kristoffer
Danish Hi Fi NERD
Something I find a little curious is the fact that the Harbeth P3s are often mentioned as near field speakers. Can they work in a normal living room sitting 13 - 15 feet away?
Exactly what I concluded as well.Or subwoofer with a high pass! Can be difficult to get right and expensive but in theory could get nice mid range and highs via the harbeth and low frequency via the sub.
I have my P3ESRXDs set up with a pair of REL t5x in a small room and for me these sound superb. However, getting the subs tuned with the P3s was a real pain. Having tried all the REL and YouTube methods, I added a minidsp for the subs. Using measurement from REL to prepare dsp settings proved the only way to get it right. Not the easiest, or maybe the cheapest route but it's been worth it.Exactly what I concluded as well.
Small room : good enough if you don’t need to rock the place but in medium size room, I would pair the with two subs and results can be outstanding.
Can I watch a 14 inches TV set from 13-15 feet away?
Of course I can
Never understood the following for the P3ESR, I couldn't get on with them at all. Tried them with a 30 Watt Sugden A21SE and a 200 Watt Modwright KWI200 but they just sounded flat and dull. Not really surprising with a 4.5 inch driver and little bass below 70 Hz.
For the same money I'd buy the Audio Note AN-K/SPe for a smallish room.