2 weeks' ago I heard a friend's system which comprised : Ayre CDP, Blue Circle pre, Sanders ESL Stereo driving the Harbeth SHL5, cabling was Audio Magic. My jaw dropped. It was fast and dynamic and had great tonal accuracy and the images were outside the speaker and room boundaries.
BAT with Harbeth? Other recommendation..?
Hi everyone:
I'm waiting arrival of Harbeth M30s. I'm pretty much starting over with my system and the only piece I own is an Ayre C5Xe CD player so I'd like to use an amp/pre with balanced inputs. (or integrated amp)
I owned a BAT 51SE at one time and really liked it's performance and build quality but I want to go a little less 'high end' this time.
I'm thinking of the BAT VK220 and BAT VK3ix. I thought about the samller Ayre integrated but it's only available in silver and my Ayre CD is black. (I know, I know, but I'd like to keep the look somewhat the same:)
I thought about Blue Circle but they have @ 8-12 week lead time for equipment to be built. The Harbeth users group says matching an amp is realatively easy but many of the amps I've seen mentioned for Harbeths don't take XLR inputs, so I wanted to ask if any of you have heard Harbeth/BAT and what your thoughts are.
Thanky you!
I'm waiting arrival of Harbeth M30s. I'm pretty much starting over with my system and the only piece I own is an Ayre C5Xe CD player so I'd like to use an amp/pre with balanced inputs. (or integrated amp)
I owned a BAT 51SE at one time and really liked it's performance and build quality but I want to go a little less 'high end' this time.
I'm thinking of the BAT VK220 and BAT VK3ix. I thought about the samller Ayre integrated but it's only available in silver and my Ayre CD is black. (I know, I know, but I'd like to keep the look somewhat the same:)
I thought about Blue Circle but they have @ 8-12 week lead time for equipment to be built. The Harbeth users group says matching an amp is realatively easy but many of the amps I've seen mentioned for Harbeths don't take XLR inputs, so I wanted to ask if any of you have heard Harbeth/BAT and what your thoughts are.
Thanky you!