It sounds like a sideways ( or worse ) move to me..I tried a similar home Demo of the Harbeths Super HL5's myself and was very happy with my current speakers( Kharmas' )..I heard all the good things peole were saying about the HL5's and had a chance to try a pair for 1 week in my Home...I know many people love Harbeths but they just didn't click for me..Maybe I was so used to the Kharma sound,but found the HL5's quite boring..( no disrepect ) ..Sometimes I think we have problems changing when the new piece is 180 degrees from the product we are used to.......As mentioned,the only way is to try them side by side under the same conditions..I am very happy I did,rather than buying without trying..
Harbeth Super HL 's Loudspeakers
......would like some input on these speakers if possible. My room is 14 feet across - and my current speakers - Avalon Eclipse are against this wall...and the length of the room is 31 feet and my chair is about 12 feet in the middle - the room has been treated with all ASC as per their instructions. Esoteric P-05 and D-05 front end with Classe Delta amp and pre-amp. The Avalon's I love, but have had them almost 10 years and have heard nice things about the musicality of the Harbeth's ....the 40.1's are too much money so I was wondering about the HL5's. Seraching again at this point in my life ...your thoughts