Harbeth P3ESR - What electronics are you using?


I'm curious as to what source, pre and amp (or integrated) you are using with these speakers?

Also, are you aspiring to move to something different? If so, why?

Just for fun...what color are your P3ESR's?
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Showing 1 response by egoben

Currenly it looks a bit like this: Mainly I use Jadis tube pre and mono power amps, the models are JP15 an JA30 (30 watt, class A). I like them a lot! I also have a Naim Nait 5i (solid state, 50 watt) amp which is very good aswell, with better "snap" and articulation in the bass. (The Harbeth's are easy to drive.) But apart from the bass control, I prefer the tube amp, which gives a more closer, clear, real, direct, separated (and so on...) presentation of the music. And it's more fun putting on records, for some reason. Maybe this has to do with the slightly weaker bass, and that the midrange is lifted. I don't know, but I try not to think about it too much. I use a Naim cd5i player and a Audiolab 8200CD too. I like the Naim because of the more manual cd slot, but soundwise, cd-players are not very different from each other, in my opinion. I also use a Rega P1 record player and stream music using Spotify. Everything works very well!

I pretty recently got the speakers (in red/brown lovely rosewood) and like them a lot, have no intention to sell them, but I have an order on the Harbeth M30.1's as that's a wonderful speaker aswell. Will put the P3:s in the bedroom, if plan works out.