My next "goal-post"

steveinaz

In the relatively distant future. They will be mine; oh yes, they will be mine. Harbeth Super HL-5:Attachment not found.

tonyb

What ?? You done humping those Carbon 7's already ??

steveinaz

2-3yrs down the road...there's always room for improvement.

tonyb

Maybe those "old" ears are a changin'. I know mine have over the years. Somehow I think in 2-3 years though your attention may turn to something more esoteric.

Erik Tracy

tonyb wrote: »

What ?? You done humping those Carbon 7's already ??

I was thinking the same thing.... huh???

Steve - what has you lusting over the Harbeths that your Carbon 7's don't?

Joe08867

If you were talking about the little two way I would say stick to your Carbon's but those Harbeth Super HL-5 are just astounding speakers.

I have lusted over them for many a year.

steveinaz

Been eye-balling Harbeths for YEARS, but I had to first re-aquaint myself with monitors in general. Did the "tower" thing for many years following some AR58's in the early 80's. The Carbon 7's are wonderful, no doubt, but in a couple years I'm going to kick it up a notch or two. I was also considering the Harbeth Compact 7ES3, but given my large listening area, and propensity to rock out on occassion, I feel the SHL5 would be a better fit (though substantially more expensive).

tonyb

Nice speakers no doubt, I think their sound will be right up your alley too. Hope you snag a pair sooner rather than later.

steveinaz

Are you saying you'd like to buy me a pair for Christmas?? :cheesygrin:

dkg999

Those are great speakers! I've always found the Spendor monitors to be just a tad more lively than the Harbeth's.

punk-roc

That brings up something I had been mulling over.. Have you had any complaints about filling your living room with those Carbon 7's? I am an occassional rock-out'er and my room is smaller than yours i believe, but decent sized.

Jason

smglbrth

I, too, have been wanting to get back into smaller monitors again. For what reason I really can't tell but I can say that I totally agree with the above statements. As I get older things change (or hearing as well) and while I still run towers I'd like to eventually "downsize" to monitors as well. Sure hope those LsiM's running around up here get over this way at some point. Listening to those should be a good measure of what today's monitors can do. Re-aquainting is a very good word for it Steve.

steveinaz

punk-roc wrote: »

That brings up something I had been mulling over.. Have you had any complaints about filling your living room with those Carbon 7's? I am an occassional rock-out'er and my room is smaller than yours i believe, but decent sized.
Jason

Jason,
My room is 18ft wide, 36ft deep, with vaulted ceilings that go from 8-12ft. The carbon 7's will rock. I played some "Enter Sandman" goodness for Bizill awhile back at concert levels...I believe he was pretty impressed. I don't know how a speaker this small has the bass it does, or how it manages to play at the levels it does without compression---but it does. I'm mostly a rock/jazz fan, though I listen to just about everything sans gospel and rap. I was a "tower" guy for 25yrs, the Carbon 7's didn't disappoint.

Take a look at my showcase, and you'll see the listening area pics.

SCompRacer

steveinaz wrote: »

In the relatively distant future. They will be mine; oh yes, they will be mine. Harbeth Super HL-5:

Kewl! I'd love to thumb through the lp's behind them!:cheesygrin:

steveinaz

The real **** of it all is, 1 Vegas trip would pay for them!

They say these are the kind of speakers you get buried with, I aim to find out!

tonyb

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1329767844&/Harbeth-Super-HL5-Cherry

Looky what just showed up..........

steveinaz

Too soon...but thanks, that is a pretty good deal.

halo71

Damn, those would be in a very very long distant future for me! lol Would love to hear 'em though.

tonyb

Eh....the kids are all grown Steve, sell that left nut, or right one if you prefer, you won't need them anymore anyway.