Warm romantic & detailed

Harbeth M-40.1’s would be a perfect fit for your desired qualities and budget.  I've owned them twice, spending a combined 8 years with them and only just recently replaced them with 40.2 Anni's.   Great speaker for warm, rich, full bodied, organic sound.  

I owned 40.1's for 8 years and currently own 40.2 Anni's.  The 40.1's are considerably warmer and more full bodied / organic sounding than the 40.2's.   The 40.2's are more neutral and detailed.   
If you prefer warm and romantic, go with 40.1's.   If you want detailed and exciting go with 40.2's. 

@jeffinnh76 My room is 14’ x 26’ with 7.5’ ceilings. I had no problem with the 40.1 in my room and I know of others with comparable or smaller rooms that had success with 40.1’s. If your room is well treated, I’m confident you will be fine.

With that being said, everyone hears differently. I was almost ready to give up on my new (to me) 40.2 Anni’s for being too strident (in the same room and with the same electronics used for my 40.1’s), but I just did an overhaul of my room treatments, spending over $2K on GIK absorption and diffusion panels and now everything sounds right to me... a huge relief. To my ears the 40.1 is more romantic and warmer than the 40.2 Anni’s, but now that my room is properly treated, I’m hearing warmth AND detail in my 40.2’s that others in this chain have experienced.

As long as your room is treated properly, you can’t go wrong with either speaker.

Note:  My system pics have not been updated to show the overhaul of room treatments.   Best $2K I've spent.

Congrats Jeff!  

Did you get the walnut pair listed in Michigan?

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