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In Reply to: Best Full Range All Rounder for $4-5K posted by ithomsonb on March 17, 2007 at 12:30:03:
If you get a chance audition the Harbeth Super HL5. In my rather large listening room I get useful output down to 20Hz (but at reduced volume) even thought they're only spec'd to 40Hz.I'm not all that familiar with your associated gear, the Olive excepted, but Harbeths seem to work well with a wide variety of gear so I doubt that would be a problem.
Best,
Jeff
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I have listened to the SHL5 and was very impressed. Will they perform in 11' x 21' room with the pair positioned at the shorter end of the wall?
They'll work just fine that way.Best,
Jeff
How does a Harbeth M30 with a good sub compare with the Super HL5 and M40 in a fairly large room ?
I haven't tried the M30's with a sub, but I'm not a big fan of subs. For a bigger room I'd go with the Supers or the M40's.Cheers,
Jeff
Not that Harbeth is bad, but this is the wrong tool for his mission! ;)
Guth - former Harbeth owner.
Where did you ever get such a silly idea? The Harbeths excel at rock! :-)
I owned M30's for about a year, they are very good. I had a pair of SHL5's in the house for an audition once, they were A LOT BETTER. That's just IMHO of course, I'm sure the 30's have their supporters, as I've said they're a very good speaker. But I agree with Jeff, the SHL5's...are something special.In general I've come to believe it's better to 'buy a better speaker' than to 'buy a lesser speaker and a sub'.
Besides, the HL5's are expensive, but what Harbeth is asking for the M30's these days is insane. They are pretty much the same price, yes?
I was just out to acousticsounds.com, the SHL5 and M30 ARE the same price, $4299 a pair. I find it hard to imagine someone hearing both and not getting the SHL5's.If your room is so small the SHL5's won't fit, save yourself $2300 and get the Stirling LS3/5a V2. Sounds better in really small rooms than the M30.
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