Harbeth thread, P3ESR / C7ES-3 / 30.2 / SHL5 / 40.3 / Other BBC

[Camus]

@Veritas

It is definitely a chameleon of a speaker and it will sort of sound like what you throw at it. If you throw boring electronics at it, it will sound boring.

@Rmsanger This is the aspect many seem to miss, not you in particular but others who hear about the “Harbeth House Sound”. It’s not their house sound, it’s the BBC spec, and the goal is transparency, hence why it seems like a Chameleon of a speaker. It’s eating what you feed it.

There are a whole series of BritFi speakers which follow the BBC spec, or originated from it. Such as the Falcons loved by @NickMimi .

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@Rmsanger

Thanks I did hear the hl5 super for a brief period and I think the 30.2xd would be closer to what I’m interested in and much truer to the harbeth house sound.

If you read up on Harbeth’s history, the HL5 is their house speaker where it evolved from the HB-1. Just a little fun fact for the backstory, only since you mentioned house sound.