SoundStage Australia test Harbeth P3ESR – Wij hebben een heel tof review gemist van de Harbeth P3ESR dat al in september in SoundStage Australia werd gepubliceerd.
End game product
Reviewer Peter Katsoolis begint zijn verhaal met uitleg over de oorsprong en opzet van Harbeth en concludeert zijn intro met het volgende statement:“For people into music with small to medium-sized rooms and/or who value vocals and acoustic music, in particular, the P3ESR may well be, like its venerated LS3/5a forebear, an end game product at a very reasonable price.”
Wij weten inmiddels van vele gebruikers, dat hun Harbeth luidsprekers het laatste zijn dat ze zouden upgraden, als ze dat al zouden overwegen.
Conus en kast
Heel belangrijk voor de fantastische prestaties van de P3ESR zijn het conusmateriaal en de kast. Over het conusmateriaal zegt Katsoolis:“According to Shaw, and it’s difficult to disagree with him, cone material defines the sound of the speaker more than any other factor. His quest for the ultimate transparency and detail, extensive ongoing R&D while still drawing on the deep knowledge of the BBC engineering tradition has culminated in the proprietary RADIAL2 composite polymer driver that is so crucial and unique to the warm, enveloping but detailed and natural Harbeth sound of today. Just one listen to PJ Harvey’s raw but compelling debut album Dry aptly demonstrates that the P3ESR can, within its design parameters, “Sheela Na Nig” like no LS3/5a would (nor could, but for the BBC’s venerable John Peel) have dared.”
En over de behuizing (met wat bekende Engelse humor van Alan Shaw, de ontwerper van Harbeth):
“Other key ingredients of the sound of the P3ESR, and the Harbeth sound generally, includes adherence to thin wall, critically damped, rectangular traditional BBC researched cabinet design with a removable front and back affixed by cool looking perimeter screws. The cabinet is made of real wood veneer laminated onto MDF. Shaw believes heavy rigid cabinets store energy and release it where it’s audible and/or sound dry and cold. He is a frequently entertaining and informative contributor to the Harbeth User Group site wherein he has asserted that BBC thin wall construction “is a completely different animal to any other modern cabinet. Nobody with an eye to cost reduction (and a simple stress free manufacturing life!) would choose this type of cabinet”.”
SoundStage Australia test Harbeth P3ESR – conclusie
SoundStage Australia sluit het review af met een heel mooie conclusie:“In terms of maximum loudness and bass extension, it comprehensively eclipses the LS3/5a. And, for the modern apartment dweller, it provides an essential after midnight alternative to headphones. Sweet yet detailed, endlessly listenable, it is the new standard bearer of the BBC flame. Get it on.”
Lees het complete review in deze link en ga de P3ESR snel eens beluisteren bij een van onze dealers!