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***Going Insane***End Game Speakers***Harbeth Verity or Living Voice***

Had been enjoying the LSA Monitor 1’s driven by the wonderful little Quad VA-One tube amp for the last 6 months when a nice Christmas Bonus was turned into a gently used pair of Fritz Carbon 7SE’s just this week...Within 24 hours of setting them up I hit the slots for a neat chunk o change and if I moved the Carbon 7’s out I could afford either the Harbeth M30.2 Anniversary or the Living Voice Avatar R3 or a pair of Demo Verity Audio Finn’s...No way to demo either the Verity or the Living Voice...Amp likely will not change as I REALLY love the sound the little Quad amp makes so it’s 15wpc. would be absolute minimum power on the Harbeths,not to bad into the 8ohm/91 db.Finns & would probably rock the Living Voice at 94db.sensitivity..If I ever do change amps it would be for a SimAudio Moon 240i...
Room size is apx.12’x14’x8’,well treated and I value an organic,natural sound with good timbre,soundstaging & imaging..What do you guys think?
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twoleftears
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Law of diminishing returns?

If you really are in the grip of upgraditis, why not see if Fritz will take the Carbon's back in part exchange for some Carrera BE's.  Those are superb, and they will play very well with your little Quad.

While the Quad might drive the Harbeths, they really come alive with something a good deal more powerful, like a big Rogers tube integrated.

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twoleftears
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I don't know about the Carbon's, but the Carrera's were superlative at CAF given by 8 watts of SET (headphone amp) courtesy of Modwright.
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