JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x


I owned a pair of Harbeth 40.1, and recently listened to a pair of JBL 4343.  While I really like the Harbeth, I also like the JBL very much.  To the best of its own, the JBL sounds more dynamic, more lively, and bigger slam at the bass.  The Harbeth is one word - smooth.  
I think for vocal, Harbeth wins.  But JBL will be able to play all kinds of music, I feel.  What do people think comparing them?  Which one do you prefer and why?
gte357s

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Here's a response  that's kind of fits into the thread.
I had the Harbeth C7s  for a year    as I put away my Klipsch  KG5.2 .That's all I listened to  were the Harbeth  and they were nice , I guess .Then  I dragged   out my old Klipsch    and , wow  , there is was , the sound came alive , grabbed  my attention , it  was so engaging .
Sold the Harbeth  and never looked back .
For those that say the sound is  fatiguing with speakers like JBL and Klipsch  , all speakers are fatiguing as you can only listen  for short periods at a time , my experience .      
I'll need to turn the music off at some point  for a piece of mind , quiet time .I feel really sorry for those  that work where music plays the entire time , that seriously fatiguing