I don’t own either but I do have a pair of Falcon Q7 Gold Badges that are excellent. They are certainly within your price point and speaker category. Based on @dwest1023 description of the Dalis the Q7s likely sound similar with maybe a bit more treble. I know it’s neither of the speakers you asked about so maybe it’s no help but the Q7 is pretty great imho. And it’s a sealed box design so relatively easy to place.
Small compact 2-way speakers? Harbeth p3esr xd vs DALI Menuet SE ?
I am considering upgrading the speakers in a bedroom. Only used for casual listening, usually in the early morning and then nighttime before bed. Currently have a perfectly fine 20 year old pair of ELAC “Elegant” 312s, which i quite like, but feel that newer technology and maybe better engineering would give me more depth in the mid-range and maybe even a touch more naturalness in the upper frequencies. (The bass from the tiny 312s is pretty impressive.)
I’d be very interested if anybody has compared the Harbeth P3ES-2s to the DALI Menuet SEs. They are both only a bit bigger than my ELACs, and I would like not to go any bigger than that.
Amp is the NAD M10 v2 (integrated streamer/DAC). So whatever speakers I would consider have to play nicely with nCore Class D. The speakers would sit on a built solid wood dresser, about 14” from the wall in back. (No room for stands.) But I probably would put them on some sort of isolator pads. The room is about 14” x 12”.
Any thoughts, reactions and advice, very much appreciated!