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Yeah, we just saw a review here where the Harman data was quite optimistic. Honestly, I’m starting to suspect a pattern in that department, but I don’t know the cause.
My takeaway, Harman is not always “as advertised.” QC? Product variance? Build quality? Golden samples? Fudging data? Reliability? I dunno, but there’s a problem. Anyway, I’ll hang on to my Primus 150s. Those were the statement piece for a small speaker (at least in 2003), IMHO. Still sounding good. I have to wait anotherr 18 months (when my son goes to college) to get them back though. . .
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They are close in the midrange, but not the low bass or highs. The link I posted above shows how close they are to the Harman curve.
It makes sense to make the comparison though. And your point that Klipsch ProMedia speakers might show some interesting congruences too, as you say, is likely true. I used them as desktop speakers for a long time.
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I have listen quite a bit to them. They sound excellent. They are a bit bright but somehow the way this tweeter handles itself I actually really liked the sound and normally I am not a fan of rising top end. They have something special (for the price).
Highly recommended by me.
Seriously considering the RC263 and 162 (as surrounds) for my HT. Anyone else have experience with these speakers?
I have the R152 and they are excellent. Pretty close in sound quality to my Revel F206 actually when taking output and bass capabilities out of the equation.
Cool - I'm considering the F206 or F208 as my L/R. Wonder if they would pair okay with the Infinity center/rears? My plan is that they would do double duty - connected to a pair of NC400 monoblocks fed by ADI-2 DAC when I want to listen to music. Then when I want to watch something, I would manually disconnect the speaker cables going to the NC400's and connect speaker cables going to my AVR.
How do you have yours setup?
I'm sure you'll be fine with the Infinity center/rears - which, although not a perfect match, would be close enough where all but the truly picky would be satisfied. My F206 are in my bedroom for casual music/late night TV. My main setup is a 5.2 setup with Ascend Sierra 2-EX and dual Rythmik subwoofers.
Would not that connect/disconnect be a little bit cumbersome on a daily basis? Maybe a AV processor acting as pre-amp the the heavy duty on the monoblocks?
My AVR doesn't have XLR connections unfortunately. I'd also like to try and keep the chain as simple as possible - who knows what my AVR does to an analog signal /shrug
Them again we have seen many Harman own measurements so far on this very forum.
There's a similar relationship in the Infinity Primus line (also discontinued), the 140 series with a 4 inch woofer having a better frequency response and (likely better dispersion) than the 150 series which has a small midbass resonance. It stands to reason that the smaller the size differential between the woofer and tweeter, the easier it is to crossover and maintain a flat frequency response. This is of course at the expense of ultimate volume capability, distortion and low end. As with most all standmounts it should be crossed over to a sub for low end to make it 'pseudo' 3 way.
It would be nice to see Amir measure the Primus especially the 140 series which has gotten less attention than the 150 and 160 series. I DON'T consider it a priority as I'd prefer to see measurements on commercially available speakers.
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Seems like they are sending these speakers to typical bloggers. Drop them an email and see if they send me one. They may.
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I just did, will see if they respond
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Very disappointed to learn that there were no triangles used in the design of this speaker. I was hoping for something like this:
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Woah, are those Genelec mains?
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Genelec 1022B 3-ways aka "Darth Vaders." Someone's trying to sell a pair for $13K shipped on eBay (good luck), so not really a budget speaker.
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Came across these on Taobao while searching for some other stuff there.
They are the HiVi H6, 6.5", 3-way powered speakers that also have build-in BlueTooth and Wifi receiver with DSP. Not exactly cheap at RMB5680 (~US$810 MSRP), though I see it listed at RMB4299 (US$613) for the pair.
What caught my attention really was the specified 38hz-20khz (+/-3dB Free Space) and measurement charts for FR and SPL.
Very, very curious if these are actually real measurements. If the directivity is decent, these could be great value speakers.
They are the HiVi H6, 6.5", 3-way powered speakers that also have build-in BlueTooth and Wifi receiver with DSP. Not exactly cheap at RMB5680 (~US$810 MSRP), though I see it listed at RMB4299 (US$613) for the pair.
What caught my attention really was the specified 38hz-20khz (+/-3dB Free Space) and measurement charts for FR and SPL.
Very, very curious if these are actually real measurements. If the directivity is decent, these could be great value speakers.
