I have super hl5,yes they are musical speakers,but not perfect.They don't have punch.For this reason they can sound boring .These speakers are not of that kind which impressed me at first.From the box they sounded very lean with too much highs extension.For me it took more than 3 months to get positioned them to sound good,to get full range sound: 6.7feet between speakers ,6-7 away listening distance, 3.5feet away from walls.Only now they sound warm,have good bass extension,sometimes with hidden power,image very good,nice 3d soundstage.Vocals sounds organic.Sweet highs.What i like abaut them in particular is how they reproduce whole music with ambience especialy with guitars and piano vocals.I have tried 3 different amps.All they sounded different.With one sounded very bassy,killing midrange and highs,with the other sounded very lean,too pure.With the third sounded too forwad.So in your case audition is welcome.You may like you may not like the sound with your amp.In the end i left Harbeths connected to Technics power amp SE-A3000 and preamp SU-C3000 and added equalizer in order to boost bass.Later i discovered,that Harbeths match pretty good with mosfet amplification.
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