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In Reply to: Re: I've owned both posted by Mr Blue Sky on April 8, 2007 at 21:07:19:
This is really tough. They both sound great. I would prefer the Harbeth sound ...I think it's faster and more neutral. The Spendor is famous for it's 'sweet' sound. You've really got to hear them both to get the diff. They are very similar.The Harbeth was a speaker I ordered sight unheard because I'd heard to much about them for so long. They are very good. The SHL5's which I got to hear once are insanely good speakers. (But big and expensive).
I have come around to just giving up on this stuff, though. The first time I bought SP1's, twenty years ago they were $850 a pair. Now they're four thousand. What has increased in price four-fold over the past twenty years? Forget gold, I should have bought SP1's in 1987.
I mean it about the Magnepans, too. I think they just beat most dynamic speakers into the ground. A pair of MC1's with a good, small sub (say a Totem) would only be about $1200 and would just be an incredible system.
-M
PS: For what Harbeth and Spendor sell for these days you could get a pair of Wayne Piquets rebuilt Quad ESL 57's. End of discussion.
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- Re: I've owned both - mbnx01 21:15:01 04/08/07 (4)
- Re: I've owned both - guskund@yahoo.com 21:48:23 04/08/07 (1)
- Re: I've owned both - mbnx01 22:17:55 04/08/07 (0)
- Re: I've owned both - Mr Blue Sky 21:34:19 04/08/07 (1)
- Re: I've owned both - mbnx01 22:20:36 04/08/07 (0)
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