Bookshelf / standmount speaker impressions

An excellent review, many thanks

 

>1 year w/o a new post, maybe I'm posting to a zombie thread. Oh, well. Here I go:

Going against my own preference for acoustic suspension/sealed 2-ways in my nearfield, desktop application (with little room between backs of speakers and back wall) -- I just bought a cherry (wood & condition) pair of Harbeth 30.1s from a UK dealer. Here's my rationale:

1. I only heard Harbeths once -- a pair of 40.1 at a New York audio show -- and was immediately smitten. Those speakers just had a "rightness," harmonically and tonally, even in show conditions. I've been curious about the 30.1s for years
2. I know they will fit on this desktop. I know because the sealed 2-ways currently installed (vintage KEF 103.2s) are nearly identical in volume and very close in L/W/H
3. And the 30.1s, while bass reflex design, locate the port on the upper corner of the front of each speaker, where it is able to do the least harm via interacting with the room

Well, f**k it--the fact is I just want to hear the damn things.

If the 30.1s work out well here, I may end up selling another terrific pair of 2-ways that gave me a couple years of listening pleasure here: ATC SCM12 Pro's. That's a fascinating sound, very forceful, yet tuneful; high resolution yet also musical. After owning the 12 Pro's, I'm an ATC believer.

 

Looking forward to your impressions of them. I came very close to pulling the trigger on a pair of 30.2 a few years back, before I acquired my Grahams.

 

Thanks. Those (Grahams) also interest me.