i’ve find a pair of bariks this WE in france (at a very low price !). They sound lovely. I would like to have infos about them. I tried to open them by the bottom face, by after putting off the 9 screws, i can’t open it. I juste wonder to see about the filter […]
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Just to pick up on the “pipe and slippers” comment earlier. Whilst I agree with this on some of the bigger models, the P3’s are def not imho lazy or pipe and slippers! I have also owned Proac 1SC’s, AE1’2, LS3’s Eden’s, Kan’s plus loads more. As far as I am concerned the most incisive […]
The jack plug was designed centuries ago to route telephone calls at switchboards, so it should be no surprise that mobile phones will soon drop it. But many will be left holding expensive and obsolete headphones, says Matthew Sparkes Please click HERE to continue reading. Thank you Neil McCauley / editor in chief EDITORIAL NOTE: […]
Ignore the equipment stuff. Me, I’m currently listening to Glenn Gould, J S Bach, Goldberg Variations, a CD of the 1955 recording, so hiss but his breathing audible. I go from joy to despair whilst listening, it leads me to think about so much. Made even more poignant because this work was, later, also one […]
The thread starts: I’ve owned a lot of speakers over the years but I have never experienced anything like the midrange reproduction from my horns. With a frequency response of 300 Hz. up to 14 Khz. from a single distortionless driver, it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance. Why don’t you […]
I am still in the planning stage of replacing some NAIM gear with Teddy and have decided not to replace my XPS2 with a Teddy XPS as I feel that my eventual position will be transport/DAC or Streaming. To convert the CDX2 into a transport would be great sonically I am sure but bad financially […]
First of all, sorry for my poor English. I am a very happy new owner of the Harbeth Super HL Plus. To complete my listening chain I wanted to ask you some questions about possible amplifiers that can be coupled with these superb speakers. I’m a fan of classical music and my listening ranges from […]
We all know the classics from decades ago. What are your favorite your more contemporary female jazz singers of today? Living close to Nashville I have the opportunity to see and hear a lot of up and coming artists. Nashville is NOT just country music by a long shot. I’ll start with Diana Krall…. MORE […]
The thread starts: After years of searching, I have finally found what I’m after. Harbeth P3esr powered by a Croft Micro 25 RLS and a Croft 7 RS. WOW! So effortless, so sweet. I’m not going to miss my Naim setups. Besides Naim, I’ve tried a Brio-R, Exposure 2010s, LFD, TACT, Arcam….so many (not all […]
Originating in 2014, the points made (well, some of them) are still relevant today, which I why I have included it here. Neil / editor I fell in love today with the Harbeth C7s. Unfortunately, my wife did not. She doesn’t like speakers on stands, she doesn’t like big speakers. But she did like the […]
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I have been toying with the dilemma as to whether a digital cable could possibly make any perceived improvement to my system for some time. After a lot of research and trawling the web I settled on the Mains Cables R US Ultimate Digital coax as my top choice. To say the least it has […]
I’ve just collected my pair of Tannoy Lancasters, which are in good cosmetic order but I’d like to take the grille off to examine the drivers’ cones. There does not seem to be an obvious way of removing the grilles, so maybe they are not removable as such? Can anyone enlighten me on this and […]
So, I’m in the very early stages of putting together a turntable-focused system. I’m running an entry-level Technics SL-BD10 turntable that a friend from work gave me (soon to have a donated Grado green cartridge) and an 80s Technics receiver that another buddy lent me because my 4-yr old Onkyo doesn’t have a phono input, […]
MORE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley
Hi Howard. I know you won’t represent Linn, even though you did. However … I am thinking of buying a used Linn LP12. There are loads on eBay and quite a few of hififorsale.com, but none of the Linn dealers I contacted have any for sale. What’s going on? Linn dealers in the main are […]
All styles served here! I know opinion is divided, but as a fence-sitting digital cabling sceptic should I buy a modestly priced (up to £50) cable just to be on the safe side? If your viewpoint is “Why don’t you try listening to one ?” can anyone recommend a dealer who will give me 30 […]
There are lots of pieces of equipment out there that perform superbly, have a justified reputation, and a price tag to match. But what about the black sheep? Equipment that isn’t normally rated, doesn’t have a high price tag, yet punches far above its’ price tag? I think we should be talking about equipment like […]
Hi, I would like to know if anybody here ever used Nikko amps and pre amps? If so, how would you classified its quality and sound? Does is stand up to todays electronics? The reason for my question is because there aren’t to much info out there. What I do know is Nikko is no […]
I am looking for an amp synergy with Harbeths. With one qualification. I was looking for an amp with a high-pass filter of some kind with use of a sub-woofer as to open the mid-range of the harbeth’s a little and to extend the bass and improve impact. Most of the amps suggested for the […]
Anonymous writes: This may invoke some negative criticism though i am willing to take it on the chin. I write of a personal experience that may or may not have been experienced in the past by others. About six years ago i was given the cold shoulder by friends of many years standing. At the […]
A bit of a pity this thread has fizzled out lately, but some useful comments here nonetheless. MORE EDITORIAL NOTE: The opinions expressed in the above post do not necessarily reflect those of our editorial team – just in case you wondered. Neil McCauley Our entire LOST IMMORTALS archive The LOST IMMORTALS exclusive members […]
As mentioned at the tale end of my write up on the history of the Leak Trough-Line FM tuner, I felt I should do a companion piece on the sound quality of Leak Trough-Line tuners, well here it is. This was an interesting and challenging project to embark on as it is the first time […]
I currently own a Sansui TU-X1 tuner. It sounds really good. However, it is the only audiophile grade tuner that I’ve ever owned or heard. Also, it is about 30 years old but in great condition. Ive read about the the new flagship Magnum Dynalab 108 and 109 tuners and how great they are and […]