SF Cremona Auditor M vs Harbeth 30.1

I owned the Cremona Auditor Ms and really liked them.They are especially good with classical and acoustic music.String tone is especially good.And of course they look beautiful.I only sold them because I wanted to use them in a smallish room and found they need a lot of space  around them to sound their best which  was not possible in that room.I ended up replacing them with Meniscus Audio Kairos kit speakers which match the room better and which sound very good too but lack a bit of musicality compared to the SFs.By far the best speaker I have heard of that type is the Dynaudio Confidence Platinum C1 but they cost a lot more.Other than that the Osborn Eos Reference is extremely good and fantastic value.The Mark and Daniels Maximus is also superb but they need a lot of power to sound their best.

@dhcod  and @miner42
Thanks so much for your posts. I, too, have the CAM's and while I've been looking at other options for my small, dedicated listening room, all I've found, are speakers which are, at best, (maybe) lateral moves, not to mention the "negative cash flow"  I'd incur.  :) . In addition to the sound of the SF's,  a big plus for me is their physical beauty.

I have had my Cremona Auditor Ms for 8 yrs now and have tried to move on to another speaker but can't seem to better them in the sub $8K range.  I had a pair of Harbeth P2ESR in my work office setup nad was very pleased with their performance.  I went to listen to the 30.2 and Super 5 but could not justify the difference after trade-in. 

Thanks for your response! It's interesting because I went ahead and purchased the SFs and did the same comparison and had pretty much the same experience..... except the Harbeths won out in end. I think ultimately that's because in my situation the speakers are placed in the middle of a room and the SFs benefit from being closer to a back wall.

I own the SF Auditor M and have been auditioning the M30.1/2. Unfortunately, they are much more similar than I would have thought. After the trial, I thought for sure I would swap, but a day later, I was happy to keep the SF. Both disappeared very well. The SF are a touch warmer and the Harbeths have a bit more drive, which is what I wanted but it’s not worth the swap once I put on some slow blues. I don’t think you could go wrong, but I just don’t want or feel the need to try anything else. I run a VAC integrated and a REL sub in a 12 x 15 room.