Wanna see me new Harbeth's???

[blakey72]

Well here ya go.... Super HL5 Plus XD, one of the first pairs in the country. Courtesy of Cam at Krispy Audio @Krispy Audio, cheers mate, a big thanks.  Breaking in but sound awesome after 15 minutes. Exposure 2010S2 Integraded Amplifier, Cambridge Audio CXN V1 Streamer, Myryad Z134 CD Player, Rega P3 (new model) TT, Project Tube Box S Pre, Van Den Hull IC's, Audioquest Speaker Cables.

 

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by blakey72

[Ray H]

Beautiful ! Hope you enjoy them as they run-in.

[blakey72]

1 minute ago, Ray H said:

Beautiful ! Hope you enjoy them as they run-in.

Thanks mate, in love  

[blakey72]

The Exposure 2010S2 sounds amazing with them. There is however a Earle Weston Artisan 150 on build currently to take over duties.

[wen]

Sounds like your dream is coming to fruition, enjoy

and, Exposure back in the mix, nice

Edited July 6, 2021 by wen

[andyr]

39 minutes ago, blakey72 said:

Well here ya go.... Super HL5 Plus XD, one of the first pairs in the country. Courtesy of Cam at Krispy Audio @Krispy Audio, cheers mate, a big thanks.  Breaking in but sound awesome after 15 minutes. Exposure 2010S2 Integrated Amplifier, Cambridge Audio CXN V1 Streamer, Myryad Z134 CD Player, Rega P3 (new model) TT, Project Tube Box S Pre, Van Den Hull IC's, Audioquest Speaker Cables.

 

 

 

 

 

F'ing amayzing ... I looked at about 10 so-called "reviews" of the Exposure 2010S2 Integrated Amplifier and nowhere could I find the simple specs of:

• power into 8 ohms
• and power into 4 ohms.

Why I think this is important that, AIUI ... Harbeth spkrs can drop to quite low impedances.  So they need an amp "with balls" to drive them well.  IOW ... having a power supply which enables the amp to deliver at least 180% of their output into 8 ohms ... into 4 ohms.

 

And ... have you filled those stands with something?  Like lead shot ... dry sand ... garnet?

 

Andy

 

[blakey72]

1 minute ago, andyr said:

 

F'ing amayzing ... I looked at about 10 so-called "reviews" of the Exposure 2010S2 Integrated Amplifier and nowhere could I find the simple specs of:

• power into 8 ohms
• and power into 4 ohms.

Why I think this is important that, AIUI ... Harbeth spkrs can drop to quite low impedances.  So they need an amp "with balls" to drive them well.  IOW ... having a power supply which enables the amp to deliver at least 180% of their output into 8 ohms ... into 4 ohms.

 

And ... have you filled those stands with something?  Like lead shot ... dry sand ... garnet?

 

Andy

 

I was really wanting you to answer. Yeah stands are filled with sand. This amp and speakers are AMAZING. Nearly end game for me. Haven't heard better in a 4.5mx4.5m room.

[wen]

Hey Andy, i vaguely remember reading a stereophile review that went something like this, how can an amp with such specs sound so good, i realised its in the perception of the individual listening, not the specs

[andyr]

2 minutes ago, blakey72 said:

I was really wanting you to answer.

 

I'm blushing!  

 

2 minutes ago, blakey72 said:

Yeah stands are filled with sand.

 

Excellente!  

 

2 minutes ago, blakey72 said:

This amp and speakers are AMAZING. Nearly end game for me. Haven't heard better in a 4.5mx4.5m room.

 

So does your Exposure 2010S2 Integrated Amplifier have monster output ... or am I wrong about Harbeth spkrs?

 

(My understanding was that March Audio P451s, say, were a great match with Harbeths.)

 

Andy

 

[andyr]

10 minutes ago, wen said:

Hey Andy, i vaguely remember reading a stereophile review that went something like this, how can an amp with such specs sound so good, i realised it's in the perception of the individual listening, not the specs.

 

Perfect disingenuous post, wen.  

 

Andy

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by andyr

[muon*]

Lovely!

 

Congrats!

 

Now can you move that chair that's in front of the left one?

 

Should be  really awesome once you have the Artisan powering them

[wen]

hard to be disingenuous about what one is hearing, but easy for others to comment on

[Ray H]

Yes I had a beautiful pair of 30.1, in the tiger ebony. After trying a bunch of nice sounding low power amps (out of the Alan Shaw playbook), I hooked them up to a 200 watt amp, voila magic !

[Guest deanB]

Very nice Blakey.

If these measure anything like the 4 Harbeth models Stereophile have tested, then the Weston should be a great partner.

[genkifd]

does it sound better away from the walls?

[Wimbo]

11 hours ago, blakey72 said:

I was really wanting you to answer. Yeah stands are filled with sand. This amp and speakers are AMAZING. Nearly end game for me. Haven't heard better in a 4.5mx4.5m room.

I remember back in the day, you had to put plastic bags in the stand first, just incase the sand got damp from humidity and destroyed things.

[blakey72]

11 hours ago, genkifd said:

does it sound better away from the walls?

Yeah I have them about 1.1m from the walls at rear. Haven't tried them closer yet but they are front ported which is handy in a smallish room.

[blakey72]

21 hours ago, andyr said:

 

F'ing amayzing ... I looked at about 10 so-called "reviews" of the Exposure 2010S2 Integrated Amplifier and nowhere could I find the simple specs of:

• power into 8 ohms
• and power into 4 ohms.

Why I think this is important that, AIUI ... Harbeth spkrs can drop to quite low impedances.  So they need an amp "with balls" to drive them well.  IOW ... having a power supply which enables the amp to deliver at least 180% of their output into 8 ohms ... into 4 ohms.

 

And ... have you filled those stands with something?  Like lead shot ... dry sand ... garnet?

 

Andy

 

Sorry mate have been busy, was getting to you. The 2010S2 puts out 75w/ch into 8 ohms, no idea into 4??? It seems to have enough power for this size room easily. The Artisan will have 50w/ch so see how I go. It's not really meant to be my 'loud' rock/metal kinda system, that's reserved for another one which involves PMC  

[blakey72]

21 hours ago, Ray H said:

Yes I had a beautiful pair of 30.1, in the tiger ebony. After trying a bunch of nice sounding low power amps (out of the Alan Shaw playbook), I hooked them up to a 200 watt amp, voila magic !

Going to give them a go with my Plinius 9200 when I get around to it  

[needlerunner]

Congrats mate.

Harbeth and PMCs. Doesn't get much better does it.

 

What music duties will the Harbeths be required to do?

Ken.

[blakey72]

10 minutes ago, needlerunner said:

Congrats mate.

Harbeth and PMCs. Doesn't get much better does it.

 

What music duties will the Harbeths be required to do?

Ken.

Thanks mate. Yeah PMC and Harbeth, very different speakers but both excellent. Harbeth's Will mainly do the stuff involving great vocals. Some examples - Tracey Chapman, Sade, Cassandra Wilson, Sam Smith, George Michael and Ed Sheeran. A mix of what I like and what my wife likes  Happy wife, happy life....

Edited July 7, 2021 by blakey72

[Cafad]

They do look both handsome and old school don't they.

 

Can't wait to hear your impressions once they're run in.

[andyr]

1 hour ago, blakey72 said:

Going to give them a go with my Plinius 9200 when I get around to it  

 

Please report back, mate, when you do ... the Plinius 9200 sounds like some serious grunt.

 

Andy

 

[blakey72]

11 hours ago, Cafad said:

They do look both handsome and old school don't they.

 

Can't wait to hear your impressions once they're run in.

Yeah the old school look was what I was going for.  The Artisan is in oiled walnut too so a good match. . Haven't decided on sources yet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

[tubularbells]

I got my HL5's back when I had my Luxman 505UX and to be honest was pretty underwhelmed by the sound of this system so after just a few short months of ownership decided to move them on however after selling them (and waiting for the new owner to collect) I ended up selling the Luxman replacing it with a tube integrated (Leben CS600) and my god what a revelation! The sound was amazing giving me instant sellers remorse so my point is IMO the HL5's do respond very well to tubes and upstream components absolutely matter. Get that right and the HL5's will reward you with a very enjoyable listening experience.