C7ES3
With M30
With SHL5
With M40.1
With C7ES3
With M30
With SHL5
With M40.1
Jerome W
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The very best review of the Monitor 40.1 is in Tone Audio # 23, by my friend Jeff Dorgay :
http://www.audioaficionado.org/redi...://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_023.pdf
After the few months I spent with these speakers, I just found this review and was very surprised at how it precisely describes the strengths of the Harbeth Monitor 40.1 speakers.
I usually find pro audio reviews a bit boring by using tons of "clichés". This review is a true exception. Jeff captured the essence of this awesome speakers better than any other reviewer. I agree to each and every word but especially when he describes the bass performance, opposing the Harbeths to overdamped speakers in the bass and explaining how real instruments are much closer to the Harbeth sound compared to those overdamped bass speakers. This is very precisely how I feel about the bass difference between the WP8 and the Harbeths. The Harbeths just kill the Wilsons when it comes to reveal the true timbre and presence of an acoustic bass sound. The Wilsons may sound more impressive on electric bass. But they are indeed less accurate than the Harbeths. In each every field of sound reproduction.
Listening to my Monitor 40.1 is a an ever amazing experience, opening each and every time, new horizons of musical bliss even for recordings that had no mysteries to me.
I just cannot find any shortcoming to their performance. They surely are not perfect. No speaker is. But they are the perfect speakers for my illness. They are the very first ones that really put me aside from looking at anything else. I just do not care now how the rest of the speakers sound. I AM CURED ! I just want to listen to music and does not care about the gear anymore.
The Monitor 40.1 will be my last speakers for my main system. I will die with them. Along with my Shindo and Verdier components. Now I can spend all my "music" dollars on recordings.
Who wants to bet ?
If you want to really understand why I felt so much in love, just read Jeff's review in Tone Audio.
http://www.audioaficionado.org/redi...://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_023.pdf
After the few months I spent with these speakers, I just found this review and was very surprised at how it precisely describes the strengths of the Harbeth Monitor 40.1 speakers.
I usually find pro audio reviews a bit boring by using tons of "clichés". This review is a true exception. Jeff captured the essence of this awesome speakers better than any other reviewer. I agree to each and every word but especially when he describes the bass performance, opposing the Harbeths to overdamped speakers in the bass and explaining how real instruments are much closer to the Harbeth sound compared to those overdamped bass speakers. This is very precisely how I feel about the bass difference between the WP8 and the Harbeths. The Harbeths just kill the Wilsons when it comes to reveal the true timbre and presence of an acoustic bass sound. The Wilsons may sound more impressive on electric bass. But they are indeed less accurate than the Harbeths. In each every field of sound reproduction.
Listening to my Monitor 40.1 is a an ever amazing experience, opening each and every time, new horizons of musical bliss even for recordings that had no mysteries to me.
I just cannot find any shortcoming to their performance. They surely are not perfect. No speaker is. But they are the perfect speakers for my illness. They are the very first ones that really put me aside from looking at anything else. I just do not care now how the rest of the speakers sound. I AM CURED ! I just want to listen to music and does not care about the gear anymore.
The Monitor 40.1 will be my last speakers for my main system. I will die with them. Along with my Shindo and Verdier components. Now I can spend all my "music" dollars on recordings.
Who wants to bet ?
If you want to really understand why I felt so much in love, just read Jeff's review in Tone Audio.
Jerome W
Active member
The very best review of the Monitor 40.1 is in Tone Audio # 23, by my friend Jeff Dorgay :
http://www.audioaficionado.org/redi...://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_023.pdf
After the few months I spent with these speakers, I just found this review and was very surprised at how it precisely describes the strengths of the Harbeth Monitor 40.1 speakers.
I usually find pro audio reviews a bit boring by using tons of "clichés". This review is a true exception. Jeff captured the essence of this awesome speakers better than any other reviewer. I agree to each and every word but especially when he describes the bass performance, opposing the Harbeths to overdamped speakers in the bass and explaining how real instruments are much closer to the Harbeth sound compared to those overdamped bass speakers. This is very precisely how I feel about the bass difference between the WP8 and the Harbeths. The Harbeths just kill the Wilsons when it comes to reveal the true timbre and presence of an acoustic bass sound. The Wilsons may sound more impressive on electric bass. But they are indeed less accurate than the Harbeths. In each every field of sound reproduction.
Listening to my Monitor 40.1 is a an ever amazing experience, opening each and every time, new horizons of musical bliss even for recordings that had no mysteries to me.
I just cannot find any shortcoming to their performance. They surely are not perfect. No speaker is. But they are the perfect speakers for my illness. They are the very first ones that really put me aside from looking at anything else. I just do not care now how the rest of the speakers sound. I AM CURED ! I just want to listen to music and does not care about the gear anymore.
The Monitor 40.1 will be my last speakers for my main system. I will die with them. Along with my Shindo and Verdier components. Now I can spend all my "music" dollars on recordings.
Who wants to bet ?
If you want to really understand why I felt so much in love, just read Jeff's review in Tone Audio.
http://www.audioaficionado.org/redi...://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_023.pdf
After the few months I spent with these speakers, I just found this review and was very surprised at how it precisely describes the strengths of the Harbeth Monitor 40.1 speakers.
I usually find pro audio reviews a bit boring by using tons of "clichés". This review is a true exception. Jeff captured the essence of this awesome speakers better than any other reviewer. I agree to each and every word but especially when he describes the bass performance, opposing the Harbeths to overdamped speakers in the bass and explaining how real instruments are much closer to the Harbeth sound compared to those overdamped bass speakers. This is very precisely how I feel about the bass difference between the WP8 and the Harbeths. The Harbeths just kill the Wilsons when it comes to reveal the true timbre and presence of an acoustic bass sound. The Wilsons may sound more impressive on electric bass. But they are indeed less accurate than the Harbeths. In each every field of sound reproduction.
Listening to my Monitor 40.1 is a an ever amazing experience, opening each and every time, new horizons of musical bliss even for recordings that had no mysteries to me.
I just cannot find any shortcoming to their performance. They surely are not perfect. No speaker is. But they are the perfect speakers for my illness. They are the very first ones that really put me aside from looking at anything else. I just do not care now how the rest of the speakers sound. I AM CURED ! I just want to listen to music and does not care about the gear anymore.
The Monitor 40.1 will be my last speakers for my main system. I will die with them. Along with my Shindo and Verdier components. Now I can spend all my "music" dollars on recordings.
Who wants to bet ?
If you want to really understand why I felt so much in love, just read Jeff's review in Tone Audio.
Jerome,
Thank you so much for your excellent post above. I am so excited to receive my 30.1 on Thursday and eventually my 40.1. I have a feeling that I'll be experiencing music in much the same way as you. This is great. Let's hope my illness goes away too.
Thank you so much for your excellent post above. I am so excited to receive my 30.1 on Thursday and eventually my 40.1. I have a feeling that I'll be experiencing music in much the same way as you. This is great. Let's hope my illness goes away too.
dlb2
New member
This is a great shot Paul. Things sure have changed.
Jerome W
Active member
Jerome,
Thank you so much for your excellent post above. I am so excited to receive my 30.1 on Thursday and eventually my 40.1. I have a feeling that I'll be experiencing music in much the same way as you. This is great. Let's hope my illness goes away too.
Joe,
like for many other things in life, if YOU really want to be cured from "audiophilia nevrosis", Harbeth speakers will cure you. Just relax and let them massage your mind.
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Spoke with a Harbeth dealer today. He said the 40.1's would be way too big for my room - especially with existing bass challenges. Told me the 30.1's or the new "Super 5's" would be the ticket. Definitely something to consider.
Paul
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The SHL5 - My favorite one :heart: