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DSkipDSkip Posts: 15,901
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After some talk with the distributor, I will now be the Dallas dealer for Harbeth. I'm beside myself and a bit clueless as to why there wasn't already one in the metroplex. Regardless, this will be a great opportunity for me and I am fully embracing it.

I know some guys here have owned them in the past. If you want to post up your models and impressions, it would be greatly appreciated.
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  • KennethSwaugerKennethSwauger Moderator Posts: 6,846
    Congratulations!
    "They thought we were too loud, but shoot, I had four army blankets folded over my amp, and the volume level was on 2. I'm used to playin' on 10!" S.R.V.
  • txcoastal1txcoastal1 Posts: 10,442
    edited November 2017
    Well it's about time I may actually get a chance to get my ears on the Harbeth's

    With all my travels and shows this is a brand that has managed to elude my ears

    Looking forward to it, congrats Skipper
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  • jeremymarcinkojeremymarcinko Posts: 3,414
    Congratulations! Sounds like a great opportunity.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,834
    Good for you.
    Beautiful & terrific loudspeakers.
  • tonybtonyb Posts: 31,032
    Congrats man, Steve I'm sure will chime in with his thoughts.
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  • gmcmangmcman Posts: 1,445
    Very cool....congrats.
  • ConradiclesConradicles Posts: 5,801
    Congrats. Drool:

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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,834
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Congrats. Drool:

    pune07g9tn8d.jpg

    Yeah, huh?

    :)
  • erniejadeerniejade Posts: 4,887
    Congrats!!!
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  • WardswebWardsweb Posts: 803
    Congrats! Could not have happened to a more deserving guy. Good luck.
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  • deronb1deronb1 Posts: 4,598
    Harbeths in oil country? Sounds like a cash cow to me!
  • ThortonThorton Posts: 1,230
    Congrats Skip!
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  • indyhawgindyhawg Posts: 1,244
    Very nice addition to your lineup. Congrats Skip!
  • sucks2bemesucks2beme Posts: 4,843
    I've always been a fan of the British sound.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,834
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    I've always been a fan of the British sound.

    Since the Polk Monitor Series of the 1970s aspired to "the British sound" at bargain high-value prices, it may be safe to assume that would be true of many of us here! :)


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  • BlueFoxBlueFox Posts: 11,265
    Never heard them, but everything I read has been positive. Showing my age here, but love the old school design, but suspect even their biggest speaker will require stands for optimal sound.
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  • gcegce Posts: 2,176
    These have been on my radar. Can't wait till you get some of these in your listening room and do some reviews.
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  • Mike ReeterMike Reeter Posts: 3,450
    Congrats Skip, you will do well by the Harbeth Line.
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  • dhart86dhart86 Posts: 1,515
    Congrats Skip! I bought this pair of Harbeth C7ES3 from Ben (Falconcry72)
    Best speakers I've owned and will probably never leave my home!
    Main Rig:
    Antipodes DX > Roon > PS Audio Directstream Jr.>deHavilland Ultraverve 3 >Belles Reference 150a >Harbeth C7 ES3


    Second Rig:
    PS Audio Directstream Jr Bridge II > Cayin TA 30 (buzzy-bee mods) >Monitor 5 (Westmassguy-modded)


  • Mike ReeterMike Reeter Posts: 3,450
    Darryl, those are GORGEOUS!!!
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  • Viking64Viking64 Posts: 3,863
    Those speakers look exquisite! No comment on the *ahem* "device" in the background. :D
  • dhart86dhart86 Posts: 1,515
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    Darryl, those are GORGEOUS!!!

    Thanks Mike...How you likin the Dynaudio?
    Main Rig:
    Antipodes DX > Roon > PS Audio Directstream Jr.>deHavilland Ultraverve 3 >Belles Reference 150a >Harbeth C7 ES3


    Second Rig:
    PS Audio Directstream Jr Bridge II > Cayin TA 30 (buzzy-bee mods) >Monitor 5 (Westmassguy-modded)


  • dhart86dhart86 Posts: 1,515
    Viking64 wrote: »
    Those speakers look exquisite! No comment on the *ahem* "device" in the background. :D

    Ah...."not mine!" lol
    Main Rig:
    Antipodes DX > Roon > PS Audio Directstream Jr.>deHavilland Ultraverve 3 >Belles Reference 150a >Harbeth C7 ES3


    Second Rig:
    PS Audio Directstream Jr Bridge II > Cayin TA 30 (buzzy-bee mods) >Monitor 5 (Westmassguy-modded)


  • Mike ReeterMike Reeter Posts: 3,450
    edited November 2017
    dhart86 wrote: »
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    Darryl, those are GORGEOUS!!!

    Thanks Mike...How you likin the Dynaudio?

    Like em, they are just a very good match for my gear and space. Would love to get my ears on some Harbeth one day, just to hear what all the Hubbub is about ;)
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's/SDA SRS 3.1TL's/SDA CRS+4.1TL's and some other stuff
  • Viking64Viking64 Posts: 3,863
    As far as I can tell, there is only ONE other Harbeth dealer in America. In Nashua, New Hampshire. I just might go have a listen the next time I am in Manchester. :)
  • DSkipDSkip Posts: 15,901
    There are more. I know the Austin dealer as well.
    audiothesis.com/
  • Viking64Viking64 Posts: 3,863
    DSkip wrote: »
    There are more. I know the Austin dealer as well.

    They don't show up on the Harbeth website. I did find this, however: http://www.fidelisav.com/harbeth-retailers/
  • PSOVLSKPSOVLSK Posts: 4,032
    Congrats, man! Though not nearly as well traveled as Ron, I've never heard the Harbeth's either. I hope that changes soon.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
  • lightman1lightman1 Posts: 10,384
    dhart86 wrote: »
    Congrats Skip! I bought this pair of Harbeth C7ES3 from Ben (Falconcry72)
    Best speakers I've owned and will probably never leave my home!

    Dang! That reminds me..... Ben has a set of speakers I bought from him over a year ago that I need to pick up from him.....
  • BlueFoxBlueFox Posts: 11,265
    LOL. You have geared stored all around the country. I like that type of survivor mentality. :)

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    Sony XA-5400ES SACD
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