can harbeth speakers play loud

Never had any problems playing them loud when I owned them. Great speakers IME.

Regarding Harbeths, Playing how loud has a direct relation with you room as they react with the room a lot! Could you tell your room size?

my room size is 14' x 20'. I'm planning on using a cinepro 2 ch. amp that puts out about 300 Watts at 8 ohms for now with a jl audio fathom sub. I plan on upgrading the amp next. I apologize if the question sounds kinda dumb, I just had heard that the harbeths were really made to play at low volumes so I wanted to make sure that playing them loud every once in a while wasn't going to ruin them or make em sound funny. I'm just trying to get as much info as I can before I buy.

I did not mean to offend

enjoy!

The best information you can get prior to purchasing anything is listening. That's my advice along with bringing along your amp to see how it might integrate with this speaker. It is the only way you can get a semblence of what to expect. There are no shortcut opinions that will necessarily guide you to reaching a destination satisfying to you. Let listening guide you. Cheap advice? Maybe, but in my experience, the only road that is consistent. Trust yourself and use advice from others as a tool and not a bottom line basis for a decision. Your query suggests you might value the opinion of others over your own ears. Trust your own ears and listen for yourself, nobody in this hobby is an expert, trust me on that if nothing else!