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RE: Harbeth P3ESR with tubes..

Posted by el34eh@yahoo.com (A) on August 10, 2016 at 10:56:24

In Reply to: Harbeth P3ESR with tubes.. posted by gkirkos on August 10, 2016 at 09:26:37:

Having owned the original Harbeth LS 3/5A [ Gold Edition ] and P3 both in Ebony, and using them with both EL34 and EL84 based integrated amps with power ranging from 15 - 40 w|pc and felt it drove them nicely, but this was back between the period of 1993|97.

Yet 3 years ago, an ex-friend came by with a pair of the current HL-P3 ESRs under his arm, and once again connected to my newer EL84 based integrated ( 15 w|pc ) it did an excellent job of driving them, but as I hear it........, this line in general seems to prefer solid state amps, and of the tube based systems I've heard driving them or other models in their line were by ones which had more of a solid state signature to them, here I'm referring to the current wares from ARC | Leben | VTL, which to my mind traded off some of the refinement and delicacy of classic sounding tubes, and went after a sense of better bandwidth and resolution if you will.

And lastly........., I've to give credit to Clark Williams ( once of Acoustic Sounds, miss you man ) whom back in 2008, told me that if I loved tubes over solid state gear?, to pursue the Stirling Broadcast LS 3/5a V2's, and only go with the Harbeth line if I was intending on using a solid state amp.........., and to this very day, no truer words have ever been spoken, as well as have proven to be spot on. But as the saying goes........., some will argue otherwise, but there are times where we must each know our own flavor as far as how music should be heard, and then care less what others think, in the end one has to ask themselves if their system moves them emotionally?, and to my mind if it doesn't!, it serves me not.

Only you can tell which method of amplification works with " your ears | gear " and not rely upon others, as more often then not........, you're likely to get several different opinions on said matters, yet all one has to do is trust in how the music moves you, or how your senses repond to what's being played, both your ears and heart are both more then capable of telling you if it sounds | feels right.

And with that, one never has to second guess their own abilities in judging what works for you, no?.

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