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In Reply to: RE: Do you know anything at all about how the industry works? It sure seems not! posted by b.l.zeebub on July 25, 2012 at 07:43:49:
... wouldn't touch any of the brands you listed with a 10-foot pole.
Some points (I'm using ATC as an example):
- priorities are totally different - Harbeths' strengths and weaknesses are most likely not the same as those of ATC's;
- they are not cheap by any means, either. $6,000 list price will only buy you something like SCM20A model;
- quality of drivers doesn't always translate into quality of sound;
- their amplification is high-quality in their, and their speakers owners', minds - but not necessarily in anyone else's. Class AB, not even high-bias (regardless of what they say - heat dissipation precludes anything else), with lightweight power supply, placed in a speaker cabinet that's subject to sound quality-killing vibrations;
- lack of ability to taylor amplification to your taste;
- not terribly impressive aesthetically (neither is Harbeth, of course).
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