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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    Precisely so! "before engineering as product planning" - and what goes into product planning?
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    ;) ;) ;) Of course. Why not? After all how things "sound" or "taste" or "smell" are dependent on unreliable human sensory organs as the Archbishop of Objectivity will remind you. The only way to compare sounds objectively is to measure volatges and frequencies. Just as the only objective way...
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    no, my "audiophile" beliefs were not challenged because I am NOT one (audiophile) and I do not believe in snake oil. I simply enjoy listening to music. I like the HUG's or for that matter any other objective forum's take on cables, sprays, crystals, teddy bears, incense sticks and their impact...
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    Many of the dedicated disciples do not own Harbeth speakers. It is not a prerequisite for joining. And - the forum claims to be objective but there is no room for objective debate. One can merrily endorse and recommend brands as long as they belong to the core clique and sing from the same...
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    No. I would not like to quote an example without context. I can only talk about how I felt. I had the feeling that it is possibly the only user forum run by a manufacturer where customers are patronised, rebuked and ridiculed for asking questions or making obsevations that do not agree with the...
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    hi, i cannot somehow edit the title of the post. Please can you correct the spelling of "speakers"? Thanks
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    Harbeth - great soeakers but possibly the worst customer experience

    This is my personal experience. The speakers are wonderful and the best money can buy, not just in their price range but possibly from the entire range of home hifi speakers ever made. But, registering for the User Group run by the manufacturer is the worst mistake a customer can ever make...
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    Devialet 200 first impressions

    Since last week I have a Devialet 200 driving a pair of Harbeth Super HL5 speakers. Now I know what the word "musical" means. There is a tiny problem as well ...... I can no longer "see" my system when the music is playing - the speakers and the rest disappear.
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    Urgent - Please vote

    If you own Harbeth Super HL5 Speakers - please vote for them to be SAM ready - http://voteforsam.devialet.com/?s=Harbeth&cat=0&vfs-filter=popular
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    Cables will make a difference

    Psychoaccoustics.
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    Cables will make a difference

    Whether cables are "digital" or "analog" - all they are meant to do is to carry electrons or to be absolutely correct - transmit electrical energy when there is a difference in voltage between two ends.Nothing less. Nothing more. Electrons do not come in different shapes or sizes. Not even in...
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    Please help me decide

    Any experience of combining the Crofts with Unico CD Priuimo or Unico CDE?
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    Please help me decide

    any more views?
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    Please help me decide

    In the Hi-Fi industry? NoQuad or Croft?Decision Time speakers - Harbeth SHL5 Plus - decided So - after a series of auditions with different sources and pre/power/integrated amplifier combinations with the Harbeth SHL5, I have excluded a few options (all of them excellent in their own right -...
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    Speakers and Amplifier / CD Player / Streamer recommendation please

    Now that I have decided on the Harbeth SHL5 Plus for speakers, I have narrowed down my search for amplifier/source as well. i have excluded a few options ( all of them excellent pieces of electronics - but do NOT work for me) - no Devialet, no Pathos and definitely NO Naim. i am now torn...