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In Reply to: RE: you're comparing a $1500 speaker with a $6000 speaker? posted by mbnx01 on June 27, 2015 at 16:27:58
It depends on what you are comparing between the two. Why not let 'em duke it out? "No holds barred" is actually making more sense to me anyway. Might have to use a subwoofer with the LS50 just to even things up a bit.Have you owned both speakers?
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The Harbeths are $16,000 cheaper than the Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolutions. Both require stands.
The Harbeths absolutely clobber the LS-50's across the board.
But you'd have to be crazy to pay.... is it seven grand now?
Good reviews = insane prices (if you're a Harbeth importer).
"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
-Mark Twain
$5995
....the Harbeths should actually sell for roughly half of what they do, maybe less....
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
The retail price of the Harbeth 30.1 in the UK is the equivalent of $3450 (plus tax - but that isn't the fault of the mfg).OK the LS50s are even cheaper.So the place of manufacture, unions, etc. have not a great deal in relation to what you are being charged in the USA or, it seems, Canada.
It's not the first time that I have written about this subject.
Hey, the OP could buy his 30.1s here and continue his visit as a nice short vacation with the balance. He won't have to pay the tax, not being an EU citizen.
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internet nonsense. they are priced exactly where they need to be and are worth more.
Demand outpaces supply by a wide margin.
6000.00 can buy a lot of speaker. To each his own.......
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
Or maybe the KEFs should sell for roughly twice - as they probably would if they were made in the UK like the Harbeths are.
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this thread can be closed.
I have listened to the kef ls50 and will listen to 30.1 this week.
Be sure to get back to us on this, later on. Try to audition both of them in good rooms.
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If the KEF wins that will be great for the audiophiles on a budget!
Cheers
Bill
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