Experience with NHT speakers

Polkitup2
Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
edited January 2006 in Speakers
Anyone familiar with NHT speakers? I am thinking of trying out these:

http://www.nhthifi.com/products/three.html

I want these primarily for good two channel sound but they will double for HT. I like the LSi9 also but would probably wait a year or two for the next round.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2006
    NHT SB3 I would look at these instead. A great bookshelf. I had the opportnity at PF04 and on a couple of other occasions to hear them. I like them a lot.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2006
    I had a pair of 2.5's, and a pair of Sub Two's.

    Why again did I sell them?
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Because "(you) can't keep them all." The 2.5's not only sound good, but have plenty of eye appeal.

    Also agree on the SB3, AKA the "headlock speaker", Polktoberfest demo. Very nice small model.
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
    edited January 2006
    Those new Three's sure are purty, never heard them though.

    I owned Super One's for a long while, which are a totally different beast vs. what you're looking at. The Super One's were nice speaks and never called attention to themselves in a negative way, but I moved on from them because they were a little too laid back and polite for me, and I always preferred my LS90's to the Super One's mated with a Velodyne VA-1012.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited January 2006
    Polkitup2 wrote:
    Anyone familiar with NHT speakers? I am thinking of trying out these:

    http://www.nhthifi.com/products/three.html

    I want these primarily for good two channel sound but they will double for HT. I like the LSi9 also but would probably wait a year or two for the next round.

    The Threes are not even out yet, prolly another 3 weeks or so, but the new Classic 2 are already out, and they are unequivocally better than the SB3 in every way IMO.
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,623
    edited January 2006
    I called NHT yesterday and they expect the container to arrive on February 2 and will ship to dealers very soon after that. The 4's which also look interesting, haven't even left China or wherever they are made yet.
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  • jrlouie
    jrlouie Posts: 462
    edited January 2006
    I have the SB3's, great speaker. Although, I don't get to utilize they're full potential. I just use them right now for low-level listening in the bedroom. Maybe someday I'll have have a larger room for them.
    Just for grins, I wanted to push them a little harder in my living room. I switched them with my Lsi15's. My girlfriend said the SB3's sounded less anchored to the floor (more spacious), for whatever it's worth. Maybe it's the more forward tweeter. I don't know.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited January 2006
    Mark, noting that the 2 doesn't approach the bass response of the SB3, what makes them better? Did you listen to them with or without a sub?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2006
    I'm not a fan of an Al dome, but NHT is a respectable loudspeaker. The bookshelves solidify their reputation, the rest of the line is not very exciting.
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